Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2007)245 - Farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2007)245 - Farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods. |
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| source | COM(2007)245  |
| date | 10-05-2007 |
Contents
- CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
- LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL
- BUDGETARY IMPLICATION
- CONSULTATION OF INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- Collection and use of expertise
- Choice of instruments
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- 1. 2007/0084 (COD)
- CHAPTER I
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- CHAPTER II
- Article 7
- Article 8
- Article 9
- Article 10
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- 13. information on the quality of any administrative data sources used; and
- Article 13
- EUR 4 million each for Italy, Poland and Romania; and
- Article 14
- Article 15
- Article 16
- Article 17
- 2. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation
- For the European Parliament For the Council
- Description of activity NACE Rev. 2 code Additional notes on activities included or excluded when defining agricultural activities
- ANNEX II
- a natural person who is a sole holder, where the holding is independent? Yes/No
- If this person is not the manager, is the manager a member of the holder's family? Yes/No
- For owner farming ha
- Organic farming
- Cereals ha
- Bovine animals Heads
- Holding's crop area covered by these schemes ha
- Holding's crop area covered by these schemes ha
- II. LAND
- Common wheat and spelt ha
- Tobacco ha
- outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover ha
- outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover ha
- temporary grass ha
- Green maize (maize for silage) ha
- Bovine animals, under one year old, male and female Heads
- Sheep (all ages) Heads
- Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilograms Heads
- Broilers Heads
- Turkeys Heads
- Wind Yes/No
- Manager
- Training of manager
- Vocational training undertaken by manager during the last 12 months Yes/No
- Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding: female
- Non-family labour regularly employed: male
- Non-family labour regularly employed: female
- Non-family labour employed on a non-regular basis: male and female working days
- VI. NON-FARMING GAINFUL ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLDING (directly related to the holding)
- VII. SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- PRECISION CATEGORIES FOR THE FARM STRUCTURE SURVEYS 2013 AND
- Permanent outdoor crops comprising fruit, berry, citrus and olive plantations, vineyards, nurseries and other permanent outdoor crops
- Poultry
- Temporary grass and permanent pasture and meadow
- Poultry
- ANNEX V
- Characteristic Units/ categories
- LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
- 2. ABM / ABB FRAMEWORK
- 3. BUDGET LINES
- 05.08.02: Surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings
- 3.3. Budgetary characteristics
- 05.08. Non-comp Diff NO NO NO NO
- 4. SUMMARY OF RESOURCES
- 4.1. Financial Resources
- 4.1.1. Summary of commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA)
- TOTAL REFERENCE AMOUNT
- Human resources and associated expenditure (NDA) 8.2.5. d
- Cofinancing details
- EUR million (to 3 decimal places)
- 4.1.2. Compatibility with Financial Programming
- 4.1.3. Financial Impact on Revenue
- Annual requirements Year
- 5. CHARACTERISTICS AND OBJECTIVES
- 5.1. Need to be met in the short or long term
- 5.2. Value added of Community involvement and coherence of the proposal with other financial instruments and possible synergy
- 5.3. Objectives, expected results and related indicators of the proposal in the context of the ABM framework
- Action 1
- Action 2
- Action 3
- Action 4
- Indicators
- 5.4. Method of Implementation (indicative)
- 6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
- 6.1. Monitoring system
- 6.2. Evaluation
- 6.2.1. Ex-ante evaluation
- 6.2.2. Measures taken following an intermediate/ex-post evaluation (lessons learned from similar experiences in the past)
- 6.2.3. Terms and frequency of future evaluation
- 7. Anti-fraud measures
- 8. DETAILS OF RESOURCES
- 8.1. Objectives of the proposal in terms of their financial cost (excludes Action 4 which will be covered by the next financial perspective)
- TOTAL
- 8.2.2. Description of tasks deriving from the action
- 8.2.3. Sources of human resources (statutory)
- EUR million (to 3 decimal places)
- 8.2.5. Financial cost of human resources and associated costs not included in the reference amount
- 8.2.6. Other administrative expenditure not included in reference amount
- XX 01 02 11 05 - Information Systems
- 2 Total Other Management Expenditure (XX 01 02 11)
- 3 Other expenditure of an administrative nature (specify including reference to budget line)
Grounds for and objectives of the proposal The proposed Regulation specifies the requirement to continue the series of structural surveys of agricultural holdings, with a census in 2010 and interim surveys in 2013 and 2016. In addition, a survey on agricultural production methods is proposed, with a reference period 2010.
General context The proposed Regulation is according to the Commission's new political approach to the simplification of legislation and better regulation as referred to in the Communications of 14 November 2006 on 'a strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union' i and on 'reduction of the response burden, simplification and priority-setting in the field of Community statistics' i. Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings have been carried out since 1966. During this time, the regulations governing these surveys have been defined for fixed periods of time. The most recent legislation defined the requirements for censuses of agricultural holdings in 1990 and 2000, with interim surveys in 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005 and 2007. The first draft of this Regulation was presented to the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics (hereinafter 'SCAS') in November 2005. During the last year, discussions on the different aspects of the structural surveys have taken place at Working Group level and at meetings of the SCAS. The revised proposal takes into account the points made in these discussions, and attempts to balance the need for new and detailed information with the need to avoid increasing the burden on respondents and on Member States.
Existing provisions in the area of the proposal The present proposal will replace Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings i. Nevertheless, core structural statistics relating to crops, livestock, labour and equipment will continue to be collected. Some structural information has been dropped and some new characteristics have been added. The number of interim surveys has been reduced from three to two and a new survey on production methods has been introduced.
Consistency with the other policies and objectives of the Union Statistics on agricultural holdings are required to support the Community's agricultural and rural development policies, relating in particular to the increasing diversification of agricultural activities, the environmental impact of farming and the quality and safety of agricultural products.
