Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 of 12 July 1982 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 13/84of 4 January 1984supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 384R0013, January 5, 1984
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1561/84of 5 June 1984supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 384R1561, June 6, 1984
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3368/84of 30 November 1984supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 384R3368, December 1, 1984
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3122/85of 6 November 1985supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 385R3122, November 9, 1985
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3548/85of 16 December 1985amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 385R3548, December 17, 1985
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1753/87of 24 June 1987amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 387R1753, June 25, 1987
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/90of 18 December 1990amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 390R3665, December 19, 1990
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3549/92of 9 December 1992amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 392R3549, December 10, 1992
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1381/96of 17 July 1996amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 396R1381, July 18, 1996
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/97of 16 January 1997amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 397R0060, January 17, 1997
  • Commission Regulation (EC)No 285/2000of 4 February 2000amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 300R0285, February 5, 2000
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/2001of 30 July 2001amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 301R1555, July 31, 2001
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/2004of 7 April 2004amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 304R0659, April 8, 2004
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 730/2004of 19 April 2004adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union, 304R0730, April 20, 2004
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2203/2004of 21 December 2004amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 304R2203, December 22, 2004
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2005of 22 July 2005amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings, 305R1187, July 23, 2005
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82of 12 July 1982concerning 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 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 CommunityOJ No 109, 23. 6. 1965,, p. 1859/65., as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2143/81OJ No L 210, 30. 7. 1981, p. 1., and in particular Articles 4 (4), 5 (5) and 6 (2) thereof,Whereas returning holdings must be selected in a uniform manner in each division and whereas to that end detailed rules should be laid down to implement the relevant provisions of Regulation No 79/65/EEC;Whereas in the light of the latest amendments to Regulation No 79/65/EEC and of experience acquired since 1965 the detailed rules for the selection of returning holdings should be completely revised; whereas, accordingly, Commission Regulation No 91/66/EECOJ No 121, 4. 7. 1966, p. 2249/66., should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation;Whereas the holdings to be studied in connection with the farm accountancy data network fall within the field of survey of the structure surveys and of Community or national censuses of agricultural holdings;Whereas the data available for the purposes of drawing up selection plans for the "1982" and subsequent accounting years and the difference in the agricultural situation as between the different Member States require that thresholds of economic size which vary by Member State, and even in some cases by division, be adopted for that year;Whereas experience shows that operation of the data network is facilitated if the number of returning holdings selected per division is allowed to vary within certain limits on condition that the total number of holdings per Member State is complied with;Whereas the selection plan must include a minimum number of elements enabling its validity in relation to the objectives of the farm accountancy data network to be assessed;Whereas the selection plan must be drawn up prior to the beginning of the corresponding accounting year so that it can be approved before being used for the selection of returning holdings;Whereas the report on the implementation of the selection plan for returning holdings must cover the different aspects of the plan's implementation with a view in particular to identifying any adjustments which may be necessary for subsequent accounting years and whereas the report must also take account of the use of certain data from the plan for the purposes of the weighting to be given to the accountancy data;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the Farm Accountancy Data Network,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1For the purposes of this Regulation "agricultural holding" means a farm business as defined in the context of the Community agricultural surveys and censuses.
Article 2For 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 ESUCzech Republic: 4 ESUDenmark: 8 ESUGermany: 16 ESUEstonia: 2 ESUGreece: 2 ESUSpain: 2 ESUFrance: 8 ESUIreland: 2 ESUItaly: 4 ESUCyprus: 2 ESULatvia: 2 ESULithuania: 2 ESULuxembourg: 8 ESUHungary: 2 ESUMalta: 8 ESUNetherlands: 16 ESUAustria: 8 ESUPoland: 2 ESUPortugal: 2 ESUSlovenia: 2 ESUSlovakia: 6 ESUFinland: 8 ESUSweden 8 ESUUnited Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland): 16 ESUUnited Kingdom (only Northern Ireland): 8 ESU.
Article 3The 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.
Article 4The plan for the selection of returning holdings must ensure the representativeness of the returning holdings as a whole.It shall include:(a)the elements on which it is based, namely:particulars of the statistical reference sources,the procedures for stratifying the field of survey in accordance with the Community typology of holdings, taking account, where appropriate, of additional national criteria,the procedures for determining the selection rate chosen for each stratum.the procedures for the selection of returning holdings,the procedures for the possible later updating of the selection plan,the probable period of validity of the selecting plan;(b)the breakdown of holdings in the field of survey classified in accordance with the Community typology of holdings (corresponding at least to the principal types) and the number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the strata adopted.
