98/514/EC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1998 amending Council Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural statistics (notified under document number C(1998) 2135) (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 29 July 1998 amending Council Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural statistics (notified under document number C(1998) 2135) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/514/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/411/EC of 25 June 1996 on improving Community agricultural statistics (1), as amended by Decision 98/3/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas preserving the quality of the rural environment is one of the objectives of rural development policy;
Whereas adequate instruments should be made available in order to provide reliable statistical information in this field;
Whereas to that end Decision 96/411/EC should be amended by the replacement of Annex II thereto;
Whereas the measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion delivered by the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,