CELEX: 51993EC0959
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Date: 2007-04-24
Title: Proposal for a regulation (EC) no …/.. of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        COM(2006)

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                      REGULATION (EC) No …/.. OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                      concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals

                                                                (Codified version)

                                                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.    In the context of a people’s Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as to make  it
       clearer and more accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use of the  specific  rights
       it gives him.

       This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have  been  amended  several  times,  often  quite  substantially,  remain
       scattered, so that they must be sought partly in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones.  Considerable  research  work,
       comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the current rules.

       For this reason a codification of rules that have frequently been amended  is  also  essential  if  Community  law  is  to  be  clear  and
       transparent.

2.    On 1 April 1987 the Commission therefore decided[1] to instruct its staff that all legislative acts should be codified after no  more  than
       ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement and that departments should endeavour to codify at even shorter intervals the
       texts for which they are responsible, to ensure that the Community rules are clear and readily understandable.

3.    The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh  European  Council  (December 1992)  confirmed  this[2],  stressing  the  importance  of
       codification as it offers certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time.

       Codification must be undertaken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative procedure.

       Given that no changes of substance may be made to the instruments affected by codification, the European Parliament, the Council  and  the
       Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-
       track adoption of codification instruments.

4.    The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 of 5 April  1993  concerning  statistical
       information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals[3]. The new Regulation will  supersede  the  various  acts
       incorporated in it[4]; this proposal fully preserves the content of the acts being codified  and  hence  does  no  more  than  bring  them
       together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

5.    The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation, in all  official  languages,  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No
       959/93 and the instruments amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,  by  means  of  a
       data-processing system. Where the Articles have been given new numbers, the correlation between the old and the new numbers is shown in  a
       table set out in Annex XI to the codified Regulation.

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                            ê 959/93 (adapted)

                                      REGULATION (EC) No …/... OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                      concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals

                                                            (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article Ö 285(1) Õ thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee[5],

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty[6],

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 of 5 April 1993 concerning statistical information to be supplied by  Member  States  on  crop  products
      other than cereals[7] has been substantially amended several times[8]. In the interests of clarity  and  rationality  the  said  Regulation
      should be codified.

                                            ê 959/93 Recital 1

   2) In order to carry out the tasks imposed on it by the Treaty and the regulations concerning the common agricultural policy,  the  Commission
      needs to have reliable, comparable and up-to-date data, established by objective methods, on areas under cultivation, yields and production
      of crop products other than cereals.

                                            ê 959/93 Recital 2

   3) It is appropriate to recognise the importance of the crop production sector apart from cereals  for  the  organisation  and  management  of
      agricultural markets, which implies that the requisite statistical survey should be conducted to an  increasing  degree  on  the  basis  of
      Community rules.

                                            ê 959/93 Recital 3

   4) Account should be taken of the experience acquired by the statistical services with these surveys over many years.

                                            ê 959/93 Recital 4

   5) The purpose of this Regulation is to define the statistical information to be supplied, to prescribe a satisfactory  level  of  reliability
      and lay down additional technical information necessary  for  the  assessment  of  production  figures,  to  provide  for  objectivity  and
      representativeness of surveys on area and production by a broad exchange of experience, involving meetings and  reports,  and  to  fix  the
      deadlines to be met.

                                            ê 959/93 Recital 5

   6) For some crop products other than cereals, the communication of regional data is also required on an annual basis.

                                            ê 959/93 Recital 8

   7) Notwithstanding that the collection and treatment of data  and  the  organisation  of  surveys  at  national  level  ought  to  remain  the
      responsibility of the statistical services of the Member States, the Commission must ensure the collection, coordination and  harmonisation
      of statistical information at European level and provide for the harmonised methodologies for the management of Community policies.

