Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2002 of 24 January 2002 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 in view of the organisation of the Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2003, 2005 and 2007

Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2002
of 24 January 2002
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 in view of the organisation of the Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2003, 2005 and 2007
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 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 98/377/EC(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) When determining the characteristics to be surveyed, an effort should be made to limit, as far as possible, the burden on respondents to the survey.
(2) In order to develop and guide the common agricultural policy, the list of characteristics should be revised and adapted in view of new evolving information needs.
(3) The new political goal to achieve a sustainable common agricultural policy calls for more information especially on the complex relations between agriculture and the environment.
(4) The use of the collected information over a long time-span and geographical area requires that data need to be of equal quality regardless of the source.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC(3),