Legal provisions of COM(1995)472 - Improving Community Agricultural Statistics - Main contents
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dossier | COM(1995)472 - Improving Community Agricultural Statistics. |
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document | COM(1995)472 ![]() |
date | June 25, 1996 |
Contents
- Article 1 - Purpose
- Article 2 - Role of the Commission
- Article 3 - Time frame and procedure
- Article 4 - Technical action plans for agricultural statistics
- Article 5 - Member State reports
- Article 6 - Financial provisions
- Article 7 - Flexibility
- Article 8 - Adapting to changing circumstances
- Article 9 - Role of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics
- Article 10 - Measures necessary for implementation
- Article 11 - Report
- Article 12
Article 1 - Purpose
Article 2 - Role of the Commission
(a) establish a common plan for coordinating work and the general framework for the necessary methodological descriptions;
(b) check data quality and comparability;
(c) identify and implement Community-level actions which are important for the purposes of this Decision.
Article 3 - Time frame and procedure
Article 4 - Technical action plans for agricultural statistics
2. Each annual technical action plan shall include a detailed statement of activity for the next year and an indicative timetable for the following two years. When the plan is being drawn up, account must be taken of:
(a) the existing obligations for the years in question, e.g. the list and frequency of Community surveys to be carried out by the Member States and other data to be provided to the Commission;
(b) written information from Member States as provided for in Article 5 points (b) and (c);
(c) the resources required for each of the actions under consideration and the resources available.
Article 5 - Member State reports
(a) a brief report on the implementation of the actions agreed for the previous year, (year n - 1);
(b) a succinct description of the various actions proposed for the following year's plan (year n + 1);
(c) notification of major activities planned or proposed for the two years thereafter (years n + 2 and n + 3) which are relevant to the purposes of this Decision.
The description shall cover envisaged changes to the methodology of implementation, work to be carried out, difficulties foreseen and proposals for overcoming them, the implications for national and Community resources and proposals for improvements at Community level. Actions for which Community financial support is required shall be identified.
Following the procedure laid down in Article 10, the Commission shall draw up simplified standard forms to facilitate the making of these submissions.
Article 6 - Financial provisions
2. The amount of the contribution for Member States shall be decided each year by the Commission in conjunction with the technical action plan and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10.
3. The contribution shall be made available to Member States each year after submission and approval by the Commission of the annual report on the implementation, during the previous year, of the action envisaged. The Commission shall carry out any on-the-spot checks it deems necessary in collaboration with the competent authorities of the Member States.
Article 7 - Flexibility
Article 8 - Adapting to changing circumstances
Article 9 - Role of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics
(a) the reports made by the Member States on the execution of the programme in the previous year;
(b) the actions proposed by the Member States for the following year and the outlook for the two years thereafter;
(c) the technical action plan for the following year;
(d) the Community financial contribution provided for in Article 6;
(e) possible changes to Annexes I and II.
Article 10 - Measures necessary for implementation
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion of the draft within a time-limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of Decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If within three months from the date of referral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission.