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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3228 /76 of 21 December 1976 on the organization of a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1977

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN areas and it is appropriate to take account of them in COMMUNITIES, the presentation of the results of the survey ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas certain results of this survey must, in prin­ Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 ciple, be submitted on the basis of a Community thereof, typology for agricultural holdings ; whereas the typology is being worked out but it has not yet proved Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, possible to lay down the precise date on which it will be operational ; whereas, therefore, the deadline for Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ submitting tables relating to the said typology should ment ('), be fixed separately ;

Whereas, pursuant to Directive 75/ 108 /EEC (2), a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings was Whereas the data collected during the survey by the statistical services of the Member States shall be carried out for 1975 as part of a programme of Community surveys necessitated by the requirements submitted in grouped form to the Commission ; of the common agricultural policy ; whereas a survey whereas taking into account the organization of the should also be carried out as part of the same analysis, the possibility of transmitting the data for programme for 1977 in order to record the trends of individual holdings or data at an intermediate stage of the said structure on the basis of information which is aggregation must nevertheless be provided for ; comparable for the whole Community, since these trends are an important factor in determining the Whereas secrecy must be guaranteed to the farmers course to be followed by the common agricultural covered by the survey for the individual information policy ; which concerns them ;

Whereas such trends cannot be recorded unless Whereas in order to facilitate the implementation of comparable data are available and it is therefore neces­ the envisaged provisions there should be close cooper­ sary for the survey to have the same scope as the struc­ ation between the Member States and the Commis­ tures survey for 1975 ; whereas the definitions laid sion , in particular within the Standing Committee for down for the 1975 survey in Decision 75/682/EEC (3) Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision should, in principle, be retained for the 1977 structure 72/279/ EEC (<>) ; survey ; whereas it is nevertheless necessary to lay down a procedure which allows certain adjustments to be made to the definitions for the specific needs of Whereas the proposed survey satisfies Community the present survey ; requirements and the Community must therefore make a contribution towards the costs ; whereas Whereas Council Directive 75/268 / EEC of 28 April certain Member States already conduct annual or peri­ 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in odic surveys which may be used as the basis for the certain less-favoured areas (4 ), as amended by Directive Community survey ; whereas other Member Stares will 76/400/ EEC (5), defined certain less-favoured farming have to bear a greater financial burden since their programme of surveys does not include a survey of (') Opinion delivered on 17 December 1976 (not yet this type ; whereas it is therefore reasonable that the published in the Official Journal). Community contribution should be related to the addi­ (2) OJ No L 42, 15 . 2 . 1975, p. 21 . tional national expenditure, arising out of this survey, (3) OJ No L 301 , 20 . 11 . 1975, p . 8 . (4) OJ No L 128 , 19 . 5. 1975, p . 1 . 5) OJ No L 108 , 26 . 4 . 1976, p . 21 . (o) OJ No L 179, 7. 8 . 1972, p. 1 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : The definitions relating to them shall be determined according to the procedure laid down in Article 8 . Article 1 Article 6 Member States shall carry out a survey (hereinafter referred to as 'the survey') on the structure of the agri­ 1 . Member States shall : cultural holdings in their territories covering the crop year corresponding to the crop to be harvested in (a) set out the results of the survey in the form of a 1977 . schedule of tables drawn up in accordance with a Community outline. This outline shall be drawn Article 2 up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 ; The survey shall be conducted in one or more stages between 1 December 1976 and 31 January 1978 . (b) set out the results of the survey at national level.