Consultation of interested parties
Consultation methods, main sectors targeted and general profile of respondents Consultations have taken place at different levels during the past year. The Working Group on Agriculture and Environment was consulted on 29 and 30 June 2006 concerning the characteristics required for the survey on agricultural production methods. The Working Group on Structure and Typology of Agricultural Holdings has been consulted at the different stages of development of this proposal. The most recent consultation took place on 21 and 22 September 2006. Following this meeting, the proposal was revised and presented to the SCAS. The SCAS discussed the proposal on 27-29 November 2006. Earlier proposals were also discussed at the SCAS in November 2005 and April 2006. Bilateral exchanges have taken place with several Member States concerning aspects of the proposal.
Summary of responses and how they have been taken into account At each stage of consultation, Eurostat has revised the text to take into account as far as possible the comments from users and from Member States. During the consultation process, there was little support for specific provisions relating to the establishment and updating of a statistical farm register. These provisions have now been dropped. Further clarification on the list of characteristics has been included. Detailed definitions will follow in the implementing regulation. The precision levels have been modified to achieve reliable results without excessive sample sizes.
There was no need for external expertise.
Impact assessment The proposal is an extension of existing legislation in this field of statistics. No specific information campaign and no financial incentives were considered appropriate. .
Summary of the proposed action The legislation for the existing series of structural surveys does not contain any provisions for the farm structural surveys from 2010 onwards. This proposal therefore provides the legal framework for the next farm structure census in 2010 and for the interim surveys in 2013 and 2016. In addition, the proposal includes a survey on agricultural production methods with reference year 2010.
Legal basis Article 285 of the Treaty establishing the European Community provides the legal basis for Community statistics. The Council, acting in accordance with the codecision procedure, is to adopt measures for the production of statistics where necessary for the performance of the activities of the Community. This Article sets out the requirements relating to the production of Community statistics and requires conformity to standards of impartiality, reliability, objectivity, scientific independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality.
Subsidiarity principle The objectives of this proposal, namely to specify the requirement for the collection of comparable Community statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings and to specify the requirement for a survey on agricultural production methods, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States. They can be better achieved at Community level on the basis of a Community legal act because only the Commission can coordinate the necessary harmonisation of statistical information at Community level while the collection of data and compilation of comparable statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings can be organised by the Member States. The different climatic and environmental regions within the European Union, with their different farming practices, strengthen the argument for a Community level approach if comparable statistics are to be available. Therefore, the Community may adopt these measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiary as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. The proposal allows the use of sample surveys in specific cases, to help to reduce the survey burden in Member States, and facilitates the use of appropriate existing national data sources.
Proportionality principle The proposal complies with the proportionality principle for the following reason(s). In accordance with the principle of proportionality, this Regulation confines itself to the minimum required to achieve this objective and does not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose.
The proposal specifies the definitions, characteristics, coverage, precision required, reference periods and reporting requirements. The implementing measures will specify the detailed definitions of the characteristics. Member States are responsible for determining how to collect the information, the questionnaire design for sample surveys, the data processing and validation procedures. There is no obligation for the Member States to make any changes in their administrative systems related to the statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings.
The proposal allows the use of sample surveys in specific cases, to help to reduce the survey burden in Member States, and facilitates the use of appropriate existing national data sources. Furthermore, the proposal allows the Commission to approve certain national practices relating to data precision, use of alternative data sources, sub-samples and identification of non-existent or non-significant characteristics.
Proposed instruments: Regulation.
Other means would not be adequate for the following reason(s). Selection of the appropriate category for an act of the European Parliament and Council depends on the legislative goal. Given the information needs at European level, the trend for Community statistics has been to use Regulations rather than Directives for basic acts. A Regulation is preferable because it lays down the same law throughout the Community, leaving the Member States with no power to apply them incompletely or selectively; it is directly applicable, which means that it needs not be transposed into national law. In contrast, directives, which aim at harmonisation of national laws, are binding on Member States as regards their objectives, but leave the national authorities the choice of form and methods used to obtain the objectives agreed upon at the Community level; they must be transposed into national law. The use of a Regulation is in line with other statistical legal acts which have been adopted since 1997.
Member States are to receive a financial contribution from the Community towards the cost of the surveys defined in the Regulation.
Simplification
The proposal provides for simplification of Community legislation and simplification of administrative procedure for national authorities.
The proposal reduces from three to two the number of interim farm structure surveys required. The survey on agricultural production methods is treated as a separate module which can be carried out as a sample survey. The use of administrative sources instead of surveys will reduce the burden on respondents. The proposal is included in the Commission's Work and Legislative Programme under the reference ESTAT/2006/014 and is a concrete example of the Commission's new political approach to simplification of legislation and better regulation.
Repeal of existing legislation The adoption of this proposal will lead to the repeal of existing Community legislation.
European Economic Area The proposed act concerns an EEA matter and should therefore extend to the European Economic Area.
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Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285 i thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission i,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty i,
Whereas:
Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings i provides for a programme of Community surveys to provide statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings up to 2007.
The programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, carried out on a Community basis since 1966/67, should be continued in order to examine trends at Community level. In the interests of clarity the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 should be replaced by this Regulation.
For the purposes of updating the basic registers of agricultural holdings and the other information required for the stratification of sample surveys, a census of agricultural holdings in the Community is necessary at least every ten years. The last census took place in 1999/2000.
There is a need to monitor the implementation of measures associated with rural development defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural development (EAFRD) i.
In their conclusions on agri-environmental indicators, the Council recognised the need for comparable data on agricultural activities, at the appropriate geographical level, and covering the whole Community. The Council asked the Commission to undertake the actions in the Commission Communication COM(2006)508 which includes the development of new EU surveys, particularly regarding farm management practices and the use of farm inputs.
