CELEX: 51972PC1771
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Date: 1973-01-04
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION N° 79/65/EEC AS REGARDS THE FIELD OF OBSERVATION AND THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTING ENTERPRISES TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE NETWORK FOR THE COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNTANCY DATA OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (Proposal from the Commission to the Council)

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                                        COM(72)1771 final
                                        Brussels , 4 January 1973
  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION N 79/65/EEC
  AS REGARDS THE FIELD OF OBSERVATION AND THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTING
  ENTERPRISES TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE NETWORK FOR THE
  COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNTANCY DATA OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
  COMMUNITY
               ( Proposal from the Commission to the Council)
COM(72 ) 1771 final
 ---pagebreak--- I. PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ATTENDING REGULATION N° 79/65/EEC
   AS REGARDS THE FIELD OF OBSERVATION AND THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTING
   ENTERPRISES TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE NETWORK FOR THE
   COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNTANCY DATA OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
   COMMUNITY .
EXPLANATORY MESIORANDUIi
In its report to the Council on the network for the collection of
agricultural accountancy data of the EEC - a report submitted pursuant
to the provisions of Article 23 of Regulation N° 79/65/EEC - the Com­
mission has recommended several alterations to the organization and
operation of the network . After the running-in period , these altera­
tions should give this .observational organ the efficiency essential
to it .
Two of these alterations relate to the provisions of Council . Regulation
N° 79/65/EEC ; the others concern Commission Regulations , in particular
Regulations N° 91/66/EEC and N° 118/66/EEC . The two basic alterations
in question bear on . :  -                                                 '
- the restriction . of the field . of observation to full-time holdings , ..
- a gradual rise in the number of accountable holdings to cover the
  entire field of observation with a representative sample representing
  approximately 1 % of the total number of agricultural holdings in
  this field .
The decision the Council takes on ,the two basis questions mentioned
above will affect the alterations subsequently made to the implementing
provisions ( Commission regulations ).
The Commission draws the Council * s attention to the time-limits set .
for application of the provisions set before it . In order to be applicable
in 1974 and consequently to bear fruit with publication of the results
in 1976 , the provisions in question should be adopted in the first
few months of 1973 . To avoid any gap in permanent operation of the data
network , the provisions applicable for the first three years must be
applied until the new provisions have been adopted by the Council .
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 II . PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION N° 79/65/EEC
       AS REGARDS THE FIELD OF OBSERVATION AND THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTING
       ENTERPRISES TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE NETWORK FOR
       THE COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNTANCY DATA OF THE EUROPEAN
       ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 and. in particular Article 43 thereof :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas Council Régulation N° 79/65/ EEC ( l ) of 15 June 1965 sets up a
network for the collection x>f accountancy data on the incomes and
"business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic'
 Community , as amended by Régulation EEC N°         / 72 ( 2 ) ;
Whereas the experience gained during the first few years of operation
of the data network shows the need to define the limits of the field
of observation in such manner that holdings included in it should be
of sufficiently large to enable accounting systems to reflect them ;
Whereas , in accordance with Regulation (EEC ) N° ...... ( 2 ), the data
network currently covers 13.600 returning holdings ; whereas the number
of returning holdings must in future be properly representative of all
agricultural holdings in the field of observation ; whereas represen­
tation based on approximately 1 % of the total 'number of. agricultural
holdings in the said field is a minimum that should be attained as
quickly as possible :
 ( 1 ) OJ . N0 109 , 23 June 1965 , p . 1 859/65 .
 ( 2 ) See proposal for a regulation amending Regulation N° 79/ 65/EEC with
       a view to taking into account the accession of the new Member Sates
       to the European Economic Community ( doc . N°
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas , consequently , the number of returning holdings needs to be
increased ;
Whereas the increase in the number of returning holdings must be phased
gradually over several years in order to allow the national and regional
authorities within the data network to carry out this extension smoothly
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                Article 1
Article 4 ( l ) and ( 2 ) of Regulation IT0 79/ 65/EEC is replaced by "the
following :
"The field of observation referred to in Article 1 ( 2 ) ( a) includes
agricultural holdings which :
- are sales-orientated in matters of organization and operation j
- form the basis of the main occupation of the head of enterprise ;
- ensure the employment , per year , of at least one worker (l UTN).
The 13,600 returning holdings shall be increased gradually at the
beginning of each of th6 five financial years commencing during the
period 1974 to 1978 so as to attain, eventually , the figure of 40,000".
                                Article 2
Article 23 of Regulation 11° 79/ 65/E2C is replaced by the following :
"Before 1 January 1980 the Commission shall submit to the Council a
full report on the operation of the da.ta network , accompanied if neces­
sary by a proposal for the amendment of the provisions of this Regulation
                                Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 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 ,                            For the Council
                                               The Président
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FIÎTAÏTCIAL SSPECTS
1 . Taking into account the hypothesis whsreby the increase in the number
     of returning holdings will develop at an even rate from 1974 to
     1978 . the annual growth of the returning sample would be :
              ( 40,000 - 13,600 ) = 5 » 280 returning holdings
                       5
2 . The transition from 13,600 to ( 13 , 600 + 5»280 ) - i.e. a total of
     18,880 - returning holdings is planned for 1974 »
3 . The corresponding budget for 1974 would thus be
              18,880 x 25 u.a. = 472,000 u.a. ( l )
4 . At the end of the extension period ( 1978 ) the budget would attain
     the sum of
              40,000 x 25 u.a. = 1,000,000 u.a. ( l )
It should be remembered that this budget covers only fixed-price remune­
ration per holding form provided for in Article 9 ( l ) of Regulation
n° 79/65/EEC .
Allowance should also be made for an increase - proportional to the rise
in the number of returning holdings - in the financing of mecanographical
processing of accountancy data included in the general operational
budget of the Commission .
( l ) If the standard fee were increased to 30 u.a. as envisaged by the
      Commission in its report to the Council on the operation of RICA ,
      the figures for 1974 and 1978 respectively would be 566 . 400 u.a.
      and 1.200.000 u.a .