                                            ê 

   8) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision  1999/468/EC  of  28
      June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission[9],

                                            ê 959/93 (adapted)

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                                                    Article 1

Member States shall provide the Commission with annual data on the production and area of crops, other than cereals, as specified in  Articles  2
and 6 of this Regulation with due regard for Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No [1588/90][10].

                                                                    Article 2

1. Member States shall deliver data on main areas and secondary areas, in accordance with the definitions given in  Annex  I,  annually  for  all
types of use of arable land listed in Annex II. Only the Member States indicated in Annex IX shall be obliged to include secondary  areas  in  an
annual statistical survey and to deliver data on those areas.

2. In addition, Member States shall submit data on main  areas  of  permanent  grassland  and  permanent  crops  and  other  areas  as  specified
respectively in Annex II, headings K, L, M and N. Those data may be obtained fully or partially from earth  observation  techniques  and  sources
other than the comprehensive survey mentioned in Article 3(1), and such sources need not necessarily be annual surveys.

3. Each Member State shall also submit annual data on the following:

(a)   average yield;

(b)   production harvested, for each product as specified in Annex III.

                                                                    Article 3

1. For the specification in each Member State of the use of arable land referred to in Annex II, data on the main areas shall  be  obtained  from
one comprehensive annual statistical survey which should take the form of a census or a representative survey. That survey may include the  other
utilised agricultural area apart from arable land.

2. After approval by the Commission, Member States may, however, use administrative sources as a substitute for  data  on  arable  land  obtained
from the comprehensive survey mentioned in paragraph 1.

3. Where neither statistical surveys on permanent crops, permanent grassland and other parts of the utilised agricultural  area,  as  defined  in
Annex II, headings K, L, M and N, for a specific year nor annual estimates on changes in land use of  those  items  from  Community  sources  are
available, Member States may provide estimates for that year for those items.

4. The general survey referred to in paragraph 1 shall be conducted using  statistically  recognised  methods  which  meet  the  requirements  on
quality, objectivity and reliability.

5. The Member States listed in Annex IX may choose between two different methodological approaches for the  land  use  survey  according  to  the
definitions in Annex I:

(a)   either a ‘real-time’ approach referring to the main area at the time of the survey with additional information  on  secondary  areas  later
       on;

(b)   or an ‘ex post’ evaluation of land use, referring to main and secondary areas in the same survey, taking place  at  the  end  of  the  crop
       season. Only Member States referred to in Annex IX have to specify secondary areas.

6. Data for areas of marginal importance, as referred to in Annex VIII, may be obtained from other data sources not meeting all the  requirements
of this Regulation.

                                                                    Article 4

1. In the case of sample surveys on main areas of arable land, the samples must be designed so that they are representative of at  least  95%  of
the total area of that land under crops other than cereals.

Data on the main areas must be supplemented by an estimate relying on data from other sources and  relating  to  the  area  of  arable  land  not
covered by the sample and under crops other than cereals.

2. Surveys on land under permanent grassland, permanent crops and other parts of the utilised agricultural area apart from arable land  shall  be
as representative as possible. Permanent grassland shall also include the parts of the utilised agricultural area outside agricultural holdings.

3. The sample surveys on main areas of arable land must be designed in such a way that, in each Member State and for each of the separate  groups
of main areas as specified in Annex IV, at least one of the following two criteria is satisfied:

(a)   the coefficient of variation does not exceed that given in Annex IV;

(b)   the standard error does not exceed that given in Annex IV.

4. The degree of accuracy required for the area estimates of permanent grassland, permanent crops and other parts of  the  utilised  agricultural
area apart from arable land shall be decided in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 10(2) Õ , once the Member States  have
forwarded to the Commission the reports referred to in Article 8(1).

                                                                    Article 5

1. Surveys on production or yields shall be conducted using statistically recognised methods as regards quality, objectivity and reliability.

2. After approval by the Commission, Member States may, however, use administrative sources  as  substitutes  for  the  data  obtained  from  the
surveys on production or yields as mentioned in paragraph 1.

3. The degree of accuracy to be required for the production estimate of each crop in Annex III shall be decided in accordance with the  procedure
Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 10(2) Õ , once the Member States have forwarded to the Commission the reports referred to in Article 8(1).

4. Any supplementary information required for the further standardisation of production  estimates  shall  be  decided  in  accordance  with  the
procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 10(2) Õ , once the Member States have forwarded to the Commission  the  reports  referred  to  in  Article
8(1).

                                                                    Article 6

1. Annual data on areas under cultivation, yields and harvested production must be forwarded to the Commission for the crops indicated  in  Annex
V at the regional levels defined in Annex VI. Areas under cultivation are defined in Annex V.

Where no regional data are available for a specific year in respect of permanent crops, permanent grassland  and  other  parts  of  the  utilised
agricultural area, as defined in Annex II headings K, L, M and N, Member States may supply estimates for that year in respect of those items,  as
specified in Annex V.

2. Member States shall be obliged to supply data on areas and products only in respect of crops of which the area exceeds the level  of  marginal
importance as indicated in Annex VIII.

3. Member States shall be obliged to supply data on areas under cultivation as defined in Annex V and on harvested production only in respect  of
the most important regions for each of the specified crops. For each of those crops, data must be submitted for those  regions,  which  together,
arranged in descending order, represent at least 80% of the area under a specific crop as compared with the total area under  that  crop  in  the
Member State concerned.

                                                                    Article 7

1. The calendar year in which the harvest begins shall hereinafter be referred to as the ‘harvest year’.

2. For the land-use items given in Annex II, Member States shall supply  the  Commission  with  provisional  national  data  on  the  area  under
cultivation at the latest by 1 October of the harvest year. Final data on those areas under cultivation shall be supplied  at  the  latest  by  1
April following the harvest year.

3. Initial estimates of national yields and production figures on the products specified in Annex VII shall be forwarded at  the  latest  by  the
deadlines in that Annex. Provisional yields and production figures on the products specified in Annex III shall be  supplied  at  the  latest  by
15 April and final figures at the latest by 1 October, both in the year following the harvest year.

4. If yield and production figures refer to revised area data, the latter should also be submitted.

5. The regional data referred to in Article 6 shall be supplied at the same time as the final figures at national level and  be  consistent  with
them.

                                                                    Article 8

1. Member States shall submit a detailed methodological report to the Commission describing how data for the utilised area, the arable  land  and
the area under individual crops are obtained. Member States shall also explain how yield  and  production  are  calculated  in  their  respective
countries and, where appropriate, regions and indicate the representativeness and reliability of those figures. The Commission, in  collaboration
with Member States, shall compile a summary of the reports.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission, within three months, of any modifications to the information provided under paragraph 1.

4. Methodological reports, data availability Ö and Õ data reliability Ö ,as referred to in paragraph 1, Õ and  other  relevant  issues  connected
with the application of this Regulation, shall be examined twice a year within  the  competent  Working  Group  of  the  Standing  Committee  for
Agricultural Statistics.

                                                                    Article 9

Annexes I to IX shall be amended, as the need arises, in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 10(2) Õ.

                                            ê 1882/2003 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 37 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 10

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Agricultural  Statistics,  Ö instituted  by  Council  Decision  72/279/EEC[11] Õ
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.

2. Where reference is made to this Ö paragraph Õ, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall  apply,  having  regard  to  the  provisions  of
Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 11

Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance  with  the  correlation
table in Annex XI.

                                            ê 959/93 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 12

This Regulation shall enter into force on the Ö twentieth Õ day following Ö that of Õ its publication in the Official  Journal  of  the  European
Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

For the European Parliament  For the Council
The President    The President
[…]   […]

                                            ê 959/93 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                                   DEFINITIONS

I.    SURVEY UNIT

      A survey unit is either the arable land (as defined in Annex II Ö to this Regulation Õ) of an agricultural holding Ö as defined in Annex  I
       to Commission Decision 2000/115/EC Õ[12] or one of the pieces of land selected as units in a comprehensive survey of the arable land of  a
       Member State.