There is a lack of statistical information on the different methods of agricultural production at the level of individual holdings. Therefore a special survey on agricultural production methods, linked to structural information on agricultural holdings, is required to provide additional statistics for the development of agri-environmental policy and to improve the quality of agri-environmental indicators.
Comparable statistics from all Member States on the structure of agricultural holdings are important in determining the development of agricultural policy in the Community. Therefore standard classifications and definitions should be used as far as possible for survey characteristics.
Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics i, constitutes the reference framework for the provisions of this Regulation. In particular, it requires conformity to standards of impartiality, reliability, objectivity, scientific independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality.
The use of geo-reference information, which provides an agricultural holding's precise location, will be limited to statistical purposes. The necessary protection of confidentiality of data should be ensured, among other means, by appropriate aggregation when publishing statistics.
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 established the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community i
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) i, territorial units should be defined using the NUTS classification.
In order to reduce the burden of data collection for respondents and Member States as far as possible, the possibility of using sample surveys and administrative sources should be provided for.
In order to carry out the surveys, considerable funding will be required from both the Member States and the Commission over a number of years, a large proportion of which will be used to meet the requirements of the Community.
Provision should therefore be made for a Community subsidy to assist this programme through the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund under article 3 i, point e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy i.
This Regulation establishes a financial framework for the entire duration of the programme which is to be the principal point of reference for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure, within the meaning of Point 37 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management i.
Since the objective of the proposed action, namely the systematic production of Community statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings and on agricultural production methods, cannot be sufficiently achieved at the national level and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective.
The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission i.
In particular, power should be conferred on the Commission to define the characteristics and to adapt the Annexes to this Regulation. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation and supplement this Regulation by the addition of new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Council Decision 1999/468/EC.
The Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC i has been consulted,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation establishes a framework for the production of comparable Community statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings and for a survey on agricultural production methods.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
2. ‘Agricultural holding’ means a single unit, both technically and economically, which has a single management and which undertakes agricultural activities listed in Annex I within the economic territory of the European Union, either as its primary or secondary activity
3. Sample surveys mean statistical surveys based on stratified random sampling which are designed to provide representative statistics concerning agricultural holdings at regional and national levels. The stratification shall include the size and type of the agricultural holding to ensure that agricultural holdings of different sizes and types are adequately represented.
4. Region means the NUTS 2 territorial unit defined in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003.
Coverage
1. The surveys specified in this Regulation shall cover:
5. agricultural holdings where the agricultural area utilized for farming is one hectare or more;
6. agricultural holdings where the agricultural area utilized for farming is less than one hectare, if they produce a certain proportion for sale or if their production unit exceeds certain physical thresholds.
2. However, Member States which use a different survey threshold shall fix this threshold at a level to exclude only the smallest agricultural holdings which together contribute 2% or less to the total agricultural area excluding common land and 2% or less to the total number of farm livestock units.
3. In any case, all agricultural holdings reaching one of the physical thresholds specified in Annex II shall be covered.
Data sources
1. Member States may use information from the Integrated Administration and Control System i, the System for the Identification and Registration of Bovine Animals i and the Organic Farming Register i provided this information is of at least equal quality to information obtained from statistical surveys. Member States may also use administrative sources associated with the cultivation of genetically modified crops and the specific rural development measures referred to in Annex III.
2. In duly justified cases the Commission may allow Member States to use other administrative sources.
Precision
1. Member States conducting sample surveys shall ensure that the weighted survey results are statistically representative of agricultural holdings within each region and are designed to meet the precision requirements set out in Annex IV.
2. In duly justified cases the Commission may allow Member States exceptions to the precision requirements for specific regions.
3. The Commission may determine additional precision requirements. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by supplementing and/or by deleting some non-essential elements, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 15 i.
STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS
Article 6
Farm structure surveys
1. Member States shall carry out in 2010, 2013 and 2016 surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, hereinafter referred to as ‘farm structure surveys’.
2. The farm structure survey in 2010 shall be carried out in the form of a census. However, sample surveys may be used for the characteristics concerning machinery and other gainful activities of the labour force, listed in Annex III Sections IV(i) and V(ii).
3. The farm structure surveys in 2013 and 2016 may be carried out as sample surveys.
Survey characteristics
1. Member States shall collect information on the characteristics of agricultural holdings listed in Annex III.
2. The Commission may amend the list of characteristics provided in Annex III for the farm structure surveys for 2013 and 2016. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by supplementing and/or by deleting some non-essential elements, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 15 i.
3. If a characteristic has a low or zero prevalence in a Member State, the Member State may be authorised by the Commission to exclude the characteristic from a farm structure survey, provided the Member State submits appropriate justification.
4. The Commission determines definitions of the characteristics. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by supplementing and/or by deleting some non-essential elements, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 15 i.
Reference periods
The reference periods for the farm structure surveys in the survey years 2010, 2013 and 2016 are defined as follows:
7. for land characteristics specified in Annex III: a period of 12 months ending on a reference day between 1 March and 31 October of the survey year;
8. for livestock characteristics specified in Annex III: a reference day between 1 March and 31 December of the survey year;
9. for labour force characteristics specified in Annex III: a period of 12 months ending on a reference day between 1 March and 31 October of the survey year;
10. for rural development measures specified in Annex III: a period of three years ending on 31 December of the survey year.
Transmission
1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission validated survey data for the farm structure survey for 2010 by 31 March 2012.
2. For the farm structure surveys in the survey years 2013 and 2016, Member States shall transmit validated survey data to the Commission within 12 months of the end of the survey year.
3. However, data relating to the rural development measures referred to in Annex III, and based on administrative records, may be transmitted to the Commission separately within 18 months of the end of the survey year.
4. The farm structure survey data transmitted to the Commission shall be in electronic form and at the level of individual agricultural holdings.
