# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2203/2004 of 21 December 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

EU Regulation No 2203/2004 · adopted 21 December 2004

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2203/2004 of 21 December 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

## Introductory text

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2203/2004
of 21 December 2004
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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, and in particular Articles 4(4), and 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 fixes the number of returning holdings per division. The number of returning holdings to be selected in each division may differ by up to 20 % in either direction provided that this does not entail a reduction in the total number of returning holdings per Member State.
(2)
As the financial management of such a measure is difficult, a limitation per Member State as to the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing is introduced in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings. For reasons of clarity and coherence, this change should be reflected in Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82. Flexibility in the number of returning holdings per division should remain allowed, as long as the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.
(3)
In view of the limitation per Member State of the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing, the number of returning holdings laid down in Annex I for Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France and Luxembourg should be adjusted, to maintain the actual sample size.
(4)
The number of returning holdings per division in Sweden should be adjusted, due to changes in the borders between the divisions.
(5)
Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:
1.. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3 The number of returning holdings per Member State as well as per division is laid down in Annex I.
The number of returning holdings to be selected per division may differ from that laid down in Annex I by up to 20 % in either direction provided that the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.’
2.. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

## 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 2005 accounting year.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission

## 

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:
(a) the part concerning Belgium is replaced by the following:
‘
BELGIUM
341
Vlaanderen
720
342
Bruxelles-Brussel
—
343
Wallonie
480
Total Belgium
1 200
’
(b) the part concerning Denmark is replaced by the following:
‘
370
DENMARK
2 250
’
(c) the part concerning Germany is replaced by the following:
‘
GERMANY
010
Schleswig-Holstein
450
020
Hamburg
50
030
Niedersachsen
980
040
Bremen
—
050
Nordrhein-Westfalen
790
060
Hessen
440
070
Rheinland-Pfalz
600
080
Baden-Württemberg
740
090
Bayern
1 150
100
Saarland
80
110
Berlin
—
112
Brandenburg
240
113
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
180
114
Sachsen
280
115
Sachsen-Anhalt
190
116
Thüringen
190
Total Germany
6 360
’
(d) the part concerning France is replaced by the following:
‘
FRANCE
121
Île-de-France
170
131
Champagne-Ardenne
400
132
Picardie
300
133
Haute.Normandie
160
134
Centre
450
135
Basse-Normandie
220
136
Bourgogne
380
141
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
310
151
Lorraine
230
152
Alsace
180
153
Franche-Comté
230
162
Pays de la Loire
490
163
Bretagne
540
164
Poitou-Charentes
360
182
Aquitaine
500
183
Midi-Pyrénées
480
184
Limousin
200
192
Rhône-Alpes
450
193
Auvergne
360
201
Languedoc-Roussillon
400
203
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
360
204
Corse
150
Total France
7 320
’
(e) the part concerning Luxembourg is replaced by the following:
‘
350
LUXEMBOURG
360
’
(f) the part concerning Sweden is replaced by the following:
‘
SWEDEN
710
Plains of Southern and Central Sweden
680
720
Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of Southern and Central Sweden
215
730
Areas of Northern Sweden
105
Total Sweden
1 000
’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/2203 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2203
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