II.A. EX POST EVALUATION OF LAND USE

      The main and secondary areas of a survey unit are classified as follows:

      Area of a survey unit

      1.    General case

            The main area of a given parcel of a survey unit is, in the general case, where the parcel has only  one  occupation  during  a  crop
           year, unequivocally defined by that occupation. (In this case the secondary area of that parcel will be zero).

      2.    Special cases

      2.1.  Successive cropping

            Main area: If the parcel of arable land is used more than once during a given crop year (successive cropping), and the area each time
           has only one crop, then the main area is the crop with the highest value. If the value of the production does not determine which  is
           the main crop, then the main crop is taken as the one which occupies the ground for the longest period of time.

            Secondary area: All other occupations are then regarded as secondary areas.

      2.2.  Combined cropping

            Main area: If the parcel of arable land is used throughout the growing season of a given crop year for the same fixed combination  of
           crops (combined cropping), then the main area is split pro rata between the crops concerned.

            Secondary area: In this case there will be no secondary area.

      2.3.  Combination of successive and combined cropping

            Main area: If the parcel of arable land is used more than once during a given crop year and with  a  combination  of  successive  and
           combined crops, then each combination of crops occupying the land during the same period  of  time  is  valued  separately,  and  the
           combination or the single crop with the highest value is taken as the main area. Where that area is used for combined  cropping,  the
           main area is split pro rata between the crops concerned.

            Secondary area: All other occupations are then regarded as secondary areas.

II.B. REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF LAND USE

      The main area or the recorded area of a given parcel of a survey unit is defined as the actual utilisation of the arable land at the  point
       of time within a given crop year decided upon as the reference date for the survey on land use.

      In the case of combined cropping (see point II.A. 2.2) the main area or the recorded area is split pro rata between the crops concerned.

                                                                 _______________

                                            ê 296/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                            SPECIFICATION OF AREAS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(1) AND (2)

