CELEX: 32009R1291
Language: en
Date: 2009-12-18 00:00:00
Title: 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

24.12.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 347/14
            
         
      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
   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), 6(5) and 7(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 of 12 July 1982 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings (2) established the threshold for the economic size of holdings and the number of returning holdings for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008 of 8 December 2008 establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings (3) introduced a new concept of ‘economic size’, which is now expressed in euros, and amended some other criteria of the typology.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               As a consequence of the amendment made by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (4), the divisions of Bulgaria and Romania need to be taken into account. Some additional changes to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 need to be made for more precision. Therefore, in the interests of clarity, Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Returning holdings must be selected in a uniform manner in each division and to that end detailed rules should be laid down to implement the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The holdings to be studied in connection with the farm accountancy data network fall within the field of survey of the structure surveys and of Community or national censuses of agricultural holdings.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The data available for the purposes of drawing up the plan for the selection of holdings (selection plan) for each accounting year and the difference in the agricultural situation as between the different Member States require that thresholds of economic size which vary by Member State, and even in some cases by division, be adopted.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               Experience shows that operation of the data network is facilitated if the number of returning holdings selected per division is allowed to differ by up to 20 % in either direction provided that this does not entail a reduction in the total number of returning holdings per Member State.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               As the financial management of such a measure is difficult, a limitation per Member State as to the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing is introduced in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings (5). For reasons of clarity and coherence, this should be reflected in this Regulation. Flexibility in the number of returning holdings per division should be allowed, as long as the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.
            
         
               (9)
            
            
               The selection plan should include a minimum number of elements enabling its validity in relation to the objectives of the farm accountancy data network to be assessed.
            
         
               (10)
            
            
               For the purpose of the selection plan, the field of survey should be stratified according to the divisions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 and according to the types of farming and economic size classes defined in Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008.
            
         
               (11)
            
            
               The selection plan should be drawn up prior to the beginning of the corresponding accounting year so that it can be approved before being used for the selection of returning holdings. For the accounting year 2010, however, the Member States need a longer period to draw up the selection plan, because all the necessary reference sources are not available long enough beforehand. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide for a different time-limit for the notification of the selection plan for that accounting year.
            
         
               (12)
            
            
               Since Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008 applies from the accounting year 2010, this Regulation should apply as from the same year.
            
         
               (13)
            
            
               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
   Definitions
   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
   
               (a)
            
            
               ‘holding’ means a farm business as defined in the context of the Community agricultural surveys and censuses;
            
         
               (b)
            
            
               ‘typology’ means the Community typology for agricultural holdings established by Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008.
            
         Article 2
   Threshold for the economic size
   For the accounting year 2010 (a period of 12 consecutive months beginning between 1 January 2010 and 1 July 2010) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold of economic size as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be as follows:
   
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Belgium
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 25 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Bulgaria
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 2 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Czech Republic
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 8 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Denmark
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 15 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Germany
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 25 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Estonia
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Ireland
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Greece
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Spain
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               France
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 25 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Italy
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Cyprus
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Latvia
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Lithuania
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Luxembourg
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 25 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Hungary
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Malta
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Netherlands
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 25 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Austria
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 8 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Poland
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Portugal
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Romania
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 2 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Slovenia
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 4 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Slovakia
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 15 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Finland
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 8 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               Sweden
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 15 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland)
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 25 000
            
         
               —
            
            
               :
            
            
               United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland)
            
            
               :
            
            
               EUR 15 000.
            
         Article 3
   Number of returning holdings
   The number of returning holdings per Member State as well as per division shall be as laid down in the Annex.
   The number of returning holdings to be selected per division may differ from that laid down in the Annex by up to 20 % in either direction provided that the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.
   Article 4
   Selection plan
   The plan for the selection of returning holdings shall ensure the representativeness of the returning holdings as a whole.
   It shall include:
   
               (a)
            
            
               the elements on which it is based, namely:
               
                           —
                        
                        
                           particulars of the statistical reference sources,
                        
                     
                           —
                        
                        
                           the procedures for stratifying the field of survey in accordance with the divisions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, the types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology,
                        
                     
                           —
                        
                        
                           the procedures for determining the selection rate chosen for each stratum,
                        
                     
                           —
                        
                        
                           the procedures for the selection of returning holdings;
                        
                     
         
               (b)
            
            
               the breakdown of holdings in the field of survey by types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology (corresponding at least to the principal types), and
            
         
               (c)
            
            
               the number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the strata adopted.
            
         Article 5
   Notification
   Each year the Member States shall notify the selection plan referred to in Article 4 to the Commission not later than two months before the beginning of the accounting year to which it relates.
   However, for the accounting year 2010 it shall be notified not later than one month before the beginning of the accounting year.
   Notification shall be done electronically via the information systems made available to the competent authorities by the Commission or by the Member States.
   The form and content of the information to be notified shall be in conformity with models made available to the Member States through the information systems. Those models and the methods to be used shall be adapted and updated after the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network has been informed.
   Data relating to notifications shall be entered and updated in the information systems under the responsibility of the competent authorities of the Member State, in accordance with the access rights granted by the authorities concerned.
   Article 6
   Repeal
   Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is repealed with effect from 30 June 2010.
   References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
   Article 7
   Entry into force and application
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   It shall apply from the accounting year 2010.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 18 December 2009.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 27.
   
      (2)  OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 5.
   
      (3)  OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 3.
   
      (4)  OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1.
   
      (5)  OJ L 190, 14.7.1983, p. 25.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  Reference number
               
               
                  Name of division
               
               
                  Number of returning holdings per accounting year
               
            
                   
               
               
                  BELGIUM
               
               
                   
               
            
                  341
               
               
                  Vlaanderen
               
               
                  720
               
            
                  342
               
               
                  Bruxelles-Brussel
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  343
               
               
                  Wallonie
               
               
                  480
               
            
                  Total Belgium
               
               
                  1 200
               
            
                   
               
               
                  BULGARIA
               
               
                   
               
            
                  831
               
               
                  Северозападен, (Severozapaden)
               
               
                  346
               
            
                  832
               
               
                  Северен централен, (Severen tsentralen)
               
               
                  358
               
            
                  833
               
               
                  Североизточен, (Severoiztochen)
               
               
                  373
               
            
                  834
               
               
                  Югозападен, (Yugozapaden)
               
               
                  335
               
            
                  835
               
               
                  Южен централен, (Yuzhen tsentralen)
               
               
                  394
               
            
                  836
               
               
                  Югоизточен, (Yugoiztochen)
               
               
                  396
               
            
                  Total Bulgaria
               
               
                  2 202
               
            
                  745
               
               
                  CZECH REPUBLIC
               
               
                  1 417
               
            
                  370
               
               
                  DENMARK
               
               
                  2 150
               
            
                   
               
               
                  GERMANY
               
               
                   
               
            
                  010
               
               
                  Schleswig-Holstein
               
               
                  565
               
            
                  020
               
               
                  Hamburg
               
               
                  97
               
            
                  030
               
               
                  Niedersachsen
               
               
                  1 307
               
            
                  040
               
               
                  Bremen
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  050
               
               
                  Nordrhein-Westfalen
               
               
                  1 010
               
            
                  060
               
               
                  Hessen
               
               
                  558
               
            
                  070
               
               
                  Rheinland-Pfalz
               
               
                  887
               
            
                  080
               
               
                  Baden-Württemberg
               
               
                  1 190
               
            
                  090
               
               
                  Bayern
               
               
                  1 678
               
            
                  100
               
               
                  Saarland
               
               
                  90
               
            
                  110
               
               
                  Berlin
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  112
               
               
                  Brandenburg
               
               
                  284
               
            
                  113
               
               
                  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
               
               
                  268
               
            
                  114
               
               
                  Sachsen
               
               
                  313
               
            
                  115
               
               
                  Sachsen-Anhalt
               
               
                  270
               
            
                  116
               
               
                  Thüringen
               
               
                  283
               
            
                  Total Germany
               
               
                  8 800
               
            
                  755
               
               
                  ESTONIA
               
               
                  658
               
            
                  380
               
               
                  IRELAND
               
               
                  1 300
               
            
                   
               
               
                  GREECE
               
               
                   
               
            
                  450
               
               
                  Macedonia-Thrace
               
               
                  2 000
               
            
                  460
               
               
                  Epirus-Peloponnese-Ionian Islands
               
               
                  1 350
               
            
                  470
               
               
                  Thessaly
               
               
                  700
               
            
                  480
               
               
                  Continental Greece, Aegean Islands, Crete
               
               
                  1 450
               
            
                  Total Greece
               
               
                  5 500
               
            
                   
               
               
                  SPAIN
               
               
                   
               
            
