COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2855/77 of 21 December 1977 amending Regulation No 91/66/EEC as regards the number of returning holdings per division for the "1978" and subsequent accounting years

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2910/73 (2), and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation No 91/66/EEC of 29 June 1966 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3003/76 (4), fixes the number of returning holdings per division;

Whereas the 28 000 returning holdings should be distributed finally among the divisions on the basis of the results of the Community survey of the structure of agricultural holdings in 1975, presented in accordance with the Community classification of farms ; whereas, pending these results, such distribution should be based on the estimates made by Member States;

Whereas owing to the technical difficulties encountered by certain Member States the number of 28 000 returning holdings, which is the final objective of the extension of the information network, will not be reached for "1978" ; whereas these difficulties will be overcome so that the objective can be attained for "1979";

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the "1978" and subsequent accounting years, Annex III to Regulation No 91/66/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation, each year to begin at any time during the period 1 January to 1 July.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President (1)OJ No 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. (2)OJ No L 298, 27.10.1973, p. 1. (3)OJ No 121, 4.7.1966, p. 2249/66. (4)OJ No L 342, 10.12.1976, p. 20.