5. The Commission determines the format for the transmission of the survey data.
Sampling frame
For the purposes of updating the sampling frame for the farm structure surveys in 2013 and 2016, Member States shall provide the national authorities responsible for farm structure surveys access to information on agricultural holdings contained in administrative files compiled on their national territory.
STATISTICS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION METHODS
Article 11
Survey on agricultural production methods
1. Member States shall carry out a sample survey on agricultural production methods used by agricultural holdings.
2. In duly justified cases, the Commission may allow a Member State to carry out the sample survey using separate sub-samples.
3. Member States shall collect information on the characteristics of the agricultural production methods listed in Annex V. If a characteristic has a low or zero prevalence in a Member State, in duly justified cases the Commission may allow the Member State to exclude the characteristic from the survey. The volume of water used for irrigation per year may be calculated using statistical imputation.
4. The Commission determines the definitions of the characteristics. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by supplementing and/or by deleting some non-essential elements, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 15 i.
5. The reference period shall coincide with the reference periods used for the characteristics of the farm structure survey in 2010.
6. The results of this survey shall be linked to the data obtained from the farm structure survey in 2010 at the level of individual agricultural holding. The combined validated data set shall be transmitted to the Commission in electronic form no later than 31 December 2012.
7. The Commission determines the format for the transmission of the survey data.
REPORTS, FINANCING AND IMPLEMENTING MEASURES
Article 12
Reports
1. Member States shall supply the Commission with any information it may require regarding the organisation and methodology of the surveys covered by this Regulation.
2. In particular, 'National Methodological Reports' shall be provided by Member States describing:
11. the methodology applied;
12. the levels of precision achieved for the sample surveys referred to in this Regulation;
14. the inclusion and exclusion criteria applied to meet the coverage requirements specified in Article 3.
3. The National Methodological Reports shall be submitted to the Commission with the validated survey results.
Community contribution
1. Member States shall receive a financial contribution of 50% from the Community towards the cost of carrying out the surveys defined in this Regulation, subject to the maximum amounts defined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.
2. For the combined costs of the Farm Structure Survey 2010 and the Survey on Agricultural Production Methods, the Community contribution shall be limited to the maximum amounts specified below:
EUR 0.05 million each for Luxembourg and Malta;
EUR 0.15 million each for Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia and the Slovak Republic;
EUR 1 million each for Austria, Ireland and Lithuania;
EUR 2 million each for Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Portugal and the United Kingdom;
EUR 3 million each for Greece, Spain and France;
EUR 0.3 million each for all other Member States.
3. For the Farm Structure Surveys in 2013 and 2016, the maximum amounts specified in paragraph 2 shall be reduced by 60%.
4. The Community financial contribution is financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund under article 3 i, point e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005.
Financial framework
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of this programme, including the appropriations necessary for the management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States under the provisions of this Regulation, shall be EUR 54.27 million for the period 2008 - 2013.
2. The amount for the period 2014-2018 will be fixed by the budgetary and legislative authority on a proposal from the Commission on the basis of the new financial framework for the period commencing in 2014.
3. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial framework.
Committee
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics established by Article 1 of Council Decision 72/279/EEC.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a i to i and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
Derogations
1. By way of derogation from Articles 6 i and i, 8, 9 i, 11 i and i, 13 i and Annex IV, the references to the year 2010 are replaced by the year 2009 for Greece, Spain and Portugal.
2. By way of derogation from Article 9 i, the reference to 31 March 2012 is replaced by:
15. 31 March 2011 for Greece and Portugal;
16. 30 June 2011 for Spain;
17. 30 June 2012 for Italy and Romania.
3. By way of derogation from Article 11 i, the reference to 31 December 2012 is replaced by 31 December 2011 for Greece, Spain and Portugal.
Repeal
1. Regulation (EEC) 571/88 is repealed.
Article 18
Entry into force
This 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 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
The President The President
ANNEX I
The list of agricultural activities referred to in the definition of an agricultural holding
The following activities (which may be either primary or secondary activities) are based on the European Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (NACE Rev.
2) for crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities and are used to define an agricultural holding:
Description of activity NACE Rev. 2 code Additional notes on activities included or excluded when defining agricultural activities
Growing of non-perennial crops 01.
Growing of perennial crops 01. Agricultural holdings which produce wine or olive oil from self-produced grapes or olives are included in the scope of this Regulation.
Plant propagation 01.
Animal production 01. All activities classified under 01.49 of NACE Rev. 2 (Raising of other animals) shall be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, except: (i) the raising and breeding of ostriches, emus and rabbits; (ii) bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax.
Mixed farming 01.
Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities 01. In general, all holdings which carry out activities under 01.6 of NACE Rev. 2 are excluded from the scope of this Regulation if they are undertaken exclusively. However, holdings exclusively maintaining agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition (under NACE Rev. 2. 01.61) are included in the scope of this Regulation.
