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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2005 of 22 July 2005 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

EU Regulation No 1187/2005 · Adopted 22 July 2005 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2005

of 22 July 2005

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 Communityf1, and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82f2 fixes per Member State the threshold of economic size of returning holdings falling within the field of survey of the farm accountancy data network.

(2)

In the case of Germany, structural changes have lead to a decrease in the number of the smallest holdings and in their contribution to the total output of agriculture. This has made their use for a survey covering the most relevant part of the agricultural activity no longer necessary. It is therefore indicated to raise the threshold from 8 ESU to 16 ESU.

(3)

In the case of Cyprus, the threshold set initially to 1 ESU should be raised to 2 ESU, because the holdings with an economic size smaller than 2 ESU represent only 7 % of the total standard gross margin. The most relevant part of the agricultural activity can therefore be covered with a threshold excluding the smaller holdings.

(4)

The number of returning holdings per Member State to be selected by division is fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82. In the case of Spain, Italy, Austria, Portugal and Finland, the number of returning holdings has remained the same for a long time despite the significant reduction in the number of holdings. The reduction has been accompanied by an increase in the uniformity of the holdings, which is such that it enables satisfactory representation to be achieved on the basis of a smaller sample than the current one. Due to this structural change the number of returning holdings to be selected in Spain, Italy, Austria, Portugal and Finland can be reduced. However, for some divisions in Spain and Italy that number should be increased as a result of improved statistical methodologies used for the selection.

(5)

The number of returning holdings in Malta should be revised based on new information concerning its agricultural structure.

(6)

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

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:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004 (OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 97).

f2

OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2203/2004 (OJ L 374, 22.12.2004, p. 36).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex Annex

1

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    Article 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 2

    For the 2006 accounting year (a period of 12 consecutive months beginning between 1 January 2006 and 1 July 2006) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation No 79/65/EEC in ESU shall be as follows:

    • Belgium: 16 ESU

    • Czech Republic: 4 ESU

    • Denmark: 8 ESU

    • Germany: 16 ESU

    • Estonia: 2 ESU

    • Greece: 2 ESU

    • Spain: 2 ESU

    • France: 8 ESU

    • Ireland: 2 ESU

    • Italy: 4 ESU

    • Cyprus: 2 ESU

    • Latvia: 2 ESU

    • Lithuania: 2 ESU

    • Luxembourg: 8 ESU

    • Hungary: 2 ESU

    • Malta: 8 ESU

    • Netherlands: 16 ESU

    • Austria: 8 ESU

    • Poland: 2 ESU

    • Portugal: 2 ESU

    • Slovenia: 2 ESU

    • Slovakia: 6 ESU

    • Finland: 8 ESU

    • Sweden 8 ESU

    • United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland): 16 ESU

    • United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland): 8 ESU.’

  2. 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 2006 accounting year.

Signature

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    The part concerning Spain is replaced by the following:

    ‘

    SPAIN
    500Galicia480
    505Asturias270
    510Cantabria190
    515País Vasco250
    520Navarra370
    525La Rioja260
    530Aragón739
    535Cataluña710
    540Illes Balears182
    545Castilla y León1 095
    550Madrid194
    555Castilla-La Mancha1 138
    560Comunidad Valenciana626
    565Murcia444
    570Extremadura718
    575Andalucia1 816
    580Canarias224
    Total Spain9 706

    ’

  2. 2..

    The part concerning Italy is replaced by the following:

    ‘

    ITALY
    221Valle d’Aosta279
    222Piemonte1 159
    230Lombardia923
    241Trentino315
    242Alto Adige308
    243Veneto925
    244Friuli-Venezia Giulia797
    250Liguria500
    260Emilia-Romagna1 145
    270Toscana680
    281Marche956
    282Umbria678
    291Lazio854
    292Abruzzo826
    301Molise462
    302Campania682
    303Calabria882
    311Puglia988
    312Basilicata1 087
    320Sicilia1 306
    330Sardegna1 248
    Total Italy17 000

    ’

  3. 3..

    The part concerning Malta is replaced by the following:

    ‘

    780MALTA400

    ’

  4. 4..

    The part concerning Austria is replaced by the following:

    ‘

    660AUSTRIA1 800

    ’

  5. 5..

    The part concerning Portugal is replaced by the following:

    ‘

    PORTUGAL
    610Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral670
    620Trás-os-Montes e Beira Interior563
    630Ribatejo e Oeste351
    640Alentejo e Algarve399
    650Açores e Madeira317
    Total Portugal2 300

    ’

  6. 6..

    The part concerning Finland is replaced by the following:

    ‘

    FINLAND
    670Etelä-Suomi537
    680Sisä-Suomi237
    690Pohjanmaa229
    700Pohjois-Suomi147
    Total Finland1 150

    ’