Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1391 of 13 August 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1391of 13 August 2015amending Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to 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 in particular to Articles 7(4) and 11(7) thereofOJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 16.,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 establishes a framework for the provision of comparable Union statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings and for a survey on agricultural production methods.(2)Commission Regulation (EU) No 715/2014Commission Regulation (EU) No 715/2014 of 26 June 2014 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards the list of characteristics to be collected in the farm structure survey 2016 (OJ L 190, 28.6.2014, p. 8). sets out a new list of characteristics to be collected in the farm structure survey 2016. Therefore it is necessary to modify the definitions.(3)In the interests of comparability, the terms contained in the list of characteristics referred to in recital 2 should be understood and applied in a uniform manner throughout the Union. Therefore it is necessary to modify the definitions of the characteristics to be used for the farm structure survey.(4)Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics (OJ L 329, 15.12.2009, p. 1). should be in aligned to the new list of characteristics referred to in recital 2.(5)Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics established by Council Decision 72/279/EECCouncil Decision 72/279/EEC of 31 July 1972 setting up a Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics (OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1).,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: