CELEX: 32004D0760
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Date: 2004-10-26 00:00:00
Title: 2004/760/EC: Commission Decision of 26 October 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/23/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on pig population and production (notified under document number C(2004) 4090)Text with EEA relevance

13.11.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 337/59
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 26 October 2004
   laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/23/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on pig population and production
   (notified under document number C(2004) 4090)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2004/760/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production (1), and in particular Articles 1(3), 2(2), 3(2), 6(1) and (2), 8(1) and 10(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Decision 94/432/EC of 30 May 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/23/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on pig population and production (2) has been amended several times.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Precise definitions are required in order to carry out the surveys provided for in Directive 93/23/EEC. This requires the definition of the agricultural holdings covered by the survey. The herd size classes and regions according to which the Member States draw up the survey results at regular intervals should be determined. A single definition of carcass weight is necessary for the drawing-up of slaughtering statistics.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               According to Directive 93/23/EEC, the Member States may, at their request, be authorised to carry out the April and August or May/June surveys in selected regions, on the understanding that these surveys cover at least 70 % of the pig population. Member States whose pig population makes up only a small percentage of the overall population of the Community may be authorised to carry out the survey once a year in April, May/June or November/December, or to use the regional breakdown for the final results of the April or May/June survey. Finally, the Member States may, at their request, be authorised to conduct the prescribed breakdown by herd size classes for the survey results of a given month of the year.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Applications have been made by the Member States for the various types of derogation.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               By reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, it is necessary to make certain technical adaptations and to extend certain derogations to these new Member States.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) establishes a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) for the Member States; the new NUTS nomenclature must therefore replace the previously defined regional levels.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               Decision 94/432/EC should therefore be repealed.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               This Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   1.   For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/23/EEC, ‘agricultural holding’ means any technical and economic unit under single management which produces agricultural products.
   2.   The survey referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 93/23/EEC shall cover:
   
               (a)
            
            
               agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of 1 ha or more;
            
         
               (b)
            
            
               agricultural holdings with a utilized agricultural area of less than 1 ha, if their production is to a certain extent intended for sale or if their production unit exceeds certain natural thresholds.
            
         3.   Member States wishing to apply a different survey threshold shall, however, undertake to determine that threshold in such a way that only the smallest holdings are excluded, and that together the holdings excluded account for 1 % or less of the total standard gross margin, within the meaning of Commission Decision 85/377/EEC (4), of the Member State concerned.
   Article 2
   For the territorial subdivisions referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive 93/23/EEC, the Member States shall follow the level of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) defined in Annex I. They do not need to compile results for regions in which the pig population is less than 1 % of the national pig population.
   Article 3
   The herd size classes referred to in Article 8(1) of Directive 93/23/EEC are set out in Annex II to this Decision.
   Article 4
   The carcass weight referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 93/23/EEC is the weight of the slaughtered pig's cold body, either whole or divided in half along the mid-line, after being bled and eviscerated and after removal of the tongue, bristles, hooves, genitalia, flare fat, kidneys and diaphragm.
   Article 5
   1.   The list of Member States authorised to carry out the April and August or May/June surveys in selected regions, on the understanding that these surveys cover at least 70 % of the pig population, is set out in Annex III, point (a) to this Decision.
   2.   The list of Member States authorised to carry out the survey once a year in April, May/June, August or November/December is set out in Annex III, point (b) to this Decision.
   3.   The list of Member States authorised to use the regional breakdown for the final results of the April or May/June survey is set out in Annex III, point (c) to this Decision.
   4.   The list of Member States authorised to use the breakdown by herd size classes for the results of a given month of the year is set out in Annex III, point (d) to this Decision.
   Article 6
   Decision 94/432/EC is repealed. References made to the repealed Decision shall be construed to be made to the present Decision.
   Article 7
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 26 October 2004.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joaquín ALMUNIA
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 1. Directive 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).
   
      (2)  OJ L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 22. Decision as last amended by the Act of Accession of 2003.
   
      (3)  OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.
   
      (4)  OJ L 220, 17.8.1985, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision 2003/369/EC (OJ L 127, 23.5.2003, p. 48).
   
      ANNEX I
      TERRITORIAL SUBDIVISIONS
      
                  Belgium
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Czech Republic
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Denmark
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  Germany
               
               
                  NUTS 1
               
            
                  Estonia
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Greece
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Spain
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Ireland
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Italy
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  Latvia
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Luxembourg
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  Hungary
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Netherlands
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Austria
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Poland
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Portugal
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Slovenia
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Slovakia
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Finland
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  NUTS 2
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  NUTS 1
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      SIZE CLASSES OF PIG POPULATIONS
      
                  Categories
               
               
                  Number of pigs/holder
               
               
                  Holders number
               
               
                  Animals number
               
               
                  Number of sows ≥ 50 kg/holder
               
               
                  Holders number
               
               
                  Animals number
               
               
                  Number of fattening pigs ≥ 50 kg/holder
               
               
                  Holders number
               
               
                  Animals number
               
            
                  I
               
               
                  1-2 (1)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1-2 (1)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1-2 (1)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  II
               
               
                  3-9 (1)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  3-4 (1)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  3-9 (1)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  III
               
               
                  1-9
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  5-9 (1)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1-9
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  IV
               
               
                  10-49
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1-9
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  10-49
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  V
               
               
                  50-99
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  10-19
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  50-99
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  VI
               
               
                  100-199
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  20-49
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  100-199
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  VII
               
               
                  200-399
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  50-99
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  200-399
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  VIII
               
               
                  400-999
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  100-
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  400-999
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  IX
               
               
                  1 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  100-199 (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  X
               
               
                  1 000-1 999 (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  200-499 (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 000-1 999 (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  XII
               
               
                  2 000-4 999 (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  500- (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  2 000- (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  XIII
               
               
                  5 000 (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  2 000-4 999 (3)
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  XIV
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  5 000 (3)
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
         (1)  Breakdown optional for: BE, CZ, DK, MT, NL, SE, SK.
      
         (2)  Breakdown optional for: CZ, EL, LT, LU, MT, PT, SE, SI, SK.
      
         (3)  Breakdown optional for: FR, PL.
   
   
      ANNEX III
      
                  (a)
               
               
                  Member States authorised to carry out the April and August or May/June surveys in selected regions, on the understanding that these surveys cover at least 70 % of the pig population
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              France
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Italy
                           
                        
            
                  (b)
               
               
                  Member States authorised to carry out the survey once a year in April, May/June, August or November/December
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Cyprus
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Estonia
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Greece
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Finland
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Ireland
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Latvia
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Lithuania
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Luxembourg
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Malta
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Portugal
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Slovakia
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Slovenia
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Sweden
                           
                        
            
                  (c)
               
               
                  Member States authorised to use the regional breakdown for the final results of the April or May/June survey
                  
                              April
                           
                           
                              May/June
                           
                        
                              Netherlands
                           
                           
                              Germany
                              Belgium
                           
                        
            
                  (d)
               
               
                  Member States authorised to use the breakdown by herd size classes for the results of a given month of the year
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Belgium, May
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Denmark, May
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Germany, May
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Netherlands, April
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Poland, August
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              Sweden, June