CELEX: 32013R0959
Language: en
Date: 2013-10-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 959/2013 of 7 October 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

8.10.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 265/3
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 959/2013
   of 7 October 2013
   amending Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of 30 November 2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (1), and in particular Articles 5(4) and 7(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 (2) sets the thresholds for the economic size of agricultural holdings and the Annex to that Regulation fixes the number of returning holdings per division. By reason of the accession of Croatia, the threshold as well as the number of returning holdings for that new Member State should be fixed.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In addition, the date by which Croatia is to forward its first plan for the selection of returning holdings to the Commission needs to be laid down.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Structural change in Italy has led to a decrease in the number of the smallest holdings and in their contribution to the total output of agriculture, implying that those holdings do no longer need to be taken into account for the field of survey with a view to covering the most relevant part of the agricultural activity. In order to guarantee a more efficient representativeness of the Italian sample, the threshold for Italy should be adapted and the number of farms adjusted.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 is amended as follows:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Article 2 is amended as follows:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           between the indents concerning France and Italy, the following indent is inserted:
                           
                                       ‘—
                                    
                                    
                                       :
                                    
                                    
                                       Croatia
                                    
                                    
                                       :
                                    
                                    
                                       EUR 4 000’
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           the indent concerning Italy is replaced by the following:
                           
                                       ‘—
                                    
                                    
                                       :
                                    
                                    
                                       Italy
                                    
                                    
                                       :
                                    
                                    
                                       EUR 8 000’
                                    
                                 
                     
         
               (2)
            
            
               In the second paragraph of Article 5, the following sentence is added:
               ‘For the accounting year 2013 Croatia shall notify the Commission of its selection plan by 31 October 2013.’
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
            
         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   For Croatia, it shall apply from the 2013 accounting year.
   For Italy, it shall apply from the 2014 accounting year.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 7 October 2013.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 27.
   
      (2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 of 18 December 2009 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings (OJ L 347, 24.12.2009, p. 14).
   
      ANNEX
      
                  (1)
               
               
                  In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009, the following row is inserted between the rows for France and Italy:
                  
                              ‘860
                           
                           
                              CROATIA
                           
                           
                              1 251’
                           
                        
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  The rows concerning Italy are replaced by the following:
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              ‘ITALY
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              221
                           
                           
                              Valle D’Aosta
                           
                           
                              170
                           
                        
                              222
                           
                           
                              Piemonte
                           
                           
                              594
                           
                        
                              230
                           
                           
                              Lombardia
                           
                           
                              717
                           
                        
                              241
                           
                           
                              Trento
                           
                           
                              282
                           
                        
                              242
                           
                           
                              Bolzano
                           
                           
                              338
                           
                        
                              243
                           
                           
                              Veneto
                           
                           
                              707
                           
                        
                              244
                           
                           
                              Friuli
                           
                           
                              451
                           
                        
                              250
                           
                           
                              Liguria
                           
                           
                              431
                           
                        
                              260
                           
                           
                              Emilia Romagna
                           
                           
                              873
                           
                        
                              270
                           
                           
                              Toscana
                           
                           
                              577
                           
                        
                              281
                           
                           
                              Marche
                           
                           
                              452
                           
                        
                              282
                           
                           
                              Umbria
                           
                           
                              460
                           
                        
                              291
                           
                           
                              Lazio
                           
                           
                              587
                           
                        
                              292
                           
                           
                              Abruzzo
                           
                           
                              572
                           
                        
                              301
                           
                           
                              Molise
                           
                           
                              342
                           
                        
                              302
                           
                           
                              Campania
                           
                           
                              667
                           
                        
                              303
                           
                           
                              Calabria
                           
                           
                              510
                           
                        
                              311
                           
                           
                              Puglia
                           
                           
                              723
                           
                        
                              312
                           
                           
                              Basilicata
                           
                           
                              400
                           
                        
                              320
                           
                           
                              Sicilia
                           
                           
                              706
                           
                        
                              330
                           
                           
                              Sardegna
                           
                           
                              547
                           
                        
                              Total Italy
                           
                           
                              11 106’