CELEX: 51992PC0430
Language: en
Date: 1992-11-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                    COM(92) 430 final
                                     Brussels, 11 November 1992
                       Proposal for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
     concerning statistical information to be supplied
   by Member States on crop products other than cereals
               (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  Réf.:     Draft Regulation (EEC) on statistics of other crop products (except
           cereals)
  The main reasons for putting the Community's non-cereal crop statistics on a formal
   basis are the following:
   (i)             the general advantages in replacing "gentlemen's agreements" by legal
                   requirements e.g. clarity of obligation, defence of resources, facilitates
                   planning, legal cover in Member States; these are reinforced as
                   further countries (EFTA, Eastern and Central Europe) will move
                   towards the Community system or take it over entirely;
   (ii)            the weight of legislation on current agricultural statistics is on
                   livestock; the southern extension of the EC h a s increased the
                   proportion of total output coming from crop production; the Council
                   regulation on cereal crops statistics adopted in 1990^> and this new
                   proposal redress the balance;
   (ill)           the use of crop statistics, for example, in the context of the reform of
                   the Common agricultural policy (CAP) and the public worry about
                   fraudulent claims on the EAGGF have increased the need to show
                   that the Community crop statistics are objective to make the
                   methodologies which are used more transparent and to assure a
                   minimum accuracy of results;
   (iv)            with the introduction of financial aids per hectare into the CAP
                   reliable data on cultivated areas (including set-aside) will be all the
                   more needed.
  A regulation on cereal production statistics was made by the Council on 26 March
   1990. The proposed new regulation on non-cereal crops will complete this with area
  data for the rest of the agricultural land and production figures for the most
  important crops. In general no new statistics are involved for Member States; it is a
  matter of harmonising and improving the existing data flows. This Draft Regulation
  defines data to be submitted, fixes dead-lines for data transmission and quantifies
  levels of accuracy for the data in order to assure objectivity and representativity of
  the figures.
 The Draft Regulation is in full accordance with the way the European Statistical
 System has been organized: The collection and the treatment of data and the survey
 organization at national level remain the responsability of the statistical services of
 the Member States, the Commission ensures the collection, coordination and
 harmonization of statistical information at European level, and provides for
 harmonized methodologies necessary for the management of EC policies.
 Account is being taken of the relative importance of crops in each country to ensure
 effort is concentrated where it matters that the commonsense coincidence of
 national and Community interest is maintained and so scarce resources of Member
 States and of the Commission are allocated in an optimal way.
(1)     OJN*L88of3.4.1990.p. 1
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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                    / 9 2 of           1992
   concerning statistical information            to be supplied by the Member States on crop
   products other than cereals' 1 '
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in
   particular Article 43 thereof.                    *>           K                                   jr.
   Having regard to the proposal by the Commission' 2 '
  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament' 3 '
  Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks imposed on it by the Treaty and the
  Regulations concerning the common agricultural policy, the Commission needs to have
  reliable, comparable and up-to-date data, established by objective methods, on areas
  under cultivation, yields and production of crop products other than cereals.
 Whereas, it is appropriate to recognize the importance of the crop production sector
 apart from cereals for the organization and management of agricultural markets, which
 implies that the requisite statistical surveys should be conducted to an increasing
 degree on the basis of Community rules:
 Whereas account should be taken of the experience acquired by the statistical service
 with these surveys over many years:
Whereas the purpose of this Regulation is to define the statistical information to be
supplied, to prescribe a satisfactory level of reliability on area figures and to ask for
additional technical information necessary to assess production figures, to provide for
objectivity and representivity of surveys on area and production by a broad exchange of
experience, involving meetings and reports and to fix the deadlines to be met:
Whereas, for crop products other than cereals, the communication of regional data is
also required on an annual basis:
Whereas it is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report after three years of
experience with this Regulation, together with, if necessary, proposals for improving
statistical surveys;
Whereas during a transitional period the changes to be made in statistical methods
involve additional work by Member states, which requires a financial contribution of the
Community:
Whereas notwithstanding that the collection and the treatment of data and the survey
organization at national level remain the responsability of the statistical services of the
Member States, the Commission has to ensure the collection, coordination and
harmonization of statistical information at European level, and to provide for
harmonized methodologies necessary for the management of EC policies.
Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this Regulation
close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission should continue in
particular via the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up in Decision
72/279/EEC(4).
 'l'      Data on cereals and rice are already surveyed In Council Regulation 8 3 7 / 9 0 of March 1990.
 (2)
 131
 {41      OJNoL 179. 7. 8. 1972. p 1
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Section I: Objectives.
Article 1.
Member States shall provide the Commission of the European Communities, herinafter
called the Commission, with annual data on the production and area of crops, other
than cereals, as specified in Articles 2 and 6.
Section II: Data to be supplied at national level
Article 2     ;
1.      Arable land: According to the definitions given in annex I data on main area and
        secondary area shall oe provided annually for all types of use of arable land
         listed in annex II. Only the Member States indicated in annex IX have an
        obligation to include secondary area in an annual statistical survey and to
        deliver data on these areas.
2.       Other areas: In addition . Member States shall submit data on main areas of
         permanent grassland and permanent crops and other areas as stated
         respectively in annex II section K.L.M and N. These data can be obtained fully or
         partially from earth observation techniques and sources other than the
        comprehensive survey mentioned in article 3.1 and such sources need not
         necessarily be annual surveys.
3.       Production/Yields: Each Member State shall also submit annual data on the
        following:
         - Average yield (loo kg/ha):
         - Production harvested (1000 tonnes),
         for each product as specified in annex III.
4.      Areas of marginal importance: Data for area of only marginal importance in the
         individual Member States as stated in annex VIII may be obtained from other
         data sources not meeting all the requirements of this Regulation.
Section III: Methods, specification.
Article 3
1.      For the specification in each Member State of the use of arable land referred to
        in annex II. data on the main area shall be obtained from one comprehensive
        annual statistical survey which should take the form of a census or a
        representative survey. This survey may include the other utilized agricultural
        area apart from arable land.
2.      After approval by the Commission Member States can. however, use
        administrative sources partly a s a substitute for data on arable land obtained
        from the above-mentioned comprehensive annual survey (3.1).
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3.      Where neither statistical surveys on permanent crops, permanent grassland and
        other parts of the utilized agricultural area (as defined in annex II. headings K,
        L. M and N) for a specific year nor annual estimates on changes in land use of
        these items from Community sources are available, it is optional for the Member
        States to provide estimates for that year for these items.
4.      The above-mentioned survey (article 3.1) shall be conducted using statisticaly
        recognized methods which meet the requirements on quality, objectivity and
        reliability as defined in this section.
5.      Member States have the choice of two different methodological approaches for
        the land use survey according to the definitions in annex I:
        either
        a "real time" approach referring to the main area at survey time with additional
        information on secondary area later on
        or
        an "ex post" evaluation of land use (referring to main and secondary area in the
        same survey) taking place at the end of the crop season.
6.      In order to meet the requirements of this section, transitional arrangements may
        be agreed upon in accordance with article 8.3.
Article 4
1.      In case of sample surveys on main areas under cultivation, the sample must be
        designed so that they are representative of at least 95% of the total area of
        arable land of crops other than cereals.
        These main area figures must be complemented by an estimate relying on data
        from other sources and relating to the remaining area of arable land of crop
        products other than cereals.
2.      Surveys on land under permanent crops, permanent grassland and other parts
        of the utilized agricultural area apart from arable land should be as
        representative as possible.
        Permanent grassland comprises also the parts of the utilized agricultural area
        outside agricultural holdings.
3.      The sample surveys on main areas of arable land must be designed so that, in
        each Member State and for each of the separate groups of main areas (as
        specified in annex IV) at least one of the following two criteria is satisfied:
        1) the coefficient of variation does not exceed that given in annex IV:
        ii) the standard error does not exceed that given in annex IV.
4.      The degree of accuracy to be required for the area estimates of permanent crops
         . permanent grassland and other parts of the utilized agricultural area apart
         from arable land shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in
        Article 12. after Member States have transmitted to the Commission the reports
         required under Article 8.1 of this Regulation.
Article 5
 1.      Surveys on production or yields shall be conducted using statistically recognized
         m e t h o d s a s regards quality, objectivity and reliability.
2.      After approval by the Commission Member States can however, use
         administrative sources partly as substitutes for the data obtained from the
         statistical surveys on production or yields as mentioned above (5.1).
 ---pagebreak--- 3.      The degree of accuracy to be required for the production estimate of each crop in
        annex III will be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 12.
        after Member States have transmitted to the Commission the reports required
        under Article 8.1 of this Regulation.
4.      Any supplementary information to be required for the further standardization of
        production estimates shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid
        down in Article 12. after the Member States have transmitted to the Commission
        the reports mentioned in Article 5.3.
Section IV: Data to be supplied at regional level
Article 6
1.      Annual data on areas under cultivation, yields and harvested production must
        be forwarded to the Commission for the crops indicated in annex V at the
        regional levels defined in annex VI.
        Where no statistical survey is available for a specific year on regional data for
        permanent crops, permanent grassland and other part of the utilized
        agricultural area (as defined in annex II headings K. L. M and N)it is optional for
        Member States to deliver estimates for that year on these land use items such as
        specified in annex V.
2.      Regional data for areas and products of marginal importance as defined in
        annex VIII need not be supplied by Member States.
3.      Member States only have to provide data on areas under cultivation and
        harvested production for the most important regions by crop.
        Data have to be submitted only for those regions, which together, arranged in
        descending order, represent at least 80% of the total area of that crop.
Section V: Deadlines, exchange of experience and transitional arrangements.
Article 7
1.      The calendar year in which the harvest begins shall herinafter be referred to as
        the "harvest year".
2.      For the land use items given in annex II Member States shall supply the
        Commission with provisional national data on the area under cultivation at the
        latest by 1 October of the harvest year. Final data on these areas under
        cultivation shall be supplied at the latest by 1 April following the harvest year.
3.      Initial estimates of national yields and production figures on the products
        specified in annex VII shall be forwarded according to the deadlines in that
        annex. Provisional yields and production figures on the products specified in
        annex III shall be supplied at the latest bv 15 April and final figures at the latest
        by 1 October, both in the year following the harvest year.
4.      If yield and production figures refer to revised area data, the latter should also
        be submitted. .
5.      The regional data referred to in Article 6 shall be supplied at the same time as
        the final figures at national level and be consistent with them.
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Article 8
1.      Within 12 months of the entry into force of this Regulation. Member States shall
        submit a detailed methodological report to the Commission describing how data
        for the utilized area, the arable land and the area under cultivation for the
        individual crops are obtained. Furthermore Member States shall explain how
        yield and production are derived for their countries and. where appropriate,
        regions and indicate the représentativity and reliability of these figures. In
        addition, methods for further standardization of the quantities of these products
        should be described. The Commission, in collaboration with Member States,
        shall compile a summary of these reports.
2.      Member States shall inform the Commission of any modifications to the
        information provided under paragraph 1 within three months of their
        introduction.
3.      Should certain methodological reports show that a Member State cannot, in the
        immediate future, meet the requirements of this Regulation and if changes in
        survey techniques and methodology are necessary, the Commission may
        authorize, in cooperation with the Member State, a transitional period, up to a
        maximum of two years, during which the survey programme of this Regulation
        shall be achieved.
4.      Methodological reports, transitional arrangements, data availability, data
        reliability and other relevant issues connected with the application of this
        Regulation shall be examined twice a year within the competent Working Group
        of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics.
Article 9
        No later than by the end of 1995 the Commission shall submit to the European
        Parliament and the Council:
                 a report on the experience gained from the statistical surveys and
                 estimates carried out pursuant to this Regulation.
                 if necessary, proposals for the improvement and harmonization of the
                 arrangements in force in the Member States.
Article 10
        The annexes I tto IX may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid
        down in Article 12.
Section VI: Financial arrangements
Article 11
 1.     The Community shall grant to the Member States each year during the period
        from 1993 to 1995 a contribution to the expenditures incurred in the work
        undertaken to improve           the methodological bases and the comparability of
        the data mentioned in articles 2 and 6.
2.      In the light df submissions from Member States the amount of that contribution
        shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 12.
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Section VII: Final provisions .
Article 12.
1.      Thé Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Agricultural
        Statistics, herinafter referred to as the "Committee".
2.      Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the chairman
        shall refer the matter to the Committee on his own initiative or at the request of
        the representative of a Member State.
3.      The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of
        the measures to be taken. The Committee shall give its opinion on the draft
        within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency
        of th,e matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
4.      The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes. In addition, each Member State
        shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
5.      The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the
        Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion
        has been taken into account.
Article 13
        This Regulation shall enter into force three days after 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.
 ---pagebreak--- ANNEX I: DEFINITIONS
I SURVEY UNIT
A survey unit is either the arable land (as defined in annex II) of an agricultural
holding!*» or alternatively one of the pieces of land selected as units in a comprehensive
survey of arable land of a Member State.
DA "EX-POST' EVALUATION OF LAND USE.
The main and secondary areas of a survey unit are classified as follows:
1.      AREA OF A SURVEY UNIT
1.1     GENERAL CASE
        The main area of a given parcel of a survey unit is in the general case, where the
         parcel has only one occupation during a crop year, unequivotedly defined by
         that occupation.
         (In this case the secondary area of that parcel will be zero).
 1.2     THE SPECIAL CASES
 1.2.1    Successive cropping.
          Main area: If the parcel of the arable land is used more than once during a given
         crop year ("Successive cropping"), and the area each time has only one crop,
          then the main area Is the crop with the highest value. If the value of the
          production does not determine which is the main crop, then the main crop is
          taken as the one which occupies the ground for the longest period of time.
         Secondary area: All other occupations are then characterized as secondary
         areas.
 1.2.2. Combined cropping .
         Main area: If the parcel of arable land at any point in time during the growing
         season of a given crop year Is used for the same fixed combination of crops
         "combined cropping", then the main area is split between the crops concerned
         "Pro rata".
          Secondary area: In this case there will be no secondary area.
 1.2.3 Any combination of successive and combined cropping
          Main area: If the parcel of the arable land is used more than once during a given
          crop year and with a combination of successive and combined crops, then each
         variation of crops occupying the land during the same period of time is valued
          seperately. and the combination or the single crop with the highest value is
          taken as main area. In case this area is used for "combined cropping" then the
          main area is split between the crops concerned "Pro rata".
          Secondary area: All other occupations are then characterized as secondary
          areas.
HB       "REAL TIME?* EVALUATION OF LAND USE .
The main area or the recorded area of a given parcel of a survey unit is defined a s the
actual utilization of the arable land at              the point of time within a given crop year
decided upon as date of reference for the survey on land use.
 In case of "combined cropping" (See point IIA. 1.2.2) the Main area or the recorded area
is split between the crops concerned "Pro rata".
The secondary area or the additional area is then defined as all other utilizations before
or after that date of reference within the given crop year.
H)    Commission Decision of 2 6 October 198$. O.J. N* L391 of 30.12.1989.
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ANNEX II
The area specification referred to in article 2.1. and 2.2
                     CHARACTERISTIC              CRONOS        MAIN AREA   SECONDARY AREA
                                                  CODE             or              or
                                                             recorded area  additional area
                                                                (ha) 5)         (ha) 5)
  A) Total cereals 1)                             1050                              —
         - Rice 1)                                1250                              -
  B) Dried pulses                         *       1300
        - Field peas                      *       1320
        - Other peas                              1311
       —   Broad and field beans          •
                                            1335(incl.1338)
    -r<7 Kidney beans                     *       1331
 - A- Lupins                              *       1343
 ••rsC~ Other dried pulses                   1341,1342,1349
  V .'if
 8fc$&Root croDs                          *       1350
         - Potatoes                       *       1360
         - Sugar beets                    *       1370
                                          •
         - Fodder beets                           1381
         - Other root crops
            ( e.g. Fodder kale,swedes)            1382
  D) Industrial croDs                     *       1400
         - Rape and turnip rape           *       1420
         - Sunflower seed                 *       1450
         - Soya beans                     *       1470
         - Flax grown for fiber or oil    *     1520+1460
         - Cotton grown for fiber or oil  *     1540+1490
           Other oilseeds (e.g. Poppy,
            Mustard,sesam,etc)               1480(excl.1490)
         - Hemp                           *        1530
         - Tobacco                        *        1550
         - Hops                           *        1560
         - Other industrial crops e.g.         1570 + 1571
           Textile crops(officinal herbs.
           aromatic plants, plants for
           seasoning)
   E) Total fodder (from ar»bl» lan/3)            2600
         - Green fodder from arable land          2610
             Green maize                  *       2625
             Other green fodder              2612,2671,2672
                                                and 2673
         - Temporary grasses and grazings         2680
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 INEX II
 ie area specification referred to in article 2.1. and 2.2
                   CHARACTERISTIC                  CRONOS       MAIN AREA   SECONDARY AREA
                                                    CODE            or              or
                                                              recorded area  additional area
    -                                                            (ha) 5)         (ha) 5)
F ) Fresh vegetables                             1600+2260                           -
     (laclt strawberries)
    outdoor or under low
     (non-accessible) cover 3)
a
  ) FlQWerff *n<l ornamental pjlajits               3001                             -
    outdoor or under low
    (non-accessible) cover 3)
H) Areas harvested for seed 2)                      3310                             -
I) Fallow (incl. ar*»^ni lm*tiures)                 2696
J) Arable land ?)      (A~I)                        0001                             _
K) Perm»nA^t OXflfffflflDd                          0002
T
 'i L?wd under r^<pwfiont crops                  0003-2260                           -
    of which
       Orchards                                     2040                             -
       Vineyards                                    2410                             -
       Olive plantations                            2450                             -
M) crops under glass       4)                       1111                             -
    of which
       Fresh vegetables                             1112             -               -
       Flowers and ornamental plants                1113             -               -
       Permanent crops                              1114             -               -
N) other areas                                      0004                             -
        (incl. in the utilized agricultural
       area) (NES) incl. Kitchengardens 6)
o) utilized agricultural area                       0005                             -
    <A-I)+(K-N)
*    The characteristic concerned is included in annex II
    as well as in annex III.
"-" This sign means that delivery of data is optional for Member States
1) Data about cereals and rice are already surveyed
     in Council Regulation 837/90 of 26 March 1990.
2) Specified according to commission decision
      of 26. Oct. 1989 annex I: code D19
3) Crops under glass or high (accessible) cover are excluded
     (Structure survey codes D/15, D/17 and G/07) as well as Kitchengardens
4) Crops under glass or high (accessible) cover include fresh vegetables,
    flowers and ornamental plants as well as all permanent crops under glass
5) See definition in annex I.               t
6) Delivery of data on areas occuppied by Kitchengardens are not obligatory
    for DK, NL and UK.
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ANNEX III
The product specification referred to in article 2.3
                 CHARACTERISTIC             CRONOS        YIELD PRODUCTION
                                             CODE        per ha   1000 t
  B) Pried pulses                             1300
     -  Field peas                            1320
     -   Broad and field beans          1335(incl.l338)
                                              1331
     -  Kidney beans
                                              1343
     -   Lupins
                                              1350
  C) Root crops                               1360
     - Potatoes                               1370
     - Sugar beets                            1381
     - Fodder beets
  D) Industrial crops                         1400
     - Rape and turnip rape                   1420
     - Sunflower seed                         1450
     - Soya beans                             1470
     - Linseed grown for oil                  1460
     - Cotton seed for oil                    1490
     -  Cotton for fiber                      1540
     -   Flax for fiber                       1520
     -   Hemp                                 1530
     -   Tobacco                              1550
     -   Hops                                 1560
  E) (Selected fodder crops)
     of which:
     - Green maize                            2625
     - Tempor.grasses and grazings            2680
       Yield figures are not requested
       Optional
COMMENT: Data about cereals and rice are already surveyed
in Council Regulation 837/90 of 26 March 1990.
