CELEX: 31972L0281
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 72/281/EEC of 31 July 1972 laying down additional provisions concerning surveys of pig production to be made by Member States

Official Journal of the European Communities                                      .843
7.8.72                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 179/5
                                               COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                                    of 31 July 1972
             laying down additional provisions concerning surveys of pig production to be made by
                                                    Member States
                                                     (72/28 1/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       herds, it is necessary to subdivide certain of the
                                                               territorial divisions referred to in Article 5 (4) of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   Directive of 27 March 1968 ;
European Economic Community;
                                                                                c
Having regard to the Council Directive of 27 March             Whereas, in order that it may be ascertained whether
19681 concerning surveys of pig production to be               the survey methods used have been giving a clear
made by Member States, and in particular Article 9             picture of the constant developments in the pig
thereof;
                                                               farming industry, a progress report should be
                                                               submitted from time to time;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Whereas experience gained in implementing the
Directive of 27 March 1968 has shown that Member
States' methods of organizing surveys and preparing
forecasts need to be standardized;                                                     Article 1
Whereas experience has shown that it is easier to              1 . For December, April and August, surveys as
compare results if the return date for surveys of pig          provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) of the Directive of 27
population is specified as precisely as possible;              March 1968 shall relate to the number of pigs present
                                                               on one of the first three days of the month in
Whereas, as the structure of the pig farming industry          question.
changes very quickly, it is necessary that a
breakdown of results of the surveys by size-of-herd            2.    However, in the case of the April and August
class be made at least every two years;                        surveys, the return date may be that on which the
                                                               survey is carried out, provided that surveys are
Whereas the results of surveys must be forwarded as            carried out within the first six days of these months.
quickly as possible and a maximum time limit for
forwarding them should therefore be fixed forthwith,
with a provision for this time limit to be reduced                                     Article 2
after a period of adaptation;
                                                               1 . Member States shall at least every two years,
Whereas, since there are to be no further complete             starting in 1973 , make a breakdown of the results of
Community censuses, appropriate measures must be               their December surveys by size-of-herd classes to be
taken as regards sampling criteria to avoid                    defined by the Commission in cooperation with the
deterioration in the results of sample surveys ;               Member States .
Whereas, in order that a better picture may be
 obtained of the regional distribution of national pig         2. However, a Member State which obtains results
                                                               broken down by size-of-herd class from some other
                                                               national survey carried out during the year of return
 1 OJ No L 76, 28.3.1968, p. 13 .                              may, at least until 1975, continue to use such results.
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                        Article 3                                                     Article 6
The time limit for forwarding the results referred to          Every three years, starting in 1975 , the Commission
in Article 4 (3 ) of the Directive of 27 March 1968            shall submit to the Council a report on the
shall be ten weeks from the return date of the survey.         experience gained in surveying and forecasting pig
                                                               production.
After two years the Council, acting on a proposal
from the Commission and voting in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the                                      Article 7
Treaty, may reduce this time limit.
                                                               Member States shall take the appropriate measures to
                        Article 4                              ensure that with effect from December 1972 surveys
                                                               of pig population are carried out in accordance with
                                                               the requirements of this Directive.
Member States shall, in so far as they are able, take
such measures in relation to sampling criteria as they
consider appropriate to maintain the quality of the            They shall forthwith notify the Commission of the
                                                               measures taken .
results of surveys.
                        Article 5                                                     Article 8
                                                               This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
The territorial divisions referred to ir¥ Article 5 (4) of
the Directive of 27 March 1968 shall be subdivided in
the Member States as follows :
Germany :                    Regierungsbezirke                 Done at Brussels, 31 July 1972.
France :                     régions de programme
Italy:                       regioni                                                              For the Council
Belgium :                    provinces/provincies
                                                                                                   The President
Luxembourg :
Netherlands :                                                                                    T. WESTERTERP