|Description                                             |New Cronos code           |Main area or recorded area|Secondary area or         |
|                                                        |                          |(Ha)6                     |additional area           |
|                                                        |                          |                          |(Ha)6                     |
|A. Total cereals1                              |        |1050                      |                          |*                         |
|Rice1                                          |        |1250                      |                          |*                         |
|B. Dried pulses                                |+       |1300                      |                          |                          |
|Field peas                                     |+       |1320                      |                          |                          |
|Other dried peas                               |        |1311                      |                          |                          |
|Broad and field beans                          |+       |1335 (inc. 1338)          |                          |                          |
|Dried beans                                    |+       |1331                      |                          |                          |
|Lupins                                         |+       |1343                      |                          |                          |
|Other dried pulses                             |        |1341, 1342, 1349          |                          |                          |
|C. Root crops                                  |+       |1350                      |                          |                          |
|Potatoes                                       |+       |1360                      |                          |                          |
|Sugar beet                                     |+       |1370                      |                          |                          |
|Fodder beet                                    |+       |1381                      |                          |                          |
|Other root crops                               |        |1382                      |                          |                          |
|(e.g. fodder kale, turnip)                     |        |                          |                          |                          |
|D. Industrial crops                            |+       |1400                      |                          |                          |
|Rape and turnip rape                           |+       |1420                      |                          |                          |
|Sunflower seed                                 |+       |1450                      |                          |                          |
|Linseed                                        |+       |1460                      |                          |                          |
|Soya beans                                     |+       |1470                      |                          |                          |
|Cotton                                         |+       |1540                      |                          |                          |
|Other oil seeds (e.g. poppy, mustard, sesame,  |        |1480 (excl. 1490)         |                          |                          |
|etc.)                                          |        |                          |                          |                          |
|Fibre flax                                     |+       |1520                      |                          |                          |
|Hemp                                           |+       |1530                      |                          |                          |
|Tobacco                                        |+       |1550                      |                          |                          |
|Hops                                           |+       |1560                      |                          |                          |
|Other fibre crops                              |        |1510                      |                          |                          |
|Other industrial crops                         |        |1570                      |                          |                          |
| of which:                                     |        |                          |                          |                          |
| Chicory for coffee                            |        |1571                      |                          |                          |
| Chicory for inulin                            |        |1572                      |                          |                          |
| Medicinal, aromatic or plants for seasoning   |        |1580                      |                          |                          |
| Industrial crops n.e.i.                       |        |1589                      |                          |                          |
|E. Fodder and grazing from arable land         |+       |2610                      |                          |                          |
|Annual green fodder:                           |        |2611                      |                          |                          |
|Green maize                                    |+       |2625                      |                          |                          |
|Green fodder other than maize                  |+       |2612                      |                          |                          |
|Multi-annual fodder                            |+       |2671, 2672, 2673          |                          |                          |
|Temporary grasses and grazing                  |+       |2680                      |                          |                          |
|F. Fresh vegetables (including strawberries)   |        |(1600 + 2260)             |                          |*                         |
|outdoor or under low non-accessible cover2     |        |                          |                          |                          |
|G. Flowers and ornamental plants               |        |3001                      |                          |*                         |
|outdoor or under low non-accessible cover2     |        |                          |                          |                          |
|H. Areas harvested for seed3                   |        |3310                      |                          |*                         |
|I. Fallow (incl. green manures)                |        |2696                      |                          |*                         |
|J. Arable land (A-I)2                          |        |0001                      |                          |*                         |
|K. Permanent grassland                         |        |0002                      |                          |*                         |
|L. Land under permanent crops (excluding       |        |(0003-2260)               |                          |*                         |
|strawberries)                                  |        |                          |                          |                          |
| of which:                                     |        |                          |                          |                          |
| Orchards                                      |        |2040                      |                          |*                         |
| Vineyards                                     |        |2410                      |                          |*                         |
| Olive plantations                             |        |2450                      |                          |*                         |
|M. Crops under glass4                          |        |1111                      |                          |*                         |
| of which:                                     |        |                          |                          |                          |
| Fresh vegetables                              |        |1112                      |*                         |*                         |
| Flowers and ornamental plants                 |        |1113                      |*                         |*                         |
| Permanent crops                               |        |1114                      |*                         |*                         |
|N. Other areas including kitchen gardens5      |        |0004                      |                          |*                         |
|O. Utilised agricultural area (A-I) + (K-N)    |        |0005                      |                          |*                         |
|1 Data about cereals and rice are already collected in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 (OJ L 88, 3.4.1990, p. 1).    |
|2 Crops under glass or high (accessible) cover are excluded (Structure survey codes D/15, D/17 and G/07) as are kitchen gardens.        |
|3 As defined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2002 (OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 16) (Annex I: code D19).                 |
|4 Crops under glass of high (accessible) cover include fresh vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants as well as all permanent crops   |
|under glass.                                                                                                                            |
|5 Delivery of data on areas occupied by kitchen gardens is not obligatory for Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden and the|
|United Kingdom                                                                                                                          |
|6 See definition in Annex I.                                                                                                            |
|+ The descriptions are also included in Annex III.                                                                                      |
|* This sign means that forwarding of data is optional.                                                                                  |

                                                                 ________________

                                            ê 296/2003 Art. 1 and Annex II

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                              SPECIFICATION OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(3)

|Description                                 |New Cronos code              |Yield                        |Production                   |
|                                            |                             |(100 kg/ha)                  |(1 000 t)                    |
|B. Dried pulses                             |1300                         |[pic]                        |                             |
|Field peas                                  |1320                         |                             |                             |
|Broad and field beans                       |1335 (incl. 1338)            |                             |                             |
|Dried beans                                 |1331                         |                             |                             |
|Lupins                                      |1343                         |                             |                             |
|C. Root crops                               |1350                         |[pic]                        |                             |
|Potatoes                                    |1360                         |                             |                             |
|Sugar beet                                  |1370                         |                             |                             |
|Fodder beet*                                |1381                         |                             |                             |
|D. Industrial crops                         |1400                         |[pic]                        |                             |
|Rape and turnip rape                        |1420                         |                             |                             |
|Sunflower seed                              |1450                         |                             |                             |
|Linseed                                     |1460                         |[pic]                        |                             |
|Soya beans                                  |1470                         |                             |                             |
|Cotton seed                                 |1490                         |[pic]                        |                             |
|Cotton (per fibre)                          |1540                         |[pic]                        |                             |
|Fibre flax                                  |1520                         |[pic]                        |                             |
|Hemp                                        |1530                         |                             |                             |
|Tobacco                                     |1550                         |                             |                             |
|Hops                                        |1560                         |                             |                             |
|E. Fodder and grazing from arable land*     |2610                         |[pic]                        |                             |
| Of which                                   |                             |                             |                             |
|Green maize*                                |2625                         |                             |                             |
|Green fodder other than maize*              |2612                         |                             |                             |
|Multi-annual fodder*                        |2671, 2672, 2673             |                             |                             |
|Temporary grasses and grazings*             |2680                         |                             |                             |
|* Optional.                                                                                                                            |
|[pic] = Yield figures are not required.                                                                                                |

                                                                 _______________

                                            ê 296/2003 Art. 1 and Annex III

                                                                     ANNEX IV

                   SPECIFICATION OF THE REQUIRED ACCURACY IN EACH MEMBER STATE FOR GROUPS OF AREAS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(3)

|New Cronos code                |Description                       |Maximum acceptable coefficient of |Maximum acceptable standard error |
|                               |                                  |variation                         |(ha)                              |
|                               |                                  |(%)                               |                                  |
|1300                           |B. Dried pulses                   |3                                 |5 000                             |
|1350                           |C. Root crops                     |3                                 |5 000                             |
|1400                           |D. Industrial crops               |3                                 |5 000                             |
|2610                           |E. Fodder and grazing from arable |3                                 |5 000                             |
|                               |land1                             |                                  |                                  |
|(1600 + 2260)                  |F. Fresh vegetables (including    |3                                 |5 000                             |
|                               |strawberries)                     |                                  |                                  |
|2696                           |I. Fallow (including green        |3                                 |5 000                             |
|                               |manures)                          |                                  |                                  |
|1 Fodder and grazing from arable land comprises:                                                                                       |
|(a) green fodder from arable land (New Cronos code 2611);                                                                              |
|(b) multi-annual fodder (New Cronos code 2671, 2672, 2673);                                                                            |
|(c) temporary grasses and grazing (New Cronos code 2680).                                                                              |
|NB: The accuracy for cereals and rice is already fixed in Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90. The capital letters B, C, D, E, F and I  |
|refer to the headings in Annex II.                                                                                                     |

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                                            ê 296/2003 Art. 1 and Annex IV

                                                                     ANNEX V

                                           SPECIFICATION OF AREAS AND PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

|Description                             |New Cronos code            |Areas under cultivation2            |Production                   |
|                                        |                           |(1 000 ha)                          |(1 000 t)                    |
|B. Dried pulses (total)                 |1300                       |•                                   |[pic]                        |
|C. Root crops                           |                           |                                    |                             |
|Sugar beet                              |1370                       |•                                   |•                            |
|D. Industrial crops                     |                           |                                    |                             |
|Oil seeds1                              |1410                       |•                                   |[pic]                        |
|Rape and turnip rape                    |1420                       |•                                   |•                            |
|Sunflower seed                          |1450                       |•                                   |•                            |
|Soya beans                              |1470                       |•                                   |•                            |
|Fibre linseed and flax                  |(1460 + 1520)              |•                                   |[pic]                        |
|Cotton                                  |1540                       |•                                   |                             |
|Tobacco                                 |1550                       |•                                   |•                            |

.

|I. Fallow (including green manures)     |2696                       |•                                   |[pic]                        |
|J. Arable land (total)                  |0001                       |•                                   |                             |
|K. Permanent grassland                  |0002                       |•                                   |                             |
|L. Land under permanent crops           |(0003-2260)                |•                                   |                             |
|Orchards                                |2040                       |•                                   |                             |
|Vineyards                               |2410                       |•                                   |                             |
|Olive plantations                       |2450                       |•                                   |                             |
|O. Utilised agricultural area           |0005                       |•                                   |                             |
|1 Excluding areas with oil flax and cotton seed.                                                                                       |
|2 Areas under cultivation means the sum of main areas and secondary areas, or of recorded areas and additional areas, for the Member   |
|States mentioned in Annex IX, and main areas for all other Member States.                                                              |

[pic] = No information asked for.

•     = Information has to be submitted.

NB:   The capital letters B, C, D, I, J, K, L and O refer to the headings in Annex II.

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                                            ê 1994 Act of Accession, Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 119

                                                                     ANNEX VI

                                                     REGIONAL LEVELS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

|Member States                            |Regional breakdown by                                                                        |
|Belgium                                  |Provinces/Provincies — Région wallonne/Vlaams gewest                                         |

                                            ê 2003 Act of Accession, Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 569

|Czech Republic                           |kraje – NUTS 3                                                                               |

                                            ê 1994 Act of Accession, Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 119

|Denmark                                  |—                                                                                            |
|Germany                                  |Bundesländer                                                                                 |

                                            ê 2003 Act of Accession, Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 569

|Estonia                                  |NUTS 2                                                                                       |

                                            ê 1994 Act of Accession, Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 119 (adapted)

|Greece                                   |Υπηρεσίες περιφερειακης ανάπτυξης                                                            |
|Spain                                    |Comunidades autónomas                                                                        |
|France                                   |Régions de programme                                                                         |
|Ireland                                  |—                                                                                            |
|Italy                                    |Regioni                                                                                      |

                                            ê 2003 Act of Accession, Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 569

|Cyprus                                   |—                                                                                            |
|Latvia                                   |NUTS 3                                                                                       |
|Lithuania                                |NUTS 3                                                                                       |

                                            ê 1994 Act of Accession, Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 119

|Luxembourg                               |—                                                                                            |

                                            ê 2003 Act of Accession, Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 569

|Hungary                                  |tervezési-statisztikai régiók                                                                |
|Malta                                    |NUTS 2                                                                                       |

                                            ê 1994 Act of Accession, Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 119
                                            è1 2197/95 Art. 3

|Netherlands                              |Provincies                                                                                   |
|Austria                                  |è1 Bundesländer ç                                                                            |

                                            ê 2003 Act of Accession, Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 569

|Poland                                   |NUTS 2                                                                                       |

                                            ê 1994 Act of Accession, Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 119 (adapted)

|Portugal                                 |NUTS 2                                                                                       |

                                            ê 2003 Act of Accession, Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 569

|Slovenia                                 |NUTS 2                                                                                       |
|Slovakia                                 |NUTS 2                                                                                       |

                                            ê 1994 Act of Accession, Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 119 (adapted)
                                            è1 2197/95 Art. 3

|Finland                                  |è1 Etelä-Suomi                                                                               |
|                                         |Sisä-Suomi                                                                                   |
|                                         |Pohjanmaa                                                                                    |
|                                         |Pohjois-Suomi ç                                                                              |
|Sweden                                   |è1 8 Riksområden ç                                                                           |
|United Kingdom                           |Standard regions                                                                             |
|NUTS = Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.                                                                               |

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                                            ê 959/93

                                                                    ANNEX VII

                    DEADLINES FOR INITIAL YIELD AND PRODUCTION ESTIMATES OF SELECTED PRODUCTS AT NATIONAL LEVEL (ARTICLE 7(3))

                                                                      [pic]

NB:   Data about cereals and rice are already collected in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 837/90.

