Commission Regulation (EC) No 285/2000 of 4 February 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 285/2000
of 4 February 2000
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1256/97(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 of 12 July 1982 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determing incomes of agricultural holdings(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 60/97(4), fixes the number of returning holdings in each division.
(2) In the case of Greece the total number of returning holdings has been fixed at 7200 for 1985 and subsequent years. This number has not been changed since then, despite the significant reduction in the number of holdings in Greece. The reduction has been accompanied by an increase in the average size of the holdings and in their uniformity, which is such that it enables satisfactory representativeness to be achieved on the basis of a smaller sample than the current one. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the farm accountancy data network,