                  500
               
               
                  Galicia
               
               
                  450
               
            
                  505
               
               
                  Asturias
               
               
                  190
               
            
                  510
               
               
                  Cantabria
               
               
                  150
               
            
                  515
               
               
                  País Vasco
               
               
                  352
               
            
                  520
               
               
                  Navarra
               
               
                  316
               
            
                  525
               
               
                  La Rioja
               
               
                  244
               
            
                  530
               
               
                  Aragón
               
               
                  676
               
            
                  535
               
               
                  Cataluña
               
               
                  664
               
            
                  540
               
               
                  Illes Balears
               
               
                  180
               
            
                  545
               
               
                  Castilla y León
               
               
                  950
               
            
                  550
               
               
                  Madrid
               
               
                  190
               
            
                  555
               
               
                  Castilla-La Mancha
               
               
                  900
               
            
                  560
               
               
                  Comunidad Valenciana
               
               
                  638
               
            
                  565
               
               
                  Murcia
               
               
                  348
               
            
                  570
               
               
                  Extremadura
               
               
                  718
               
            
                  575
               
               
                  Andalucía
               
               
                  1 504
               
            
                  580
               
               
                  Canarias
               
               
                  230
               
            
                  Total Spain
               
               
                  8 700
               
            
                   
               
               
                  FRANCE
               
               
                   
               
            
                  121
               
               
                  Île-de-France
               
               
                  210
               
            
                  131
               
               
                  Champagne-Ardenne
               
               
                  380
               
            
                  132
               
               
                  Picardie
               
               
                  270
               
            
                  133
               
               
                  Haute-Normandie
               
               
                  170
               
            
                  134
               
               
                  Centre
               
               
                  410
               
            
                  135
               
               
                  Basse-Normandie
               
               
                  240
               
            
                  136
               
               
                  Bourgogne
               
               
                  360
               
            
                  141
               
               
                  Nord-Pas-de-Calais
               
               
                  290
               
            
                  151
               
               
                  Lorraine
               
               
                  240
               
            
                  152
               
               
                  Alsace
               
               
                  200
               
            
                  153
               
               
                  Franche-Comté
               
               
                  220
               
            
                  162
               
               
                  Pays de la Loire
               
               
                  460
               
            
                  163
               
               
                  Bretagne
               
               
                  480
               
            
                  164
               
               
                  Poitou-Charentes
               
               
                  370
               
            
                  182
               
               
                  Aquitaine
               
               
                  550
               
            
                  183
               
               
                  Midi-Pyrénées
               
               
                  490
               
            
                  184
               
               
                  Limousin
               
               
                  230
               
            
                  192
               
               
                  Rhône-Alpes
               
               
                  480
               
            
                  193
               
               
                  Auvergne
               
               
                  380
               
            
                  201
               
               
                  Languedoc-Roussillon
               
               
                  430
               
            
                  203
               
               
                  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
               
               
                  440
               
            
                  204
               
               
                  Corse
               
               
                  170
               
            
                  Total France
               
               
                  7 470
               
            
                   
               
               
                  ITALY
               
               
                   
               
            
                  221
               
               
                  Valle d'Aosta
               
               
                  159
               
            
                  222
               
               
                  Piemonte
               
               
                  598
               
            
                  230
               
               
                  Lombardia
               
               
                  657
               
            
                  241
               
               
                  Trentino
               
               
                  279
               
            
                  242
               
               
                  Alto Adige
               
               
                  262
               
            
                  243
               
               
                  Veneto
               
               
                  741
               
            
                  244
               
               
                  Friuli-Venezia Giulia
               
               
                  549
               
            
                  250
               
               
                  Liguria
               
               
                  559
               
            
                  260
               
               
                  Emilia-Romagna
               
               
                  857
               
            
                  270
               
               
                  Toscana
               
               
                  635
               
            
                  281
               
               
                  Marche
               
               
                  493
               
            
                  282
               
               
                  Umbria
               
               
                  512
               
            
                  291
               
               
                  Lazio
               
               
                  550
               
            
                  292
               
               
                  Abruzzo
               
               
                  444
               
            
                  301
               
               
                  Molise
               
               
                  359
               
            
                  302
               
               
                  Campania
               
               
                  597
               
            
                  303
               
               
                  Calabria
               
               
                  479
               
            
                  311
               
               
                  Puglia
               
               
                  748
               
            
                  312
               
               
                  Basilicata
               
               
                  430
               
            
                  320
               
               
                  Sicilia
               
               
                  672
               
            
                  330
               
               
                  Sardegna
               
               
                  557
               
            
                  Total Italy
               
               
                  11 137
               
            
                  740
               
               
                  CYPRUS
               
               
                  500
               
            
                  770
               
               
                  LATVIA
               
               
                  1 000
               
            
                  775
               
               
                  LITHUANIA
               
               
                  1 000
               
            
                  350
               
               
                  LUXEMBOURG
               
               
                  450
               
            
                   
               
               
                  HUNGARY
               
               
                   
               
            
                  760
               
               
                  Közép-Magyarország
               
               
                  166
               
            
                  761
               
               
                  Közép-Dunántúl
               
               
                  187
               
            
                  762
               
               
                  Nyugat-Dunántúl
               
               
                  228
               
            
                  763
               
               
                  Dél-Dunántúl
               
               
                  260
               
            
                  764
               
               
                  Észak- Magyarország
               
               
                  209
               
            
                  765
               
               
                  Észak-Alföld
               
               
                  380
               
            
                  766
               
               
                  Dél-Alföld
               
               
                  470
               
            
                  Total Hungary
               
               
                  1 900
               
            
                  780
               
               
                  MALTA
               
               
                  536
               
            
                  360
               
               
                  NETHERLANDS
               
               
                  1 500
               
            
                  660
               
               
                  AUSTRIA
               
               
                  2 000
               
            
                   
               
               
                  POLAND
               
               
                   
               
            
                  785
               
               
                  Pomorze and Mazury
               
               
                  1 860
               
            
                  790
               
               
                  Wielkopolska and Śląsk
               
               
                  4 350
               
            
                  795
               
               
                  Mazowsze and Podlasie
               
               
                  4 490
               
            
                  800
               
               
                  Małopolska and Pogórze
               
               
                  1 400
               
            
                  Total Poland
               
               
                  12 100
               
            
                   
               
               
                  PORTUGAL
               
               
                   
               
            
                  615
               
               
                  Norte e Centro
               
               
                  1 233
               
            
                  630
               
               
                  Ribatejo e Oeste
               
               
                  351
               
            
                  640
               
               
                  Alentejo e Algarve
               
               
                  399
               
            
                  650
               
               
                  Açores e Madeira
               
               
                  317
               
            
                  Total Portugal
               
               
                  2 300
               
            
                   
               
               
                  ROMANIA
               
               
                   
               
            
                  840
               
               
                  Nord-Est
               
               
                  852
               
            
                  841
               
               
                  Sud-Est
               
               
                  1 074
               
            
                  842
               
               
                  Sud-Muntenia
               
               
                  1 008
               
            
                  843
               
               
                  Sud-Vest-Oltenia
               
               
                  611
               
            
                  844
               
               
                  Vest
               
               
                  703
               
            
                  845
               
               
                  Nord-Vest
               
               
                  825
               
            
                  846
               
               
                  Centru
               
               
                  834
               
            
                  847
               
               
                  București-Ilfov
               
               
                  93
               
            
                  Total Romania
               
               
                  6 000
               
            
                  820
               
               
                  SLOVENIA
               
               
                  908
               
            
                  810
               
               
                  SLOVAKIA
               
               
                  523
               
            
                   
               
               
                  FINLAND
               
               
                   
               
            
                  670
               
               
                  Etelä-Suomi
               
               
                  461
               
            
                  680
               
               
                  Sisä-Suomi
               
               
                  251
               
            
                  690
               
               
                  Pohjanmaa
               
               
                  221
               
            
                  700
               
               
                  Pohjois-Suomi
               
               
                  167
               
            
                  Total Finland
               
               
                  1 100
               
            
                   
               
               
                  SWEDEN
               
               
                   
               
            
                  710
               
               
                  Plains of southern and central Sweden
               
               
                  637
               
            
                  720
               
               
                  Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of southern and central Sweden
               
               
                  258
               
            
                  730
               
               
                  Areas of northern Sweden
               
               
                  130
               
            
                  Total Sweden
               
               
                  1 025
               
            
                   
               
               
                  UNITED KINGDOM
               
               
                   
               
            
                  411
               
               
                  England — North Region
               
               
                  420
               
            
                  412
               
               
                  England — East Region
               
               
                  650
               
            
                  413
               
               
                  England — West Region
               
               
                  430
               
            
                  421
               
               
                  Wales
               
               
                  300
               
            
                  431
               
               
                  Scotland
               
               
                  380
               
            
                  441
               
               
                  Northern Ireland
               
               
                  320
               
            
                  Total United Kingdom
               
               
                  2 500