# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation No 1200/2009 · adopted 30 November 2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics (Text with EEA relevance) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1200/pdf/eur_20091200_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (3 September 2015) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1200/pdf/eur_20091200_2015-09-03_en.pdf ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I LIVESTOCK UNIT COEFFICIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: Definitions of the characteristics to be used for the Union farm structure surveys ## I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Location of the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## NUTS 3 region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Is the holding in a Less Favoured Area (LFA)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Legal personality of the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Is the holding a common land unit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Utilised agricultural area: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## For owner farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## For tenant farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## For share farming or other modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Common land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Organic farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The total utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming production methods are applied and certified according to national or European Union rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The total utilised agricultural area of the holding that is under conversion to organic farming production methods to be certified according to national or European Union rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Area of the holding on which organic farming production methods according to national or European Union rules are either applied and certified or under conversion to be certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Organic production methods applied to animal production and certified according to national or European Union rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Destination of the holding's production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Household consumes more than 50 % of the value of the final production of the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Direct sale to final consumers represents more than 50 % of the total sales of the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Arable land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Cereals for the production of grain (including seed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Sugar beet (excluding seed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Industrial crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries of which: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Open field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Market gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Plants harvested green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Temporary grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other plants harvested green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Green maize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Leguminous plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other plants harvested green not mentioned elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Arable land seed and seedlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other arable land crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fallow land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Kitchen gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Permanent grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Rough grazings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Permanent grassland no longer used for production purposes and eligible for the payment of subsidies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Permanent crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fruit and berry plantations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fruit species, of which: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Berry species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Citrus plantations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Olive plantations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Vineyards, of which normally producing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other permanent crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Permanent crops under glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Unutilised agricultural land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Wooded area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Mushrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Energy crops (for the production of biofuels or other renewable energy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Irrigated area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Total irrigable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Total cultivated area irrigated at least once during the previous 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Irrigation methods employed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Source of irrigation water used on the holding: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III LIVESTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Equidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Bovine animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Sheep and goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Sheep (all ages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Goats (all ages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Poultry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Rabbits, breeding females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Bees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Livestock not mentioned elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV LABOUR FORCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (i) FARM WORK ON THE HOLDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Farm labour force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Farm work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The time spent for on farm work on the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annual work unit (AWU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Non-family labour regularly employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Non-family labour employed on a non-regular basis: male and female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (ii) OTHER GAINFUL ACTIVITIES: NON-FARM WORK ON THE HOLDING (NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HOLDING) AND WORK OUTSIDE THE HOLDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V OTHER GAINFUL ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLDING (DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HOLDING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (i) LIST OF OTHER GAINFUL ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (ii) IMPORTANCE OF THE OTHER GAINFUL ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HOLDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Percentage of the final output of the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VI SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Holding benefited from one of the following rural development measures during the last 3 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VII SOIL AND MANURE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES APPLIED IN AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Tillage methods on outdoor arable land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Conventional tillage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Conservation tillage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Zero tillage (excluding outdoor arable land areas which are covered by multiannual plants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Soil cover on outdoor arable land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Normal winter crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Cover crop or intermediate crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Plant residues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Bare soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Outdoor arable land areas which are covered by multiannual plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Crop rotation on arable land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Share of arable area included in crop rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Ecological focus area — total area of field margins, buffer strips, hedges, trees, fallow land, biotopes, afforested area and landscape features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Manure application techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Bandspread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Manure import/export from the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The total produced manure exported from the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Manure imported to the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: Definitions of the characteristics to be used for the Community survey on agricultural production methods ## I TILLAGE METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II SOIL CONSERVATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III LANDSCAPE FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV ANIMAL GRAZING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V ANIMAL HOUSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VI MANURE APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VII MANURE STORAGE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VIII IRRIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1200 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1200 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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