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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-378/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/378",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 378/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 as regards the financial framework for the period 2014-2018 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-378",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Regulation (EU) No 378/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council\nof 3 April 2014\namending Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 as regards the financial framework for the period 2014-2018\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nAfter transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,\nActing in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council provides that Member States are to carry out farm structure surveys in 2010, 2013 and 2016. Member States are to receive a maximum financial contribution of 75 % from the Union towards the cost of carrying out those surveys, subject to defined maximum amounts.\n(2)\nIn order to carry out the farm structure surveys and to satisfy the information requirements of the Union, considerable funding is required from Member States and from the Union.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 1166/2008 laid down the financial envelope for the implementation of the programme of surveys, including for the management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States, and fixed the amount for the period 2008-2013.\n(4)\nIn accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008, the amount for the period 2014-2018 should be fixed by the budgetary and legislative authority, on a proposal from the Commission, on the basis of the new financial framework for the period commencing in 2014.\n(5)\nThe proposed financial envelope should only finance the carrying out of the Farm Structure Survey in 2016 and the related management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States.\n(6)\nIn view of the accession of Croatia and the need to conduct surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in that Member State in 2016, a maximum Union contribution per survey should be fixed for Croatia since none was provided for in the Act of Accession.\n(7)\nThe Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics has been consulted.\n(8)\nRegulation (EC) No 1166/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Position of the European Parliament of 11 March 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 24 March 2014."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 14)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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