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ANNEX IV
Specification of the required accuracy in each member state for groups
of areas referred to in article 4.3
                                                      MAXIMUM          MAXIMUM
   CRONOS              CHARACTERISTIC               ACCEPTABLE       ACCEPTABLE
    CODE                                          COEFFICIENT OF      STANDARD
                                                     VARIATION          ERROR
    1300    B) Dried pulses                              3%            5000 ha
    1350    C) Root crops                                3%            5000 ha
    1400    D) Industrial crops                          3%            5000 ha
    2600    E) Total fodder (from arable land 1)         2%            5000 ha
 16004-2260 F) Fresh vegetables                          3%            5000 ha
                (incl. strawberries)
    2696    I) Fallow and green manures                  3%            5000 ha
COMMENT: The accuracy for cereals and rice is already fixed
in Council Regulation n°. 837/90 of 26 March 1990
The capital letters B,C,D,E,F and I refer to the headings in annex II
1) Total fodder (from arable land) comprises:
    a) Green fodder from arable land (Cronos code 2610)
       and
    b) Temporary grasses and grazings (Cronos code 2680)
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ANNEX V
The specification of areas and products referred to in article 6
                                                             CULTIVATED
                  CHARACTERISTIC                   CRONOS      AREAS 2)       PRODUCTION
                                                    CODE        1000 ha          1000 t
 B)     Dried pulses (Total)                         1300          +
                                                                           ^        ^
  Under C                                                                  ^          \
         Sugar beets                                 1370          +                +
  Under D
         Oilseeds 1)                                 1410          +
          Rape + turnip rape                         1420          +                +
          Sunflower seed                             1450          +                +
          Soya beans                                 1470          +                +
         Flax for oil and fiber
         Cotton for oil and fiber
                                                 1460+1520
                                                 1490+1540
                                                                   +
                                                                   +
                                                                            ^x^
                                                                            /     ^     \
         Tobacco                                     1550          +                +
 I)      Fallow (incl. green-manures)                2696          +
 J)    Arable land                               0001+2260         +
 K)    Permanent grassland (Total)                   0002          +       \                /
 L)    Land under permanent crops (Total) 0003-2260                +          \            /
        Orchards                                     2040          +               Y
        Vineyards                                    2410          +              / \
        Olive plantations                            2450          +
                                                                               /          \
 O)   Utilized agricultural area (Total)             0005          +       /                 \
 +     Information has to be submitted.
[XI    No information asked for.
The capital letters B, C, D, I, J, K, L and 0 refer to headings in annex II.
 1) Excl. areas with oil flax and cotton seed.
2) Cultivated areas means the sum of main areas and secondary areas
     or recorded and additional areas for the Member States mentioned in
     annex IX, and main areas for all other Member States
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                                            ASSEX       VI
                    REGIONAL LEVELS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
             Mrmlxe S u m                                     Regional breakdown by
 Brlgiquc — Belgic                          Prtwmces/ftwncies -Vlaais I«««st/r<9fon wallonne
 Danmart                                   —
 BR Deuochland                              Bundeslindcr
 FJOAfa                                     Yxnpeoicc ncptocpcmrfc atrfLXiugfgC)
EspcAj                                     Comunidades aumoomas
France                                      Regions de programme
Ireland                                     —
Italia                                      Regioni
Luxembourg                                  —
Nedertand                                   Piwinocs
Portugal                                    NUTS II 0
United Kingdom                              Siifloiw icyoHi
NUTS - N o M d n n of Tcfrâocw. Unte far SMMHX
D Rcpoaal An I m m> be provided at the laaeat duee ytaes afar tka ligilarina kacoav into farce.
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ANNEX VII
 Deadlines referring to the harvest year for initial yield and production
 estimates of selected products at national level (article 7.3.)
               CHARACTERISTIC               CRONOS        DEADLINES     ESTIMATED       ESTIMATED
                                             CODE                        AVERAGE          TOTAL
                                                                          YIELD         HARVESTED
                                                                                       PRODUCTION
                                                                         per. Ha          1000 t
 B - Field peas                              1320      01 October
   - Broad and field beans             1335 incl. 1338 01 October
C - Potatoes                                 1360      01 December
   - Sugar beets                             1370      01 December
   - Fodder beets                            1381      01 December
 D - Rape and turning rape                   1420      01  November
   - Sunflower seed                          1450      01  November
   - Soya beans                              1470      01  December
   - Linseed grown for oil                   1460      01  December
   - Cotton seed for oil                     1490      01  December
   - Tobacco                                 1550      01 October
^    Data are not requested
 OaHMENT: Data about cereals and rice are already surveyed in Council Regulation 837/90 of
           26 March 1990.
 ---pagebreak---   ANNEX VIII
  Areas of marginal importance and areas to be surveyed in the Member States.
     CRONOS                               MAIN AREA
       CODE
                                               OR                               B      DK    D   EL     E   F     IRL  I L  NL P UK
!
i
1                                 RECORDED AREA BY CROP
       1300          B)  Dried pulses                                           m       •    •   •     •    •      m  •  •  •  • •
       1320               Field peas                                             -      •    •   m     m    •      m  •  •  •  m •
       1311              Other peas                                             m       m    m   m     •    m      -  m  m  m  m •
       1335              Broad and field beans (incl. 1338)                     m        -   •   •     •    •      m  •  m  m  m •
  •-   1331              Kidney beans                                           m        -   m   •     •    m      -  •  m  m  • •
                                                                                                                                       I
       1343              Lupins                                                  -       -   m   m      -   m      -  m   -  - m m
       1341 A
       1342 p>          Other dried pulses                                       -       -   m   •      -   m      -  •   -  - m m
       1349 /
       1350          C)  Root crops                                                                                                 8
       1360              Potatoes                                                                                                   9
!      1370              Sugar beets                                            •       •    •   •                    •  m  •  m •  10
!      1381              Fodder beets                                           •       •    •    -                   •  m  m  m m  11
       1382              Other root crops                                       m       m    m   m                    •  m  m  m •  12
!      1400          D)  Industrial crops                                                                                           13
I      1420              Rape and turnip rape                                   •       •    •    -                m  •  •  •  m •  14
       1450              Sun flower seed                                                     •   •                    •        •    15
I
  The capital letters B,C,D,E,F,G,H and I refer to headings in annex II
                 • to be included in the regular Statistical survey mentioned in article 3.1
                m areas of marginal importance (i.e. less than 5 000 ha and 1 % of arable land in each Member State)
                  - crop not grown
 ---pagebreak---   ANNEX VI
  Areas of marginal importance and areas to be surveyed in the Member States.
 —          •    " 1
     CRONOS                                 MAIN AREA
       CODE
                                                 OR                             B      DK    D   EL     E   F     IRL  1 L  NL P  UK
                                   RECORDED AREA BY CROP
        1470               Soyabeans                                             _       _   m   •     •    •       _ •   .  . •   . 1t
    1460 + 1520            Flax grown for fiber or oil                          •       m    m    -    m    •      m  m   - m  •  •  17
    1490 + 1540           Cotton grown for fiber or oil                          -       -    -  •     •    m       - m   -  - •   - 18
  1480(excl.1490)         Other oilseeds (e.g. poppy mustard,                   m       m    m   •     •    m       - m  •  m  m  •  19
                          sesam etc.)
 •-     1530              Hemp                                                   -       -    -   -    m    m       - m  •   -  - •  20
        1550              Tobacco                                               m        -   m   •     •    •       - •   -  - m   - 21
I       1560              Hops                                                  m        -   •   m     m    m      m  m  •   - m  m  22
!    1570+1571            Other industial crops                                 m        -   m   •     •    m       - m  m  m  m  •  23
       2600          E) Total fodder                                                                                                 24
       2610               Green fodder from arable land                                                                              25
!       2625              Green maize                                           •       •    •   m     •    •      m  •  •  •  •  •  26
       2680               Temporary grasses and grazings                                                                             27
       2612 " \
       2671      >-       Other green fodder                                    •       •    •   •     •    •      •  •  •  m  •  •  28
       2672 J
       2673 /
     1600+2260       F) Fresh vegetables                                        •       •    •   •     •    •      m  •  m  •  •  •  29
       3001          G) Flowers and ornamental pi.                              m       m    •   •     m    •      m  •  m  •  m  •  30
        3310         H
                       ) Areas harvested for seed                               m       •    •   •     •    •      m  •  m  •  m  •  31
        2696           I) Fallow and green-manures                              •       •    •   •     •    •      •  •  m  •  •  •  32
  The capital letters B.C.D.E.F.G.H and I refer to headings in annex II
                 • to be included in the regular Statistical survey mentioned in article 3.1
                m areas of marginal importance (i.e. less than 5 000 ha and 1 % of arable land in each Member State)
                  - crop not grown
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ANNEX IX
The following Member States have to include secondary areas or additional areas
(X) in an annual statistical survey:
                         GREECE
                         SPAIN
                         ITALY
                         PORTUGAL
(X) For definitions see annex
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                              FINANCIAL STATEMENT
of a programme for the improvement of the statistics of other crop products
than cereals.
1.     Characteristic of the action.
Multi-annual actions (1993-95) to improve and harmonize the statistics of other
crop products than cereals.
2.     Budgetary headings.
Joint-finance (50%/50%) by Eurostat GD 34 and GD VI (Agriculture)
              B5/6000 (Eurostat/GD 34): Policy of statistical information
              B2/513 (Agriculture/GD VI): Restructuring of the system of
              agricultural surveys.
3.     Legal base.
              Article 43 of the treaty.
The programme includes several actions already decided by the Council in the
past of which the following are the most important
              Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 of 26 March 1990 concerning
              statistical information to be supplied by Member States on cereals
              production. (O.J. No L 56 of 2.3. 1988, P 1):
              Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988
              explaining the organization of the Community Surveys on the the
              structure of the agricultural holdings for the period 1988-1997
              (O.J No L 56 of 2.3 1988 ,P 1):
4.     Description of the action.
4.1    The special objectives of the action.
The actions foreseen in the present draft are designed to harmonize and
improve the flow of information which for most parts are already existing. The
Draft Regulation defines the data to be delivered, fixes the deadlines for
transmission and establishes the degree of accuracy for the delivered data as
well as assuring the objectivity and représentativlty of data. Moreover, Member
States win have to prepare methodological reports.
