Commission Regulation (EC) No 730/2004 of 19 April 2004 adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

Commission Regulation (EC) No 730/2004
of 19 April 2004
adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82(1) fixes per Member State the threshold of economic size of returning holdings falling within the field of survey of the farm accountancy data network.
(2) The number of returning holdings per Member State to be selected by division is fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82.
(3) In view of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter "the new Member States") the threshold for the new Member States, as well as the number of returning holdings by division for the new Member States should be fixed.
(4) The deadline for the delivery of the first approved selection plan concerning the new Member States should be fixed.
(5) Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended accordingly,