Commission Decision of 4 August 2008 amending Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision 2002/38/EC, as regards the statistical surveys carried out by the Member States on plantations of certain species of fruit trees (notified under document number C(2008) 4070) (2008/690/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees^f1, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 1(2) and Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Directive 2001/109/EC, which establishes the list of species to be surveyed in the Member States, is implemented by Commission Decision 2002/38/EC of 27 December 2001 setting out the survey parameters and laying down the code and standard rules for the transcription, in machine-readable form, of the data relating to the surveys on plantations of certain species of fruit trees^f2. That Decision establishes the limits of the production areas to be set and their respective codes and lists the species of fruits and the varieties concerned.

For technical reasons, Directive 2001/109/EC should be amended in order to update the Annex.

Annex I to Decision 2002/38/EC should be amended in order to establish the limits of production areas in Bulgaria and Romania.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics instituted by Council Decision 72/279/EEC^f3,

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