Article 5The selection plan shall be forwarded to the Commission not later than two months before the beginning of the first accounting year to which it relates.The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia shall forward to the Commission their selection plan for the accounting year 2004 before 30 November 2004.The procedures and time limits for communicating adjustments to the selection plan to the Commission shall be the same as for the forwarding of the plan itself.
Article 6The report on the implementation of the selection plan for returning holdings shall include:1.The breakdown of the selected returning holdings by category of holding;2.comments on the analysis of discrepancies recorded between the selection plan and the returning holdings selected, on the guidelines to be employed, in improving the selection for the subsequent accounting year, and on the precautions to be taken in weighting the accounting data.The implementation report shall be submitted in accordance with the model set out in Annex II. It shall be forwarded to the Commission within 6 months of the beginning of the accounting year.
Article 7Regulation No 91/66/EEC is hereby repealed.
Article 8This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall be applicable as from the accounting year 1982.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEX I
BELGIUMGERMANYGREECESPAINFRANCEITALYHUNGARYPOLANDPORTUGALFINLANDSWEDENUNITED KINGDOM
Reference numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
341Vlaanderen720
342Bruxelles-Brussel—
343Wallonie480
Total Belgium1200
745CZECH REPUBLIC1300
370DENMARK2250
010Schleswig-Holstein450
020Hamburg50
030Niedersachsen980
040Bremen—
050Nordrhein-Westfalen790
060Hessen440
070Rheinland-Pfalz600
080Baden-Württemberg740
090Bayern1150
100Saarland80
110Berlin—
112Brandenburg240
113Mecklenburg-Vorpommern180
114Sachsen280
115Sachsen-Anhalt190
116Thüringen190
Total Germany6360
755ESTONIA500
450Macedonia-Thrace2000
460Epirus-Peloponnese-Ionian Islands1350
470Thessaly700
480Continental Greece, Aegean Islands, Crete1450
Total Greece5500
500Galicia480
505Asturias270
510Cantabria190
515País Vasco250
520Navarra370
525La Rioja260
530Aragón739
535Cataluña710
540Illes Balears182
545Castilla y León1095
550Madrid194
555Castilla-La Mancha1138
560Comunidad Valenciana626
565Murcia444
570Extremadura718
575Andalucia1816
580Canarias224
Total Spain9706
121Île-de-France170
131Champagne-Ardenne400
132Picardie300
133Haute.Normandie160
134Centre450
135Basse-Normandie220
136Bourgogne380
141Nord-Pas-de-Calais310
151Lorraine230
152Alsace180
153Franche-Comté230
162Pays de la Loire490
163Bretagne540
164Poitou-Charentes360
182Aquitaine500
183Midi-Pyrénées480
184Limousin200
192Rhône-Alpes450
193Auvergne360
201Languedoc-Roussillon400
203Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur360
204Corse150
Total France7320
380IRELAND1300
221Valle d’Aosta279
222Piemonte1159
230Lombardia923
241Trentino315
242Alto Adige308
243Veneto925
244Friuli-Venezia Giulia797
250Liguria500
260Emilia-Romagna1145
270Toscana680
281Marche956
282Umbria678
291Lazio854
292Abruzzo826
301Molise462
302Campania682
303Calabria882
311Puglia988
312Basilicata1087
320Sicilia1306
330Sardegna1248
Total Italy17000
740CYPRUS500
770LATVIA1000
775LITHUANIA1000
350LUXEMBOURG360
760Közép-Magyarország160
761Közép-Dunántúl190
762Nyugat-Dunántúl230
763Dél-Dunántúl260
764Észak- Magyarország210
765Észak-Alföld380
766Dél-Alföld470
Total Hungary1900
780MALTA400
360NETHERLANDS1500
660AUSTRIA1800
785Pomorze and Mazury1640
790Wielkopolska and Śląsk3980
795Mazowsze and Podlasie5060
800Małopolska and Pogórze1420
Total Poland12100
610Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral670
620Trás-os-Montes e Beira Interior563
630Ribatejo e Oeste351
640Alentejo e Algarve399
650Açores e Madeira317
Total Portugal2300
820SLOVENIA900
810SLOVAKIA600
670Etelä-Suomi537
680Sisä-Suomi237
690Pohjanmaa229
700Pohjois-Suomi147
Total Finland1150
710Plains of Southern and Central Sweden680
720Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of Southern and Central Sweden215
730Areas of Northern Sweden105
Total Sweden1000
411England — North Region420
412England — East Region650
413England — West Region430
421Wales300
431Scotland380
441Northern Ireland320
Total United Kingdom2500
ANNEX IIREPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SELECTION PLAN FOR RETURNING HOLDINGS