Document ID: 31997D0341

COMMISSION DECISION of 20 March 1997 establishing, for the survey on the structure of agricultural holdings in 1995 and 1997, the Community programme of statistical tables to be stored in the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) of the Eurofarm system (97/341/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organization of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2467/96 (2), and in particular the second indent of point 2 of Annex II thereof,
Whereas, by Decision 89/653/EEC (3), the Commission established the Community programme of tables for the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) of the Eurofarm system; whereas, because of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, that Decision should be adapted in respect of the 1995 and 1997 Community structure surveys; whereas the programme of tables should also be adapted to take account of the amendments to the list of survey characteristics; whereas Decision 89/653/EEC should therefore be replaced;
Whereas the programme of tables should comply with point 13 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88, which states that the tables contained in the BDT must not allow direct or indirect identification of holdings;
Whereas the tables for the various levels of aggregation should be designed in a way which takes into account the statistical reliability of the survey results;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the 1995 and 1997 agricultural structure surveys, the Community programme of tables for the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) of the Eurofarm system, as provided for in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88, shall be as set out in the Annex of this Decision.
Article 2
1. The statistical information stored in the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) shall not be made available to users before the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in conjunction with the Member States, has established that it complies with the criteria and rules governing statistical confidentiality and reliability to be established jointly with the Member States.
2. The tables mentioned in Article 1 and the ad hoc tables defined in point 15 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 shall be stored initially in a special field of the Tabular Data Bank (BDT), access to which is restricted to the Statistical Office of the European Communities and the statistical services of the Member States for the tables concerning their own countries.
3. Ad hoc tables dissemination has been authorized by the competent services of the Member States may also be introduced into the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) if they are of general interest.
Article 3
Decision 89/653/EEC is hereby repealed.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 March 1997.

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