The survey shall be carried out by means of an exhaus­ The following Member States shall also set out the tive survey or by random sampling. results for the regions indicated : Germany : ' Bundeslånder , Article 3 France : 'Regions de programme', Italy : 'Regioni', 1 . For the purposes of applying this Regulation : United Kingdom : Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, (a) 'agricultural holding' shall mean a single unit, both agricultural regions of England. technically and economically, which has a single management and the output of which is agricul­ tural products ; The details of any possible grouping of several (b) 'agricultural area utilized for farming' shall mean regions shall be laid down by the Commission in the total area taken up by arable land, permanent agreement with the Member State concerned. pasture and meadow, land used for permanent crops and subsistence plots. The results extrapolated at regional level by Member States which conduct the survey by 2. The survey shall cover : random sampling must have a degree of accuracy (a) agricultural holdings where the agricultural area corresponding at least to that required at survey utilized for farming is one hectare or more ; district level in the structures survey for 1975 ; (b) agricultural holdings where the agricultural area (c) with the exception of the Netherlands, give the utilized for farming is less than one hectare, if results of the survey broken down by less-favoured they market a certain proportion of their products agricultural areas, within the meaning of Article 3 or if their standard gross production exceeds of Directive 75/268/EEC, or by groups of such certain physical units . areas and broken down by other agricultural areas or by groups of such areas. The Commission shall Article 4 lay down, in agreement with the Member State concerned, the groupings of less-favoured agricul­ 1 . In the case of combined crops, the agricultural tural areas on one hand and other agricultural area utilized for farming shall be allocated between areas on the other hand ; the various crops surveyed in such a way that the area actually devoted to each one is known . (d) transcribe the results of the surveys referred to in (a), (b), and (c) onto magnetic tape using a standard However, in some Member States and with regard to program for all Member States. The method of combined crops one at least of which is a permanent transcription and the standard program shall be woody crop, this provision shall only be applied in drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid certain regions and as an experiment. down in Article 8 ;

2. The Commission shall lay down the necessary (e) submit the magnetic tapes referred to in (d) to the detailed rules in agreement with the Member States in Statistical Office of the European Communities. whose territories the regions referred to in the second They shall be submitted within 15 months of subparagraph of paragraph 1 are situated . completion of the field work and at the latest by 30 April 1979 . However, the deadline for the Article 5 submission of tables relating to the classification of agricultural holdings on the basis of a Commu­ Member States shall carry out a survey on the charac­ nity typology shall be fixed in accordance with the teristics listed in the Annex . procedure laid down in Article 8 .

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2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a), Committee ) by its chairman, either on his own initia­ Member States may furnish the Statistical Office of tive or at the request of the representative of a the European Communities with : Member State . — data for individual holdings, 2. The Commission representative shall submit to or the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken . — data at an intermediate stage of aggregation, The Committee shall give its opinion on that draft within a time limit set by the chairman having regard which the Statistical Office, instead of the Member to the urgency of the matter. Opinions shall be deliv­ State concerned, shall use to draw up tables. ered by a majority of 41 votes, the votes of the Member States being weighted as provided in Article The Statistical Office shall determine in agreement with the Member State concerned the form in which 148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. these data must be communicated. As a general rule it 3 . The Commission shall adopt measures which shall be the same as that used for the 1975 structures shall take immediate effect. However, if these survey. measures are not in accordance with the Committee's opinion, the Commission shall submit them forthwith Article 7 to the Council ; in this case, the Commission may defer application of the measures it has adopted for 1 . The information referred to in Article 6 must be not more than one month from the date of their communicated to the Statistical Office of the Euro­ submission to the Council . pean Communities in such a form that the holdings concerned cannot be identified . The data for indi­ The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within one month . vidual holdings referred to in Article 6 (2) may only be divulged to those persons responsible at the Statis­ Article 9 tical Office for the application of this Regulation . Member States shall receive a contribution towards The Member States and the Commission shall adopt their costs which shall take into account the addi­ such measures as may be required to penalize infringe­ ments of the first subparagraph . tional expenditure arising out of this survey. The total sum may not exceed one million units of account. It 2. In cooperation with the Member States, the shall be charged to the appropriations set aside for Commission shall publish the results of the survey. this purpose in the budget of the European Communi­ ties . Article 8 Article 10 1 . Where the procedure laid down in this Article is invoked, the matter shall be referred to the Standing This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Deci­ following its publication in the Official Journal of sion 72/ 279/ EEC (hereinafter referred to as 'the the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1976 . For the Council

The President A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE

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ANNEX

LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE COMMUNITY SCHEDULE OF TABLES FOR 1977 (a)

Number Geographical situation of the holding 1 Region 2 Holding type

Type of tenure (C) Agricultural area utilized (AAU) 3 For owner farming (C/01 )

4 For tenant farming (C/02) Land use Arable land (E) Cereals for the production of grain (including seeds) 5 Common wheat and spelt (E/01 ) 6 Durum wheat (E/02) 7 Rye (E/03) (b) 8 Barley (E/04) 9 Oats (E/05) (b)

10 Grain maize (E/06) 1 1 Rice (E/07) (b) 12 Other cereals (E/08) (b) 13 Dried vegetables (including seed and mixtures of cereals and dried vegetables) (E/09)

14 Potatoes (including early potatoes and sets) (E/ 10) 15 Sugar beet (excluding seeds) (E/ 11W 1) 16 Forage roots and tubers (excluding seeds) (E/ l 2) (') 17 Industrial plants (including seeds for herbaceous oleaginous plants ; excluding seeds for textile plants, hops, tobacco and other industrial plants) (E/ l 3) (b) Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries : — outdoor (E/ 14) : 18 (a) open field (E/ 14/a) (b) 19 (b) market gardening (E/ 14/b) 20 — under glass (E/ 15) (b) Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding seedlings) : 21 — outdoor (E/ 16) (b) 22 — under glass (E/ 17) (b) 23 Forage plants (E/ 18)(>) 24 Horticultural seeds and other arable land seeds or plants (excluding cereals, dried vegeta­ bles, potatoes and oleaginous plants (E/ l 9) (b) 25 Other arable land crops (E/20) (b)

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Number 26 Fallow land (E/21 ) (b) 27 Subsistence plots (F) (b)(2) Permanent pasture and meadow (G) 28 Pasture and meadow including mountain pastures (G/01 ) Permanent crops (H) 29 Fruit and berry plantations (H/01 ) (b) 30 Citrus plantations (H/02) (b) 31 Olive plantations (H/03) (b) 32 Vineyards (H/04) (b) 33 Nurseries (H/05) (b) 34 Other permanent crops (H/06) (b) 35 Permanent crops under glass (H/07) (b) Other land (I) 36 Unutilized agricultural area (agricultural land which is no longer farmed, for economic, social or other reasons and which is not used in the crop rotation system) (1/01 ) (b) (3) 37 Woodland (1/02) (b) 38 Other land (land covered by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) (1/03) (b)

Livestock (K) 39 Equidae (K/01 ) (b) Bovine animals 40 Under one year old (K/02) (b) Over one but under two years old 41 Male animals (K/03) (b) 42 Female animals (K/04) (b) Two years and over 43 Male animals (K/05) (b) 44 Heifers (K/06) (b) 45 Dairy cows (K/07) 46 Other cows (K/08) 47 Sheep (all ages) (K/09) 48 Goats (all ages) (K/ 10) (b) Pigs 49 Piglets of live weight under 20 kg (K/ ll ) (b) 50 Breeding sows weighing 50 kg and over (K/ 12) 51 Other pigs (K/ 13) Poultry 52 Broilers (K/ 14) 53 Laying hens (K/ 15) 54 Other poultry (ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea fowl) (K/ 16) (b)

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Number

Use of m chinery and equipment (L)(4)

Belonging exclusively Other (5) to the holding (tick) Tractors (L/02) (number)

55 — less than 51 hp

comprising :

56 — less than 35 hp (6)

57 — 35 but less than 51 hp (6)

58 — 51 hp and over

comprising :

59 — 51 but less than 80 hp (6)

60 — 80 hp and over (6)

61 Combine-harvesters (L/04)

62 Potato-harvesters (totally mechanized) (L/06)

63 Sugar beet-harvesters (totally mechanized) (L/07)

64 Milking machinery (fixed or movable) (L/08)

65 Ground area covered by greenhouses in use (L/ 10, L/ ll )

Farm labour force (M)(7)

Holder (M/01 ) :

66 — age (8)

67 — male/female (8)

68 — full-time / 50 — < 100 % / < 50 %

Members of the holder s family (M/02, M/03) :

69 — total

70 — male

71 — full-time

72 — 50 — < 100 % (6)

Non-family labour regularly employed (M/04) :

73 — total

74 — male

75 — full-time

76 — 50 — < 100 % (0)

77 Non-family labour not regularly employed (M/05, M/06) working hours (9).

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Footnotes (a) The reference numbers are those used in the list of characteristics given in Directive 75/ 108/EEC ; headings without a reference number indicate a change in relation to this list of characteristics. (b) Item included in order to establish the type of holding or sub-totals. (') For the United Kingdom : including seeds. (2) Optional for the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark. (3) For the United Kingdom and Ireland item 36 is to be combined with item 38 . (*) Optional for Germany. (5) Optional for Ireland and Denmark. (6) Optional. (') For Ireland — on the basis of male labour having agriculture as chief occupation . (*) Optional for the United Kingdom. (9) Yes/No for the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland ; number of persons for United Kingdom and Denmark.