                                                                 _______________

                                            ê 296/2003 Art. 1 et Annex V
                                            è1 2003 Act of Accession, Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 570

                                                                   ANNEXE VIII

                             AREAS OF MARGINAL IMPORTANCE AND AREAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR STATISTICAL SURVEY

|New Cronos code                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

                                                                 ________________

                                            ê 959/93

                                                                     ANNEX IX

The following Member States must include secondary areas in an annual statistical survey:

     – Greece

     – Spain

     – Italy

     – Portugal.

For the definition of the secondary areas, see Annex I.

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                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX X

                                                                      Part A

                                                Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

|Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93                                               |                                                        |
|(OJ L 98, 24.4.1993, p. 1)                                                       |                                                        |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 2197/95                                            |                                               |
|(OJ L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 2)                                                      |                                               |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/2003                                           |                                               |
|(OJ L 43, 18.2.2003, p. 18)                                                      |                                               |
|Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council       |Only Annex III, point 37                       |
|(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)                                                     |                                               |

                                                                      Part B

                                                            Non-repealed amending acts

|1994 Act of Accession                                                                                                                     |
|2003 Act of Accession                                                                                                                     |

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                                                                    ANNEXE XI

                                                                Correlation table

|Regulation (EEC) No 959/93                                         |This Regulation                                                    |
|Article 1                                                          |Article 1                                                          |
|Article 2(1)                                                       |Article 2(1)                                                       |
|Article 2(2)                                                       |Article 2(2)                                                       |
|Article 2(3), introductory wording                                 |Article 2(3), introductory wording                                 |
|Article 2(3), first indent                                         |Article 2(3)(a)                                                    |
|Article 2(3), second indent                                        |Article 2(3)(b)                                                    |
|Article 3(1) – (4)                                                 |Article 3(1) – (4)                                                 |
|Article 3(5), introductory wording                                 |Article 3(5), introductory wording                                 |
|Article 3(5), first indent                                         |Article 3(5)(a)                                                    |
|Article 3(5), second indent                                        |Article 3(5)(b)                                                    |
|Article 3(6)                                                       |Article 3(6)                                                       |
|Article 3(7)                                                       |_______                                                            |
|Articles 4 - 7                                                     |Articles 4 – 7                                                     |
|Article 8(1) and (2)                                               |Article 8(1) and (2)                                               |
|Article 8(3)                                                       |_______                                                            |
|Article 8(4)                                                       |Article 8(3)                                                       |
|Article 9                                                          |_______                                                            |
|Article 10                                                         |Article 9                                                          |
|Article 11                                                         |________                                                           |
|Article 12                                                         |Article 10                                                         |
|_______                                                            |Article 11                                                         |
|Article 13                                                         |Article 12                                                         |
|Annexes I – IX                                                     |Annexes I - IX                                                     |
|______                                                             |Annex X                                                            |
|______                                                             |Annex XI                                                           |

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[1]   COM(87) 868 PV.
[2]   See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions.
[3]   Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the  Council  –  Codification  of  the  Acquis
      communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final.
[4]   See Annex X to this proposal.
[5]   OJ C […], […], p. […].
[6]   OJ C […], […], p. […].
[7]   OJ L 98, 24.4.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the  Council  (OJ  L
      284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
[8]   See Annex X.
[9]   OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
[10]  [OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1.]
[11]  OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.
[12]  Ö OJ L 38, 12.2.2000, p. 1 Õ.