Commission Regulation (EC) No 2203/2004 of 21 December 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
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 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 CommunityOJ 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)., and in particular Articles 4(4), and 6(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 40. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 730/2004 (OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 8). fixes the number of returning holdings per division. The number of returning holdings to be selected in each division may differ by up to 20 % in either direction provided that this does not entail a reduction in the total number of returning holdings per Member State.(2)As the financial management of such a measure is difficult, a limitation per Member State as to the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing is introduced in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdingsOJ L 190, 14.7.1983, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1388/2004 (OJ L 255, 31.7.2004, p. 5).. For reasons of clarity and coherence, this change should be reflected in Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82. Flexibility in the number of returning holdings per division should remain allowed, as long as the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.(3)In view of the limitation per Member State of the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing, the number of returning holdings laid down in Annex I for Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France and Luxembourg should be adjusted, to maintain the actual sample size.(4)The number of returning holdings per division in Sweden should be adjusted, due to changes in the borders between the divisions.(5)Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended accordingly.(6)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:
Article 1Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:1.Article 3 is replaced by the following:
"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."
2.Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This 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 2005 accounting year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 21 December 2004.For the CommissionMariann Fischer BoelMember of the CommissionANNEXAnnex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:(a)the part concerning Belgium is replaced by the following:
"BELGIUM
341Vlaanderen720
342Bruxelles-Brussel—
343Wallonie480
Total Belgium1200"
(b)the part concerning Denmark is replaced by the following:
"370DENMARK2250"
(c)the part concerning Germany is replaced by the following:
"GERMANY
010Schleswig-Holstein450
020Hamburg50
030Niedersachsen980
040Bremen—
050Nordrhein-Westfalen790
060Hessen440
070Rheinland-Pfalz600
080Baden-Württemberg740
090Bayern1150
100Saarland80
110Berlin—
112Brandenburg240
113Mecklenburg-Vorpommern180
114Sachsen280
115Sachsen-Anhalt190
116Thüringen190
Total Germany6360"
(d)the part concerning France is replaced by the following:
"FRANCE
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"
(e)the part concerning Luxembourg is replaced by the following:
"350LUXEMBOURG360"
(f)the part concerning Sweden is replaced by the following:
"SWEDEN
710Plains of Southern and Central Sweden680
720Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of Southern and Central Sweden215
730Areas of Northern Sweden105
Total Sweden1000"