2003/654/EC: Commission Decision of 8 September 2003 laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to intermediate statistical surveys of areas under vines (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3191)

Commission Decision
of 8 September 2003
laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to intermediate statistical surveys of areas under vines
(notified under document number C(2003) 3191)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/654/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 of 5 February 1979 on statistical surveys of areas under vines(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2329/98(2), and in particular Article 5(6) and Article 6(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 80/765/EEC of 8 July 1980 laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to intermediate statistical surveys of areas under vines(3) has been substantially amended several times(4); in the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 requires the Member States to submit to the Commission the information collected in the framework of intermediate surveys of areas under vines in the form of a schedule of tables broken down by geographical units which shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the said Regulation, i.e. by a Commission Decision following an opinion from the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics.
(3) Member States which process their survey results electronically are required to submit these results to the Commission in a machine-readable form. The codes for transmitting survey results are also determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation 357/79 (EEC).
(4) For practical reasons the Member States should forward the data referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 also in machine-readable form.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics,