CELEX: 51988PC0554
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING ANNEX 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 571/88 BY ADDING A NEW SURVEY CHARACTERISTIC FOR THE SET-ASIDE OF ARABLE LAND

No C 319/48                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 12. 12. 88
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 by
                                adding a new survey characteristic for the set-aside of arable land
                                                       COM(88) 554 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 24 October 1988)
                                                           (88/C 319/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            harmonized and compulsory in all Member States, in order
                                                                    to obtain statistical data which are comparable between
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    Member States and over time, and whereas it is therefore
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                    necessary to add to Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 571/
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  88 a new characteristic for agricultural areas subject to the
                                                                    set-aside incentive scheme for arable land;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                    Whereas the general structure of the list of characteristics
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 ('), as last
                                                                    should not be changed, and in consequence land subject to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No. ..., for which im-
                                                                    the set-aside incentive scheme for arable land must be
plementing rules are laid down in Commission Regulation
                                                                    classified in the category corresponding to its possible
(EEC) No 1272/88 (2), obliges the Member States to
                                                                    agricultural use as well as in a separate category;
introduce an aid scheme designed to encourage the set-
aside of arable land and at the same time creates new forms         Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the
of land use, combining agricultural use and a legal status,         provisions of this Regulation, close cooperation between
depending on whether or not the land qualifies for the aid          the Member States and the Commission should continue, in
instituted by this Regulation ;                                     particular via the Standing Committee for Agricultural
Whereas the structure of agricultural holdings largely              Statistics set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC (4),
determines the potential income of farmers, making it
necessary to monitor the effects of new Common                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Agricultural Policy measures on land use, production and
the economic potential of agricultural holdings;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings to be held between 1988 and 1997 in           Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is hereby replaced
accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (3)              by the Annex to this Regulation.
represent the main instruments for monitoring and
analysing developments in statistical terms by relating the
set-aside of arable land to other structural characteristics                                  Article 2
such as the age of the holding manager, the type of farming
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following
and size of holdings, other crops and livestock;
                                                                    its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Whereas it is necessary to record the set-aside of arable land      Communities.
on the basis of a suitable classification, which should be
                                                                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
                                                                    applicable in all Member States.
(!) OJ NoL 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 121, 11. 5. 1988, p. 36.
(3) OJ No L 56, 2 . 3 . 1988, p. 1.                                 (4) OJ No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.
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                                                                         ANNEX
                                                                        ANNEX I
                                                          LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS
           A. Geographical situation of the holding
               01 Survey district
               02 Less-favoured area                                                                                               yes/no
                    (a) Mountain area                                                                                              yes/no
           B. Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the survey)
               01 Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by a natural person ? {l)                        yes/no
               02 If yes, is this person (the holder) also the manager ?                                                           yes/no
                    (a) If the answer to question B/02 is 'no', is the manager a member of the holder's
                        family ?                                                                                                   yes/no
               03 Manager's agricultural training
                    — only practical experience                                                                                    yes/no
                   — basic training                                                                                                yes/no
                   — full agricultural training                                                                                    yes/no
               04 Are accounts kept for the management of the holding ?                                                            yes/no
           C. Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and fragmentation of the holding
               Agricultural area utilized:                                                                                           ha/a
               01 for owner farming                                                                                                    /
               02 for tenant farming                                                                                                   /
               03 for share farming or other modes                                                                                     /
                                                                                                                                number of
                                                                                                                                   parcels
               04 number of parcels making up the utilized agricultural area (2)
           D. Arable land
               Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):                                                                 ha/a
               01 Common wheat and spelt                                                                                               /
               02 Durum wheat                                                                                                          /
               03 Rye                                                                                                                  /
               04 Barley                                                                                                               /
               05 Oats                                                                                                                 /
               06 Grain maize                                                                                                          /
               07 Rice                                                                                                                 /
               08 Other cereals                                                                                                        /
           (:) In France, GAECS (Groupements agricoles Sexploitation en commun — agricultural groups for joint farming), EARLs
               (exploitations agricoles a responsabilite limitee - limited - liability agricultural holdings) and de facto groups are regarded as
            2
               agricultural holdings managed by natural persons.
           ( ) Optional for the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ireland and Denmark: for Italy the number of parcels concerns the
               total area of the holding.
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                                                                                                            ha/a
              09 Dried vegetables for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and
                  dried vegetables)                                                                           / .
                  (a) of which as pure crops for fodder: peas, broad and field beans, vetches, sweet lupins  / .
                  (b) other (as pure or mixed crops)                                                         / .
              10 Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)                                       / .
              11 Sugar beet (excluding seeds)                                                                / .
              12 Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)                                                / .
              13 Industrial plants (including seeds for herbaceous oil-seed plants; excluding seeds for
                  fibre plants, hops, tobacco and other industrial plants)                                   / .
                  of which:
                  (a) tobacco                                                                                / .
                  (b) hops                                                                                   / .
                  (c) cotton (!)                                                                             / .
                  (d) other oil-seed plants or fibre plants and other industrial plants                      / .
                        (i) oil seeds (total)                                                                / .
                            of which:
                            — rape and turnip rape                                                           / .
                                             2
                            — sunflower ( )                                                                  / .
                            — soya (2)                                                                       / .
                                                                              3
                       (ii) aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants ( )                               / .
                      (iii) other industrial plants                                                          / .
                            of which:
                            — sugar-cane (4)                                                                 / .
              Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries:
              14 — outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover                                    / .
                      of which:
                      (a) open field                                                                         / .
                      (b) market gardening                                                                   / .
              15 — under glass or other (accessible) protective cover                                        / .
              Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):
              16 — outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover                                    / .
              17 — under glass or other (accessible) protective cover                                        / .
              18 Forage plants:                                                                              / .
                  (a) temporary grass                                                                        / .
                  (b) other                                                                                  / .
          t1) Optional  except for Greece, Spain and Italy.
          (2) Optional  except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
          (3) Optional  for the United Kingdom.
          (4) Optional  except for Spain and Portugal.
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                                                                                                            ha/a
               19 Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables, potatoes and
                   oil-seed plants)                                                                           /
               20 Other arable land crops                                                                     /
               21 Fallow land                                                                                 /
           E. Kitchen gardens (J)
           F. Permanent pasture and meadow (2)
               01 Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings                                                /
               02 Rough grazings                                                                              /
           G. Permanent crops
               01 Fruit and berry plantations                                                                 /
                   (a) fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones                               /
                   (b) fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones (3)                               /
                   (c) nuts (3)                                                                        ..;..../
               02 Citrus plantations                                                                          /
               03 Olive plantations                                                                           /
                   (a) normally producing table olives (4)                                                    /
                   (b) normally producing olives for oil production (4)                                       /
               04 Vineyards                                                                                   /
                   of which normally producing:
                   (a) quality wine                                                                           /
                   (b) other wines                                                                            /
                   (c) table grapes                                                                           /
                   (d) raisins (5)                                                                            /
               05 Nurseries                                                                                   /
               06 Other permanent crops                                                                       /
               07 Permanent crops under glass                                                                 /
           H. Other land
               01 + 03 Unutilized agricultural land (agricultural land which is no longer farmed, for
                         economic, social or other reasons, and which is not used in the crop rotation
                         system) and other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds,
                         quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.)                                                /
           (J) Optional for Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
           (2) Greece and Italy may merge heading 01 with heading 02.
           (3) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
           (4) Optional for France.
           (5) Optional except for Greece and Spain.
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                                                                                                  ha/a
              02 Wooded area                                                                       / .
                 of which:
                  (a) non-commercial (*)                                                           / .
                  (b) commercial (J)                                                               / .
                      and/or
                  (c) deciduous (*)                                                                / .
                                   1
                  (d) coniferous ( )                                                               / .
                  (e) mixed (*)                                                                     / .
          I.  Combined and successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation,
              greenhouses, set-aside of arable land
              01 Successive secondary crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops under glass)   / .
                  of which:
                  (a) non-fodder cereals (D/01 to D/08)                                             / .
                  (b) non-fodder dried vegetables (D/09)                                            / .
                  (c) non-fodder oil-seed plants [D/13 (i)]                                         / .
                  (d) other successive secondary crops                                              / .
              02 Mushrooms                                                                          / .
              03 Irrigated area
                  (a) total irrigable area                                                          / .
                  (b) cultivated area irrigated at least once a year (2)                            / .
                      of which:
                        (1) durum wheat                                                             / .
                        (2) maize                                                                   / .
                        (3) potatoes                                                                / .
                        (4) sugar beet                                                              / .
                        (5) sunflower                                                               / .
                        (6) soya                                                                    / .
                        (7) fodder plants                                                           / .
                        (8) fruit and berry orchards                                                / .
                        (9) citrus fruit                                                            / .
                      (10) vines                                                                    / .
              04 Ground area covered by greenhouses in use                                          / .
                                                     2
              05 Combined (associated) crops ( )                                                    / .
                                                                                            3
                  (a) agricultural crops (including pasture and meadow) — forestry species ( )      / .
                                                              3
                  (b) permanent crops — annual crops ( )                                            / .
                  (c) permanent crops — permanent crops (3)                                         / .
                  (d) other combined crops                                                          / .
          (*) Optional.
          (2) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
          (3) Optional except for Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal.
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                                                                                                         ha/a
               06 Land subject to the set-aside incentive scheme for arable land (*)                      /
                  (a) Arable land left fallow (D/21), with rotation possibilities                         /
                  (b) Arable land used as grazing for extensive livestock farming (F/01, F/02)            /
                  (c) Arable land converted for growing lentils, chick-peas and vetches (D/09)            /
                  (d) Arable land wooded (H/02)                                                           /
                   (e) Arable land used for non-agricultural purposes (H01-03)                            /
                       — of which arable land left permanently fallow (permanent fallow land)             /
           J. Livestock (on the reference day of the survey)                                          N   k    f
                                                                                                        head
               01 Equidae
               Bovine animals:
               02 Under one year old
                   (a) male (2)
                  (b) female (2)
               One year or over but under two years:
               03 Male animals
               04 Female animals
               Two years old and over:
               05 Male animals
               06 Heifers
               07 Dairy cows
               08 Other cows
               Sheep and goats:
               09 Sheep (all ages)
                   (a) breeding females
                   (b) other sheep
               10 Goats (all ages)
                   (a) breeding females (3)
                   (b) other goats (3)
               Pigs:
               11 Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilograms
               12 Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over
               13 Other pigs
               Poultry:
               14 Broilers
               15 Laying hens
               16 Other poultry (ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea-fowl)
               17 Rabbits, breeding females (4)
                                                                                                      Number of
                                                                                                        hives
               18 Bees (2)
               19 Other livestock (2)                                                                   yes/no
           0) Optional for France as far as the 1988 basic survey is concerned.
           (2) Optional.
           (3) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
           (4) Optional for Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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                                         K. Tractors, cultivators, machinery and equipment
          01 Four-wheel tractors, track-laying
               tractors, tool carriers
          02 Cultivators, hoeing machines,
               rotary hoes and motor mowers (*)
          03 Combine harvesters
          04 Forage harvesters
          05 Potato harvesters (fully mecha-
               nized)
          06 Sugar-beet harvesters (fully mecha-
               nized)
          07 Do you have fixed or movable
               milking equipment ?
          08 Do you have a separate milking
               parlour ?
          08 (a) If so, is it fully automated ?
          t1') Optional for Denmark.
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          L 07    If the holder is also the manager, does he have any other gainful activity:
                  —     as his/her major
                        occupation ?                                       Tick as appropriate
                  —     as a subsidiary
                        occupation:
          L 08    Does the holder's spouse, carrying out farm work for the holding, have any other gainful activity:
                  —     as his/her major
                        occupation ?                                       Tick as appropriate
                  —     as a subsidiary
                        occupation ?
          L 09    Does any other member of the holder's family engaged in the farm work of the holding have any other
                  gainful activity (*):
                  —     as his/her major
                        occupation ?                                       Insert number of persons
                  —     as a subsidiary
                       occupation ?
          L 10    Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work, not included under L 01 to L 06,
                  undertaken on the holding by persons not employed directly by holding (e.g. contractors'
                  employees) (2).
                                         Insert number of equivalent full-time working days during the 12 months
                                         preceding the day of the survey (3).
          (x) Optional for Denmark.
          (2) Optional for Member States which are able to provide an overall estimate for this characteristic at national level.
          (3) The United Kingdom is authorized to submit this information in equivalent working weeks.