Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/2003 of 17 February 2003 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals

Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/2003
of 17 February 2003
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 of 5 April 1993 concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals(1), at last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2197/95(2) and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) To maintain the sum of two areas allocated to the two uses of cotton leads to a lack of data or to estimated data, or to a double count. Therefore, it is necessary to select only one area.
(2) It is appropriate to know in a more precise manner the nature and the areas of industrial crops.
(3) A clarification of the fodder statistics and updating of the classification are necessary to obtain quality statistics.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, established by Council Decision 72/279/CE(3),