COMMISSION DECISION of 29 February 1984 amending Decision 78/463/EEC establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings (84/260/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 4 December 1962 on the coordination of policies on the structure of agriculture (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
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 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2143/81 (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 218/78 of 19 December 1977 on the organization of a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1979/80 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 449/82 of 15 February 1982 on the organization of a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1983 (5), and in particular Article 6 (1) (a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Decision 78/463/EEC (6) defines the two factors on which the Community typology is based, namely type of farming and the economic size of the holding ; whereas these two factors are determined by reference to the standard gross margin (SGM);
Whereas the standard gross margin as defined in Article 1 (d) of the abovementioned Decision is an economic criterion expressed in money terms ; whereas such a criterion necessarily undergoes change in the course of time;
Whereas the standard gross margins laid down in Annex I to the abovementioned Decision are based on average values for the period 1972 to 1974 or 1972/73 to 1974/75 ; whereas, consequently, they should be updated with effect from 1980 to take account of economic developments so that the typology retains its full significance when applied as provided for in Article 3 of that Decision;
Whereas this should be done by reference to the standard gross margins recorded over a period of several years around 1980;
Whereas the list of enterprises for which standard gross margins are determined should be brought into line with the headings used in the 1979/80 and 1983 surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings  (1) OJ No 136, 17.12.1962, p. 2892/62. (2) OJ No 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. (3) OJ No L 210, 30.7.1981, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 35, 4.2.1978, p. 1. (5) OJ No L 59, 2.3.1982, p. 1. (6) OJ No L 148, 5.6.1978, p. 1.  provided for in Regulations (EEC) No 218/78 and (EEC) No 449/82;
Whereas Italy was unable to participate within the prescribed period in the 1979/80 survey on the structure of agricultural holdings organized on the basis of Regulation (EEC) No 218/78 and it is therefore not essential that the SGMs for that Member State be available for the analysis of the results of that survey ; whereas, however, Italy is undertaking a general survey in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 449/82 ; whereas, therefore, the SGMs for Italy must be added to this Decision as soon as possible;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the Farm Accountancy Data Network and with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, and the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure has been consulted on them,
The Annexes to Decision 78/463/EEC are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.