CELEX: 31968R1696
Language: en
Date: 1968-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1696/68 of the Commission of 28 October 1968 amending Regulation No 91/66/EEC concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    523
No L 266/4                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              30.10.68
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1696/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                 of 28 October 1968
             amending Regulation No 91/66/EEC concerning the selection of returning holdings
                              for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
 THE    COMMISSION      OF   THE    EUROPEAN       COM­        value, and it is therefore appropriate to establish a
 MUNITIES ,                                                    list of Community weighting coefficients to be
                                                               applied systematically in all divisions;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community;                                           Whereas the measures prescribed in this Regulation
                                                               are in accordance with the opinion of the Community
                                                               Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC1
of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collec­
tion of accountancy data on the incomes and
business operation of agricultural holdings in the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Articles 4 and 5 thereof;                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in order that the categories of holding in
each division may be determined in a uniform man­
ner, in accordance with the scheme of classification
set out in Annex II to Commission Regulation                                           Article 1
No 91 /66/EEC2 of 29 June 1966 concerning the
selection of returning holdings for the purpose of             Article 2 of Regulation No 91/66/EEC shall be
determining incomes of agricultural holdings, it is            amplified by the addition of the following paragraph :
necessary that type of farming be determined by
reference to the concept of standard gross pro­                    'The Regional Committee shall determine type
duction; whereas Article 2 of that Regulation should               of farming by reference to standard gross pro­
be amended accordingly;                                            duction. For this purpose it shall apply, both to
                                                                   crop areas (excluding the forage crops listed at
                                                                   item 53 in Annex I) and to livestock numbers (ex­
Whereas the only data comparable and currently                     cluding draught animals), the coefficients set out
available at Community level capable of being used                 in Annex VII.'
for determining the standard gross production of
a holding are, on the one hand, the area of each
crop and, on the other, the number of animals for
each category of livestock;                                                            Article 2
                                                               For footnote ( 1 ) in Annex II to Regulation No 91 /66/
Whereas to determine standard gross production                 EEC there shall be substituted the following:
from such data each item must first be weighted on
the basis of its average Community gross production                'Roman numerals indicate main type of farming;
                                                                   letters indicate specific type; fractions, which
                                                                   refer to the proportion of standard gross pro­
                                                                   duction, represent class boundaries . The symbol
1 OJ No 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65.                                "<?' means "less than"; "<" means "less than or
2 OJ No 121, 4.7.1966, p. 2249/66.                                 equal to";        means "greater than".'
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                     Article 3                                                    Article 4
The Annex VII annexed to this Regulation shall be           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
added to Regulation No 91 /66/EEC.                          Jay following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                            of the European Communities.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels , 28 October 1968 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               • The President
                                                                                   Jean REY
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                                         ANNEX Vll
             Community coefficients to be applied in determining type of farming
Crops and livestock                                            Unit              Coefficient
I. CROPS
   Wheat                                                       1 ha                  1-00
   Rye                                                         1 ha                 0-90
   Barley                          '                           1 ha                 0*85
   Oats                                                        1 ha                 0-73
   Maize                                                       1 ha     '            1-00
   Rice                                                        1 ha                  1-59
   Other cereals                                               1 ha                  0*82
   Dry pulses                                                  1 ha                 0-67
   Potatoes                                                    1 ha                 2-27
   Sugar beet                                                  1 ha                 2-27
   Other roots and tubers                                      1 ha                  1*45
   Oilseed plants                                              1 ha                  1-09'
   Fibre plants                                •               1 ha                  1-36
   Hops                             •                          1 ha                13-60
   Tobacco                                                     1 ha                 6-36
   Other industrial crops                                      1 ha                 4*45
   Fresh vegetables, melons , strawberries :
   — field-scale crop                                          1 ha                 4-55
   — intensive outdoor horticultural crop                      1 ha                 9-09^
   — glasshouse crop                                           1 ha                36-00
   Flowers and ornamental plants :
   — outdoor grown                                            1 ha                 55-00
   — under glass                                              1 ha                164-00
   Horticultural seeds                                        1 ha                 16-80
   Other seed crops                                           1 ha                  1-36
   Other arable crops            »                            1 ha                  1-00'
   Fallows                                                    1 ha                  0-00
   Orchards                                                   1 ha                  7-09
   Citrus fruit groves                                        1 ha                  5-27
   Olive groves                                               1 ha                  1-27
   Vines                                                      1 ha                  2-73
   Berry crops                                                1 ha                  4-18
   Nurseries                                                  1 ha    .            10-40
   Other permanent crops                                      1 ha                  0-34
   Permanent crops under glass                                1 ha                 51-00
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    II . LIVESTOCK
          Horses etc.:                                                       Unit            Coefficient
          draught horses
          other horses under 2 years old
                                                                             1 horse1           0-55
          other horses 2 years old and over
          mules, hinnies
          asses
          Cattle under 1 year :
          for fattening                                                                          0-44
                                                                             1 animal
          for breeding
          Cattle 1 year old and under 2 :
          for fattening                                                      1 animal1           0-58
          for breeding                                                       1 animal 1          0-48
          Cattle 2 years old and over :
          heifers                                                            1 heifer1           0-48
          cows exclusively for the production of milk
                                                                             1 cow1              1-26
          nurse cows
                                                                             1 cow1              0-57
          milk and draught cows
          cattle for work only
          cattle for fattening                                               1 animal 1          0-58
          bulls for service                                                  1 bull1             1-09
          buffalo                                                            1 buffalo1          0-68
          Sheep :
          under 1 year old
                                                                             10 sheep1           0-85
          1 year old and over
          Goats :
          under 1 year old
                                                                            10 goats1            1-00
          1 year old and over
          Pigs :
          piglets
          store pigs
                                                                             1 pig1              0-50
          pigs for fattening
          sows and gilts                                                     1 sow or gilt1      0-85
          boars                                                             .1 boar1       i     0-55
          Poultry :
          chicks, cockerels and pullets
          hens and cocks                                                   100 hens1             2-57
          table fowls                                                      100 fowls1            1-05
          other poultry                                                    100 other1            1-32
                                                                               poultry
       * Not taken into account in determining standard gross production .
     ** The coefficient for sows and gilts takes piglets into account.
    *** Not taken into account.
        1 Present on holding over twelve-month period .