Thresholds for the farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods
Characteristics Threshold
Utilised agricultural area Arable land, kitchen gardens, permanent pasture and meadow, permanent crops 5 ha
Permanent outdoor crops Fruit, berry, citrus and olive plantations, vineyards and nurseries 1 ha
Other intensive production Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries, which are outdoors or under low (not accessible) protective cover 0.5 ha
Tobacco 0.5 ha
Hops 0.5 ha
Cotton 0.5 ha
Crops under glass or other (accessible) protective cover Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries 0.1 ha
Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) 0.1 ha
Bovine animals All 10 Heads
Pigs All 50 Heads
Breeding sows 10 Heads
Sheep All 20 Heads
Goats All 20 Heads
Poultry All 1000 Heads
ANNEX III
List of farm structure survey characteristics
Characteristics Units/categories
I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Geographical situation of the holding
Geo-reference of the headquarters of the holding Code
Legal personality of the holding
Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by:
If the answer to the previous question is 'yes', is this person (the holder) also the manager? Yes/No
If the manager is a member of the holder's family, is the manager the spouse of the holder? Yes/No
one or more natural persons who is/are a partner, where the holding is a group holding? Yes/No
a legal person? Yes/No
Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system
Agricultural area utilised:
For tenant farming ha
For share farming or other modes ha
Certified production:
The total utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming production methods are applied and certified according to National or European Community rules ha
The total utilised agricultural area of the holding that is under conversion to organic farming production methods to be certified according to National or European Community rules ha
Area of the holding on which organic farming production methods according to National or European Community rules are either applied and certified or under conversion to be certified:
Dried pulses ha
Potatoes ha
Sugar beet ha
Oil crops ha
Fresh vegetable, melons, strawberries ha
Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings ha
Fruit and berry ha
Citrus fruit ha
Olives ha
Wine grapes ha
Other crops (textile crops etc.) ha
Organic production methods applied to animal production and certified according to National or European Community rules:
Pigs Heads
Sheep and goats Heads
Poultry Heads
Other animals Heads
Agricultural production under certified or labelled contractual frameworks (other than organic farming)
EC quality schemes:
Holding's livestock covered by these schemes Heads
National quality schemes:
Holding's livestock covered by these schemes Heads
EC/National quality schemes
Cereals ha
Fruits and vegetables ha
Wine grapes ha
Olives ha
Bovine animals Heads
Pigs Heads
Sheep and goats Heads
Poultry Heads
Destination of the holding’s production:
Household consumes more than 50% of the value of the final production of the holding Yes/No
Direct sale to final consumers represents more than 50% of the total sales of the holding Yes/No
Arable land
Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):
Durum wheat ha
Rye ha
Barley ha
Oats ha
Grain maize ha
Rice ha
Other cereals for the production of grain ha
Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses) ha
of which peas, field beans and sweet lupines ha
Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) ha
Sugar beet (excluding seeds) ha
Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds) ha
Industrial plants (including seeds for herbaceous oil-seed plants; excluding seeds for fibre plants, hops, tobacco and other industrial plants), of which:
Hops ha
Cotton ha
Rape and turnip rape ha
Sunflower ha
Soya ha
Linseed (oil flax) ha
Other oil seed crops ha
Flax ha
Hemp ha
Other textile crops ha
Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants ha
Other industrial plants not mentioned elsewhere ha
Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries of which:
open field ha
market gardening ha
under glass or other (accessible) protective cover ha
Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):
under glass or other (accessible) protective cover ha
Forage plants:
other green fodder:
Leguminous forage plants ha
Other forage plants ha
Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables, potatoes and oil-seed plants) ha
Other arable land crops ha
Fallow land without any subsidies ha
Fallow land subject to the payment of subsidies, with no economic use ha
Kitchen gardens ha
Permanent pasture and meadow ha
Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings ha
Rough grazings ha
Permanent grassland and meadows no longer used for production purposes and eligible for the payment of subsidies ha
Permanent crops
Fruit and berry plantations ha
Fresh fruit species, of which: ha
fresh fruit of temperate climate zones ha
fresh fruit of subtropical climate zones ha
Berry species ha
Nuts ha
Citrus plantations ha
Olive plantations ha
Normally producing table olives ha
Normally producing olives for oil production ha
Vineyards, of which normally producing: ha
Quality wine ha
Other wines ha
Table grapes ha
Raisins ha
Nurseries (including Christmas trees) ha
of which Christmas trees ha
Other permanent crops ha
Permanent crops under glass ha
Other land
Unutilised agricultural land (agricultural land which is no longer farmed, for economic social or other reasons, and which is not used in the crop rotation system) ha
Wooded area ha
of which short rotation coppices ha
of which is exploited for forestry purposes ha
Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) ha
Successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigated area, combined crops, areas no longer used for food production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies, and area subject to set-aside incentive schemes, bio-fuel production areas and genetically modified crops
Successive secondary crops (excl. market-garden crops and crops under glass) ha
Mushrooms ha
Irrigated area
Total irrigable area ha
Total cultivated area irrigated at least once during the previous 12 months ha
Combined (associated) crops ha
Areas no longer used for food production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies, and area subject to set-aside incentive schemes (already recorded elsewhere in section II. LAND), broken down by: ha
Areas no longer used for food production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies ha
Areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for non-food purposes (e.g. rape, trees, bushes, etc., incl. lentils, chick peas and vetches) ha
Other areas ha
Bio-fuel (or other renewable energy) production areas (e.g. rape, soy-bean, wheat and sugar-beets); already recorded elsewhere in section II. LAND ha
of which genetically modified crops ha
Areas used for production of bio-energy as a secondary product (e.g. straw, stalks) ha
Genetically modified crops; already recorded elsewhere in section II. LAND ha
III. LIVESTOCK
Equidae Heads
Bovine animals:
Bovine animals, one but less than two years old, male Heads
Bovine animals, one but less than two years old, female Heads
Male bovine animals , two years old and over Heads
Heifers , two years old and over Heads
Dairy cows Heads
Other cows Heads
Sheep and goats:
Breeding females Heads
Other sheep Heads
Goats (all ages) Heads
Breeding females Heads
Other goats Heads
Pigs:
Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over Heads
Other pigs Heads
Poultry:
Laying hens Heads
Other poultry:
Ducks Heads
Geese Heads
Ostriches Heads
Other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere Heads
Rabbits, breeding females Heads
Bees Hives
Livestock not mentioned elsewhere Yes/No
of which fur animals Yes/No
IV. MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
IV. (i) MACHINERY
Belonging exclusively to the holding
Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers Number
Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers Number
Combine harvesters Number
Other fully mechanised harvesters Number
Machinery used by several holdings (belonging to another holding, to a cooperative or owned jointly with other holdings) or belonging to a service supply agency
Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers Yes/No
Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers Yes/No
Combine harvesters Yes/No
Other fully mechanised harvesters Yes/No
IV. (ii) EQUIPMENT
Equipment used for renewable energy production by type of energy source:
Biomass Yes/No
of which bio-methane Yes/No
Solar Yes/No
Hydro-energy Yes/No
Other types of renewable energy sources Yes/No
V. LABOUR FORCE
V.(i) FARM WORK ON THE HOLDING
Holder
Gender Male/Female
Age Age bands i
The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) AWU % band i
Gender Male/Female
Age Age bands
The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) AWU % band
Agricultural training of manager Training codes i
Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding: male
The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) AWU % band
The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) AWU % band
The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) AWU % band
The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) AWU % band
Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work during the 12 months preceding the day of the survey, not included under previous categories, undertaken on the holding by persons not employed directly by the holding (e.g. contractors' employees) Full-time days
V.(ii) OTHER GAINFUL ACTIVITIES (non-farm work on the holding and work outside the holding)
Other gainful activities of the holder who is also the manager:
The work on the holding (other than farm work) AWU % band
The work outside the holding (agricultural and non-agricultural) AWU % band
Other gainful activities of the spouse of the sole holder:
The work on the holding (other than farm work) AWU % band
The work outside the holding (agricultural and non-agricultural) AWU % band
Other gainful activities of the other members of the sole holder's family engaged in the farm work of the holding:
The work on the holding (other than farm work) AWU % band
The work outside the holding (agricultural and non-agricultural) AWU % band
Non-family labour force involved in other gainful activities on the holding (other than farm work), directly relating to the holding AWU % band
VI.(i) List of non-farming gainful activities
Tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities Yes/No
Handicraft Yes/No
Processing of farm products Yes/No
Wood processing (e.g. sawing) Yes/No
Aquaculture Yes/No
Contractual work (using production means of the holding)
Agricultural (for other holdings) Yes/No
Non-agricultural Yes/No
Other Yes/No
VI.(ii) Importance of the non-farming gainful activities directly related to the holding
Percentage of the final output of the holding Percentage bands i
Holding's benefit of one of the following rural development measures during the last 3 years Yes/No
Use of advisory services Yes/No
Modernisation of agricultural holdings Yes/No
Adding value to agricultural and forestry products Yes/No
Meeting standards based on Community legislation Yes/No
Participation of farmers in food quality schemes Yes/No
Natura 2000 payments for agricultural area Yes/No
Payments linked to the Water Framework Directive Yes/No
Agri-environment payments Yes/No
of which in the framework of organic farming Yes/No
Animal welfare payments Yes/No
Diversification into non-agricultural activities Yes/No
Encouragement of tourism activities Yes/No
ANNEX IV
Precision requirements
The sample surveys specified in this Regulation must be statistically representative at a regional level (NUTS 2 level and for national aggregations of less-favoured areas i) in terms of the type and the size of the agricultural holdings, in line with Commission Decision 85/377 i establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings. In addition, certain levels of precision are required at the NUTS 2 level for the crop and livestock characteristics of the agricultural holdings. These precision levels are specified below and are based on the list of characteristics specified in Annex III of this Regulation. The relevant crop and livestock characteristics of the holdings in the Survey on Agricultural Production Methods will be available from the results of the Farm Structure Survey 2010.
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Crop characteristics:
Each individual crop characteristic listed in section 'II. LAND' in Annex III, but excluding characteristics whose specific description begins with 'Other';
Cereals for the production of grain (including seed), comprising common wheat and spelt, durum wheat, rye, barley, oats, grain maize, rice and other cereals for the production of grain;
Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) and sugar beet (excluding seeds);
Oilseed crops comprising rape, turnip rape, sunflower, soya, linseed (oil flax) and other oil seed crops;
Permanent outdoor crops comprising fruit, berry, citrus and olive plantations, vineyards, nurseries and other permanent outdoor crops
Livestock characteristics:
Each individual animal characteristic listed in section 'III. LIVESTOCK' in Annex III;
Bovine animals (all ages);
Sheep and goats (all ages);
Pigs;
PRECISION CATEGORIES FOR SAMPLE SURVEYS UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE FARM STRUCTURE SURVEY 2010 AND THE SURVEY ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION METHODS
Crop characteristics:
Cereals for the production of grain (including seed), comprising common wheat and spelt, durum wheat, rye, barley, oats, grain maize, rice and other cereals for the production of grain;
Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) and sugar beet (excluding seeds);
Oilseed crops comprising rape, turnip rape, sunflower, soya, linseed (oil flax) and other oil seed crops;
Permanent outdoor crops comprising fruit, berry, citrus and olive plantations, vineyards, nurseries and other permanent outdoor crops;
Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries, flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries);
Livestock characteristics:
Bovine animals (all ages);
Sheep and goats (all ages);
Pigs;
PRECISION TABLE
Farm structure surveys 2013 and Survey on Agricultural Production Methods
Precision categories Prevalence (NUTS 2) Relative standard error Prevalence (NUTS 2) Relative standard error
Crop characteristics of the agricultural holding 5% or more of the utilised agricultural area < 5% 10% or more of the utilised agricultural area < 7.5%
Livestock characteristics of the agricultural holding 5% or more of the livestock units < 5% 10% or more of the livestock units < 7.5%
List of characteristics for the survey on agricultural production methods
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Tillage methods Conventional tillage (mouldboard plough or disc plough) ha
Conservation tillage (low tillage) ha
Zero tillage (direct seeding) ha
Soil conservation, actions against erosion and nutrient leaching Soil cover in winter: Normal winter crop ha
Cover crop or intermediate crop ha
Plant residues ha
Bare soil ha
Crop rotation: Arable area out of planned crop rotation ha
Anti-erosion measures for arable land and permanent crops: Terraces Yes/No
Contour farming or herring bone farming Yes/No
Permanently vegetated ditches or strips Yes/No
Other anti-erosion measures Yes/No
Landscape features Linear elements maintained by farmer during the last 3 years, of which: Hedges Yes/No
Tree lines Yes/No
Stonewalls Yes/No
Linear elements established during the last 3 years, of which: Hedges Yes/No
Tree lines Yes/No
Stonewalls Yes/No
Animal grazing Grazing on the holding Area grazed during the last year ha
Amount of time when animals are outdoors on pasture Months per year
Amount of time when animals are outdoors on bare soil or hard standing Months per year
Common land grazing: Total number of animals grazing on common land Heads
Amount of time when animals are grazing on common land Months per year
Animal housing Cattle: Conventional stable (stanchion-tied stalls) Places
On partially slatted floors Places
On completely slatted floors Places
On straw beds (deep litter-loose housing) Places
Other Places
Pigs: On partially slatted floors Places
On completely slatted floors Places
On straw beds (deep litter-loose housing) Places
Other Places
Laying hens: On straw beds (deep litter-loose housing) Places
Battery cage (all types) Places
Battery cage with manure belt Places
Battery cage with deep pit Places
Battery cage with stilt house Places
Other Places
Nutrients Basis for decision on the use of nutrients: Soil tests (carried out at least once during the last 3 years) Yes/No
Manure application techniques: Application of solid/farmyard manure ha
Of which: with immediate incorporation ha
Application of slurry: Total area ha
Of which: with immediate incorporation or injection ha
Percentage of the total produced manure exported from the holding Percentage
Manure storage and treatment facilities Storage facilities for: Solid dung Yes/No
Liquid manure Yes/No
Slurry Yes/No
Use of : Slurry tank Yes/No
Lagoon Yes/No
Are the storage facilities covered? Solid dung Yes/No
Liquid manure Yes/No
Slurry Yes/No
Plant protection Type of plant protection methods applied: Physical/mechanical Yes/No
Biological Yes/No
Chemical (preventive and curative) Yes/No
Area on which the methods of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) are applied: Total ha
Of which certified IPM ha
Use of pesticide application equipment: Equipment for non-liquid formulation Yes/No
Field crop sprayer with a boom Yes/No
Air-assisted sprayer Yes/No
Aerial spraying Yes/No
Treatment decision techniques: Treatment scheme Yes/No
Advisory services Yes/No
Forecasts from media Yes/No
Advice from chemical companies Yes/No
Economic damage threshold Yes/No
None Yes/No
Irrigation Irrigated area Average irrigated area the last three years ha
Total cultivated area irrigated at least once during the previous 12 months Total ha
Cereals for the production of grain (excluding maize and rice) ha
Maize (grain and green) ha
Rice ha
Pulses ha
Potatoes ha
Sugar beet ha
Rape and turnip rape ha
Sunflower ha
Textile crops (flax, hemp, other textile crops) ha
Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries- open field ha
Temporary and permanent grass ha
Other crops on arable land ha
Fruit and berry plantations ha
Citrus plantations ha
Olive plantations ha
Vineyards ha
Irrigation methods employed: Surface irrigation (flooding, furrows) Yes/No
Sprinkler irrigation Yes/No
Drop irrigation Yes/No
Source of irrigation water used on the holding: On farm ground water Yes/No
On-farm surface water (ponds or dams) Yes/No
Off-farm surface water from lakes, rivers or watercourses Yes/No
Off-farm water from common water supply networks Yes/No
Other sources Yes/No
Volume of water used for irrigation per year m3 per year
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1. NAME OF THE PROPOSAL:
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey of agricultural production methods.
Agriculture, Statistics:
(a) Maintenance and development of IT tools for the results of farm structure surveys and the survey of agricultural production methods (contracts)
(b) EU contribution to Member States towards the farm structure surveys and the survey of agricultural production methods (grants)
3.1. Budget lines (operational lines and related technical and administrative assistance lines (ex-B..A lines)) including headings:
3.2. Duration of the action and of the financial impact:
2008 – 2018.
Budget line Type of expenditure New EFTA contribution Contributions from applicant countries Heading in financial perspective
EUR million (to 3 decimal places)
Expenditure type Section no. Year Total
Operational expenditure i
Commitment Appropriations (CA) 8.1. a 8. 14. 14. 0. 15. 0. 54.
Payment Appropriations (PA) b 4. 10. 10. 4. 19. 5. 54.
Administrative expenditure within reference amount i
Technical & administrative assistance (NDA) 8.2.4. c
Commitment Appropriations a+c 8. 14. 14. 0. 15. 0. 54.
Payment Appropriations b+c 4. 10. 10. 4. 19. 5. 54.
Administrative expenditure not included in reference amount i
Administrative costs, other than human resources and associated costs, not included in reference amount (NDA) 8.2.6. e
Total indicative financial cost of intervention
TOTAL CA including cost of Human Resources a+c+d+e 8. 14. 14. 0. 15. 0. 54.
TOTAL PA including cost of Human Resources b+c+d+e 4. 10. 10. 4. 19. 5. 54.
If the proposal involves cofinancing by Member States, or other bodies (please specify which), an estimate of the level of this cofinancing should be indicated in the table below (additional lines may be added if different bodies are scheduled to provide the cofinancing):
Note: The total CA below includes 2.75 million for Action 3 which does not involve cofinancing by Member States.
Cofinancing body Year Total
Member States f 15. 53.
TOTAL CA including cofinancing a+c+d+e+f 16. 29. 29. 0. 30. 0. 107.
Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming.
Proposal will entail reprogramming of the relevant heading in the financial perspective.
Proposal may require application of the provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement i (i.e. flexibility instrument or revision of the financial perspective).
