Regulation (EU) No 378/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 as regards the financial framework for the period 2014-2018  Text with EEA relevance

24.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/67
REGULATION (EU) No 378/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 3 April 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 as regards the financial framework for the period 2014-2018
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides that Member States are to carry out farm structure surveys in 2010, 2013 and 2016. Member States are to receive a maximum financial contribution of 75 % from the Union towards the cost of carrying out those surveys, subject to defined maximum amounts.
(2) In order to carry out the farm structure surveys and to satisfy the information requirements of the Union, considerable funding is required from Member States and from the Union.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 laid down the financial envelope for the implementation of the programme of surveys, including for the management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States, and fixed the amount for the period 2008-2013.
(4) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008, the amount for the period 2014-2018 should be fixed by the budgetary and legislative authority, on a proposal from the Commission, on the basis of the new financial framework for the period commencing in 2014.
(5) The proposed financial envelope should only finance the carrying out of the Farm Structure Survey in 2016 and the related management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States.
(6) In view of the accession of Croatia and the need to conduct surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in that Member State in 2016, a maximum Union contribution per survey should be fixed for Croatia since none was provided for in the Act of Accession.
(7) The Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics has been consulted.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,