77/144/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1976 laying down the standard code and rules governing the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data of the surveys of plantations of certain species of fruit trees, and laying down the boundaries of the production areas for these surveys

COMMISSION DECISION  of 22 December 1976  laying down the standard code and rules governing the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data of the surveys of plantations of certain species of fruit trees, and laying down the boundaries of the production areas for these surveys  (77/144/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/625/EEC of 20 July 1976 concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees, and in particular Article 4 (2) and (4) thereof,
Whereas the equipment which the Commission has available for analyzing the results of the surveys of plantations of certain species of fruit trees and the need for its rational use require that the machine-readable forms compatible with the equipment be specified and that a standard format be prescribed for the transcription of the data into a machine-readable form;
Whereas within certain production areas homogeneous climatic and agronomic conditions exist which are associated with more or less uniform yields of fruit per hectare ; whereas the use of survey results for each production area improves the accuracy of medium-term estimates of production ; whereas the boundaries of such production areas shall be fixed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics,