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

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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal by the Commission  (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament  (2),
Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks imposed on it by the Treaty and the regulations concerning  the common agricultural policy, the Commission needs to have reliable, comparable and up-to-date  data, established by objective methods, on areas under cultivation, yields and production of crop  products other than cereals;
Whereas it is appropriate to recognize the importance of the crop production sector apart from  cereals for the organization and management of agricultural markets, which implies that the  requisite statistical survey should be conducted to an increasing degree on the basis of Community  rules;
Whereas account should be taken of the experience acquired by the statistical services with these  surveys over many years;
Whereas the purpose of this Regulation is to define the statistical information to be supplied, to  prescribe a satisfactory level of reliability and lay down additional technical information  necessary to assess production figures, to provide for objectivity and representativeness of  surveys on area and production by a broad exchange of experience, involving meetings and reports  and to fix the deadlines to be met;
Whereas, for some crop products other than cereals, the communication of regional data is also  required on an annual basis;
Whereas it is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report after three years of experience  with this Regulation, together with, if necessary, proposals for improving statistical surveys;
Whereas, during a transitional period, the changes to be made in statistical methods involve  additional work for Member States, which requires a financial contribution from the Community for  the period 1993 to 1995, such amount being deemed necessary as ECU 1 million per year;
Whereas, notwithstanding that the collection and treatment of data and the organization of surveys  at national level ought to remain the responsibility of the statistical services of the Member  States, the Commission must ensure the collection, coordination and harmonization of statistical  information at European level and provide for the harmonized methodologies for the management of  Community policies;
Whereas, in order to facilitate the application of this Regulation, close cooperation between the  Member States and the Commission should continue, in particular via the Standing Committee for  Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC  (3),