Article 1DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:(a)"holding" means a farm business as defined in the context of the Community agricultural surveys and censuses;(b)"typology" means the Community typology for agricultural holdings established by Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008.

Article 2Threshold for the economic sizeFor the accounting year 2010 (a period of 12 consecutive months beginning between 1 January 2010 and 1 July 2010) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold of economic size as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be as follows:—BelgiumEUR 25000—BulgariaEUR 2000—Czech RepublicEUR 8000—DenmarkEUR 15000—GermanyEUR 25000—EstoniaEUR 4000—IrelandEUR 8000—GreeceEUR 4000—SpainEUR 4000—France (with the exception of Guadeloupe, Martinique and La Réunion)EUR 25000—France (only Guadeloupe, Martinique and La Réunion)EUR 15000—ItalyEUR 4000—CyprusEUR 4000—LatviaEUR 4000—LithuaniaEUR 4000—LuxembourgEUR 25000—HungaryEUR 4000—MaltaEUR 4000—NetherlandsEUR 25000—AustriaEUR 8000—PolandEUR 4000—PortugalEUR 4000—RomaniaEUR 2000—SloveniaEUR 4000—SlovakiaEUR 15000—FinlandEUR 8000—SwedenEUR 15000—United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland)EUR 25000—United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland)EUR 15000.

Article 3Number of returning holdingsThe number of returning holdings per Member State as well as per division shall be as laid down in the Annex.The number of returning holdings to be selected per division may differ from that laid down in the Annex by up to 20 % in either direction provided that the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.

Article 4Selection planThe plan for the selection of returning holdings shall 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 divisions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, the types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology,the procedures for determining the selection rate chosen for each stratum,the procedures for the selection of returning holdings;(b)the breakdown of holdings in the field of survey by types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology (corresponding at least to the principal types), and(c)the number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the strata adopted.

Article 5NotificationEach year the Member States shall notify the selection plan referred to in Article 4 to the Commission not later than two months before the beginning of the accounting year to which it relates.However, for the accounting year 2010 it shall be notified not later than one month before the beginning of the accounting year.Notification shall be done electronically via the information systems made available to the competent authorities by the Commission or by the Member States.The form and content of the information to be notified shall be in conformity with models made available to the Member States through the information systems. Those models and the methods to be used shall be adapted and updated after the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network has been informed.Data relating to notifications shall be entered and updated in the information systems under the responsibility of the competent authorities of the Member State, in accordance with the access rights granted by the authorities concerned.

Article 6RepealRegulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is repealed with effect from 30 June 2010.References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 7Entry into force and applicationThis Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from the accounting year 2010.

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

Reference number	Name of division	Number of returning holdings per accounting year
	BELGIUM
341	Vlaanderen	720
342	Bruxelles-Brussel	—
343	Wallonie	480
Total Belgium		1200
	BULGARIA
831	Северозападен, (Severozapaden)	346
832	Северен централен, (Severen tsentralen)	358
833	Североизточен, (Severoiztochen)	373
834	Югозападен, (Yugozapaden)	335
835	Южен централен, (Yuzhen tsentralen)	394
836	Югоизточен, (Yugoiztochen)	396
Total Bulgaria		2202
745	CZECH REPUBLIC	1417
370	DENMARK	2150
	GERMANY
010	Schleswig-Holstein	565
020	Hamburg	97
030	Niedersachsen	1307
040	Bremen	—
050	Nordrhein-Westfalen	1010
060	Hessen	558
070	Rheinland-Pfalz	887
080	Baden-Württemberg	1190
090	Bayern	1678
100	Saarland	90
110	Berlin	—
112	Brandenburg	284
113	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	268
114	Sachsen	313
115	Sachsen-Anhalt	270
116	Thüringen	283
Total Germany		8800
755	ESTONIA	658
380	IRELAND	900
	GREECE
450	Macedonia-Thrace	2000
460	Epirus-Peloponnese-Ionian Islands	1350
470	Thessaly	700
480	Continental Greece, Aegean Islands, Crete	1450
Total Greece		5500
	SPAIN
500	Galicia	450
505	Asturias	190
510	Cantabria	150
515	País Vasco	352
520	Navarra	316
525	La Rioja	244
530	Aragón	676
535	Cataluña	664
540	Illes Balears	180
545	Castilla y León	950
550	Madrid	190
555	Castilla-La Mancha	900
560	Comunidad Valenciana	638
565	Murcia	348
570	Extremadura	718
575	Andalucía	1504
580	Canarias	230
Total Spain		8700
	FRANCE	in 2012	from 2013
121	Île-de-France	200	190
131	Champagne-Ardenne	370	370
132	Picardie	270	270
133	Haute-Normandie	170	170
134	Centre	410	410
135	Basse-Normandie	240	240
136	Bourgogne	350	340
141	Nord-Pas de Calais	280	280
151	Lorraine	230	230
152	Alsace	200	200
153	Franche-Comté	210	210
162	Pays de la Loire	460	460
163	Bretagne	480	480
164	Poitou-Charentes	360	360
182	Aquitaine	550	550
183	Midi-Pyrénées	480	480
184	Limousin	220	220
192	Rhône-Alpes	480	480
193	Auvergne	370	360
201	Languedoc-Roussillon	430	430
203	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	430	420
204	Corse	170	170
205	Guadeloupe	65	80
206	Martinique	65	80
207	La Réunion	130	160
	Total France	7620	7640
	ITALY
221	Valle d'Aosta	159
222	Piemonte	598
230	Lombardia	657
241	Trentino	279
242	Alto Adige	262
243	Veneto	741
244	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	549
250	Liguria	559
260	Emilia-Romagna	857
270	Toscana	635
281	Marche	493
282	Umbria	512
291	Lazio	550
292	Abruzzo	444
301	Molise	359
302	Campania	597
303	Calabria	479
311	Puglia	748
312	Basilicata	430
320	Sicilia	672
330	Sardegna	557
Total Italy		11137
740	CYPRUS	500
770	LATVIA	1000
775	LITHUANIA	1000
350	LUXEMBOURG	450
	HUNGARY
764	Alföld	1016
767	Dunántúl	675
768	Észak-Magyarország	209
	Total Hungary	1900
780	MALTA	536
360	NETHERLANDS	1500
660	AUSTRIA	2000
	POLAND
785	Pomorze and Mazury	1860
790	Wielkopolska and Śląsk	4350
795	Mazowsze and Podlasie	4490
800	Małopolska and Pogórze	1400
Total Poland		12100
	PORTUGAL
615	Norte e Centro	1233
630	Ribatejo e Oeste	351
640	Alentejo e Algarve	399
650	Açores e Madeira	317
Total Portugal		2300
	ROMANIA
840	Nord-Est	852
841	Sud-Est	1074
842	Sud-Muntenia	1008
843	Sud-Vest-Oltenia	611
844	Vest	703
845	Nord-Vest	825
846	Centru	834
847	București-Ilfov	93
Total Romania		6000
820	SLOVENIA	908
810	SLOVAKIA	523
	FINLAND
670	Etelä-Suomi	461
680	Sisä-Suomi	251
690	Pohjanmaa	221
700	Pohjois-Suomi	167
Total Finland		1100
	SWEDEN
710	Plains of southern and central Sweden	637
720	Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of southern and central Sweden	258
730	Areas of northern Sweden	130
Total Sweden		1025
	UNITED KINGDOM
411	England — North Region	420
412	England — East Region	650
413	England — West Region	430
421	Wales	300
431	Scotland	380
441	Northern Ireland	320
Total United Kingdom		2500

January 1, 2013	article 2	Amendment
January 1, 2013	annex	Amendment

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 of 18 December 2009 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

Modified by

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 327/2012 of 17 April 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 as regards the threshold for the economic size and the number of returning holdings in Slovakia