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4.2     Duration.
The action will support the work in the national statistical services, and it is
foreseen to operate during the period 1993-95. The Community contribution
after 1994 will be decided each year according to the budgetary procedures.
4.3     Groups or institutions intended to take advantage of the action.
Beneficiaries:
               Community institutions: the Commission (especially DG VI ), the
               Council , EP, the Court of audit.
               Member States
               The general public. ( enterprises, universities, agricultural
               societies etc.
5.      Classification of expenditures and revenues
5.1     Non-compulsory expenditure
5.2     CD
5.3     Foreseen type of revenue.
A sale of statistical information which only cover to a very limited extent the
cost of production of the publications.
6.      What is the characteristic of the expenses and revenues?
6.1     100% subsidies.
No, the statistical activities of the Community are largely subsidiary, that is to
say, that the majority part of the cost of operation is paid by the Member States.
The Community net-contribution is less than 20% of the total expenses. On the
other side, this contribution is necessary to give an incentive to the
methodological work, which is a precondition of a better harmonization of the
statistical information.
6.2     Subsidies from joint-finance with other sources from the public or
        private sector.
Yes, Joint-finance with the public sector (the budgets of the national statistical
services ) and the private sector (revenues from the sale of statistical
information)
6.3     Other advantages.
No
6.4     Other
Nothing.
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6.5    In case of an economic successful action is a partial or a full
       Community finance support foreseen?
No.
6.6    Does the proposed action result in a modification to the level of the
       revenues?
No.
7.     Financial implications.
7.1    The calculation method for the total cost of the action:
The Community contributes financially to the development and the
improvement of the surveys in the Member States and to the performance of the
research institutes and the private firms in the Member States.
                                   In million ECU
  Operational credit 1993-95        B5/60     0,5 MECU per year (Eurostat)
                                    B2/513 0,5 MECU per year (GD VI)
At least 85% of the credit will be distributed to the Member States to give them
the possibility to improve their surveys. The major part (0,8 MECU per year) of
this contribution is destined for the statistical services of the Member States
(MS) as a lump sum related to the main areas under cultivation; The balance
(0,05 ECU per year) is attached to 4 Member States (Spain, Portugal, Greece
and Italy), which all have important secondary areas.
The rest (15%) of the operational credit is not necessarily paid to Member
States, but it is foreseen for the work related to studies and methodological
work as well as to work on the improvements of Eurostats creation of data.
7.2    What is the proportion of the " mini-budget" in the total cost of the
       action ?
Nothing.
7.3    Calendar of deadlines for the credit and the payment
The amounts of credit foreseen from 1994 and onwards will not exceed those for
 1993.
The yearly donation of credit for this action from 1994 and onwards will be
decided upon in accordance with the yearly budgetary procedures taking into
account the obtained results and the cost-efficiency.
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8.       Are their any anti-fraud arragement foreseen in the proposed
        action?
a)      The contracts and the administrative procedures used by                    the
        Commission only accept payment on the base of obtained results.
b)      The statistical information is considered a s an objective instrument for
        the evaluation of the Community programme of actions and contribute in
        this way to the consolidation of anti-fraud dispositions.
9.      Analysis of elements of cost-efficiency.
9.1     Objectives:
The present Draft Regulation is destined for a harmonization and improvement
of the flow of information for the most parts already existent. The Regulation
defines the information to be delivered, fixes the deadlines for transmission of
data and establishes the degree of accuracy for the delivered data as well as
assuring the objectivity and representativity of data. Moreover, Member States
will have an obligation to prepare a methodological report.
9.2     Justification.
The main reasons for putting the Community's non-cereal crop statistics on a
formal basis are the following:
               The general advantages in replacing "gentlemen's agreements" by
               legal requirements e.g. clarity of obligation, defence of resources,
               facilitates planning, legal cover in Member States. These are
               reinforced as further countries (EFTA, Eastern and Central
               Europe) will move towards the Community system or take it over
               entirely;
               the weight of legislation on current agricultural statistics is on
               livestock. The southern extension of the EC has increased the
               proportion of total output coming from crop production. The
               Council Regulation on cereal crops statistics adopted in 1990 (1)
               and this new proposal redress the balance;
               the use of crop statistics, for example, in the context of the reform
               of the Common agricultural policy (CAP) and the public worry
               about fraudulent claims on the EAGGF have increased the need to
               show that the Community crop statistics are objective to make the
               methodologies which are used more transparent and to assure a
               minimum accuracy of the results;
               reliable data on cultivated areas (including set-aside) will be all the
               more needed with the introduction of financial aid per hectare into
               the CAP
A regulation on cereal production statistics was agreed by the Council on 26
March 1990. The proposed new regulation on non-cereals crops will complete
this with area data for the rest of the agricultural land and production figures
 ---pagebreak---  for the most important crops. In general no new statistics are involved for
 Member States.
 By the very subsidiary organization of the European statistical system (See the
 supplementary explanations under 9.2.2) is the collection and the first
 treatement of agricultural statistical information checked and financed by the
 national statistical services. Nevertheless a Community financial contribution is
 absolutely indispensable , in the situation where a need exists to improve the
 harmonization and coordination of the Community statistics, as foreseen in this
 action.
 9.2.1 Costs.
 The finance of this action falls predominantly on Member States (See point 6.1),
 which have at their disposal a well established structure for collection and
 validation. If the Commisssion wanted to finance totally this program, the cost
 would certainly be very high for a less reliable result.
 9.2.2 Derived effects;
 On the one side the collection of statistical information and the first checking
 are accomplished by the national statistical services according to the
 subsidiarity principle. On the other side Eurostat is involved in the collection,
 coordination and harmonization of the statistical information at a European
 level. Through the means of the European coordination the statistical
 programme of the Community becomes an integrated part of the national
 statistical programmes.
 The resuls of the action contribute to improve the statistical information used
 inside Member States.
 9.2.3 Multiplicative effects;
                The effects of a development towards a European statistical space
                and therefore towards much more integration of the national
                statistical systems in the Community systems.
                The Community regulations on the statistics of crop products
                stabilize and activate the equivalent budgetetary post in the
                national statistical systems, which contribute for the most part to
                the accomplishment of the task.
                Effects on the research environment and the universities which
                have at their disposal a unique scientific material for studies and
               analyses of the agricultural sector.
9.3     Control and evaluation of the action.
9.3.1 Selected indicators of performance.
The adopted indicators of performance to evaluate the progress of the work have
three dimensions :
 ---pagebreak---        Budget: Comparison by the yearly plans with the accomplishment of the
       budget; The plans ought to be accomplished 100%.
       Plans: Comparison by the statistical output fixed in advance with the
       actual output as well as the budget estimated for its accomplishment.
       The utilization of resources: Comparative analyses are foreseen to
       measure the necessary quantity of credits for similar operations and to
       correct according to the evaluations for corresponding actions.
A.     Execution of the programme.
Based on the good experience of the application of Regulation no 8 3 7 / 9 0 on
cereals statistics, this new Regulation concerning the statistics of other crop
products than cereals is accomplished in two phases: a first phase of
orientation during the first year with the preparation and analysis of the
methodological reports (1993) followed by a second phase of eventual
restructuration of the statistical surveys in the Member States
The control of the budget of the Regulation is carried out by division F 2 in close
colaboration with the statistical services of the Member States.
B.     The utilization of budgetary and human resources
               Analysis and evaluation of the necessary resources for the
               standard operation of the Eurostat modules 8530 ("Utilization of
              agricultural land-main crops other than cereals") and 8550 ("Crop
               products - production of main crops other than cereals) (See point
               9.3.2.)
               Réévaluation of the utilization of resources on the base of the
               results of the analyses of the methodolodies. (See the obligatory
               methodological reports foreseen in the Regulation).
               Much more use of electronic data processing a s a tool to
               accomplish the work with a lower quantity of resources.
               A number of cources for training of the professional staff in
               Eurostat, as a mean to improve the performance and productivity
               of the employees.
9.3.2 Guidelines and frequency of the foreseen evaluation.
The application of the Regulation is permanently evaluated with assistance of
the table (TBPS), in which for all projects in the statistical programme (215
projects) the operational objective and the necessary resources are defined
based on the established planning principles. This Regulation refers to the
following (TBPS) modules: No 8530 ("Utilization of agricultural land - main
crops other than cereals" and no 8550 ("Crop products - production of main
crops other than cereals"). In the beginning of each year,
Eurostat prepares a report concerning the progress of the programme during
the precedent year. This report concists of three parts:
 ---pagebreak---          firstly is described for each policy-area the accomplished work.
         the second description for each project is to explain the fixed objectives
         and the obtained results.
         the third part delivers the statistics on the utilization of resources :
 human, budget, informatics and administrative for the precedent year.
 The control of the foreseen action of this Regulation is carried out in the
 following committees, which have at least annual meetings.
         The Agricultural Statistics Committee
         The working party "Crop product statistics"
         The Statistical Programme Committee
 After three years (at the end of 1995) a report from the Commission to the
 Council will explain the obtained results as a consequence of this Regulation
 accompanied, if necessary by proposals for improvements.
 9.4     Consistency with the finance programme.
 9.4.1 Are the actions foreseen in the finance programme for the CD for
         the concerned years ?
 Yes: Finance programme 1993-95. DG 34.
 9.4.2 Indicate which general objective defined in the finance programme
         of the DG corresponds to the objective of the proposed action ?
 Objective: improvements and harmonization of the agricultural statistics in the
 Member States of the Community.
 9.4.3 What are the principle factors of uncertainty which might influence
         the specific results of the action ?
The human resources at disposal in Eurostat and in the Member States.
 10.     Administrative expenditures (Part A of the budget)
Not relevant
10.1 Does the proposed action influence the number of staff in the
         Commission ?
No.
10.2 Please, state the amount of money necessary for the continuous
        function and the number of staff generated by the proposed action
Not applicable.
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