Proposal has no financial implications on revenue (involves the technical aspects of implementing a measure)
Proposal has financial impact – the effect on revenue is as follows:
4.2. Human Resources FTE (including officials, temporary and external staff) – see detail under Point 8.2.1.
Total number of human resources
The surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings play a key role in agricultural statistics. The decennial census and the interim sample surveys provide a substantial volume of statistical information on agricultural holdings in the Community (size of holding, type of farming, use of labour and machinery, etc.). In the proposed regulation an additional sample survey has been included covering the methods of agricultural production used on agricultural holdings. At the same time, the number of interim sample surveys has been reduced from three to two over a ten-year cycle.
The information is collected through statistical surveys using a questionnaire covering a set of characteristics harmonised at Community level. The information is not available elsewhere. It is primarily used as the basis for implementing the Community's policy on agriculture and rural development and is highly relevant in other policy fields which impact upon agriculture, e.g. regional, social and environmental policy. The results are also used in the ex-post evaluation of the effect of agricultural and rural development policies, using the considerable amount of data accumulated over time.
The surveys provide the sampling framework for undertaking other surveys required by the Commission, which are specific to certain categories of crops or livestock.
5.2. Value added of Community involvement and coherence of the proposal with other financial instruments and possible synergy
As stated in the Explanatory Memorandum, the collection of comparable Community statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings and on agricultural production methods cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States. This can be better achieved at Community level on the basis of a Community legal act because only the Commission can coordinate the necessary harmonisation of statistical information at Community level.
The Community contribution covers only a very small share of the overall cost of carrying out the surveys, but nevertheless helps to offset the additional costs incurred by Member States in meeting the requirements of the Commission, concerning, in particular, the harmonisation of survey characteristics and the delivery of results in a common format according to a fixed schedule.
5.3. Objectives, expected results and related indicators of the proposal in the context of the ABM framework
The proposal aims to achieve comparable statistics on the structure of agricultural holdings and on the methods of agricultural production in EU Member States. The proposal specifies the coverage of the surveys, the characteristics to be collected, the reference periods, deadlines for transmission and precision criteria. Furthermore, with the delivery of the validated results for each survey, Member States must provide a methodological report describing how the survey has been implemented.
The surveys in 2009 and 2010 comprise a census of agricultural holdings (FSS 2010) and a sample survey of agricultural production methods (SAPM).
The surveys in 2013 are interim sample surveys of agricultural holdings.
The maintenance and development of the data-processing systems required to handle the results of the farm structure surveys and survey on agricultural production methods.
The surveys in 2016 are interim sample surveys of agricultural holdings.
Key indicators for measuring achievement of the objectives are:
- Timeliness of the delivery of the validated survey results and Methodological Reports
- Quality of the Methodological Reports describing the design and implementation of the survey
- Promptness of publication of results by the Commission
Centralised Management
directly by the Commission
indirectly by delegation to:
executive Agencies
bodies set up by the Communities as referred to in Article 185 of the Financial Regulation
national public-sector bodies/bodies with public-service mission
Shared or decentralised management
with Member States
with Third Countries
Joint management with international organisations (please specify)
Relevant comments:
The grant agreements with Member States will specify the work programme and the schedule for delivering the results. The contracts with external contractors will specify the work programme, deliverables and schedule for delivering the contract outputs. The payment of the final balance will depend on a final technical and financial evaluation undertaken by the Commission, requiring satisfactory implementation of the terms of the grant agreements, including the delivery of acceptable results and the description of the methodology used and contracts with external contractors.
The action is a continuation of existing surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings with some specific changes – to meet new policy requirements, to reduce survey burden and to simplify survey procedures. These changes have been introduced following discussion with users, and with Member States in the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics.
6.2.2. Measures taken following an intermediate/ex-post evaluation (lessons learned from similar experiences in the past)
Member States are required to provide information to the Commission on the methodology and organisation of the surveys covered by this proposal. In particular, the methodological reports delivered by Member States to the Commission with the final results will be evaluated from a technical viewpoint and must be approved before final payment is made.
Progress with the surveys will be regularly assessed through the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics.
Following the completion of each survey, there will be an overall evaluation of the implementation and the results of the survey presented to the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics.
(a) Payments for contracts and agreements concluded by the Commission are made only on the basis of the results obtained.
(b) In particular, there will be a requirement for the costs of the actions to be audited.
(c) The statistics obtained are considered an objective instrument for evaluating Community action programmes and thus contribute to consolidating the anti-fraud provisions.
8.1. Objectives of the proposal in terms of their financial cost (excludes Action 4 which will be covered by the next financial perspective)
Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places)
Year Year Year Year Year Year
Officials or temporary staff i (XX 01 01) A*/AD
B*, C*/AST
Staff financed i by Article XX 01
Other staff i financed by Article XX 01 04/
Not applicable
Posts currently allocated to the management of the programme to be replaced or extended
Posts pre-allocated within the APS/PDB exercise for year n
Posts to be requested in the next APS/PDB procedure
Posts to be redeployed using existing resources within the managing service (internal redeployment)
Posts required for year n although not provided for in the APS/PDB exercise of the year in question
8.2.4. Other administrative expenditure included in reference amount (XX 01 04/05 – Expenditure on administrative management)
Budget line (number and heading) Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
Other technical and administrative assistance
- intra muros
- extra muros
Total technical and administrative assistance
8.2.5. Financial cost of human resources and associated costs not included in the reference amount
EUR million (to 3 decimal places)
Type of human resources Year Year Year Year Year Year
Officials and temporary staff (XX 01 01)
Staff financed by Article XX 01 02 (auxiliary, END, contract staff, etc.) (specify budget line)
Total cost of Human Resources and associated costs (NOT in reference amount)
EUR million (to 3 decimal places)
Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
XX 01 02 11 01 – Missions
XX 01 02 11 02 – Meetings & Conferences
XX 01 02 11 03 – Committees i
XX 01 02 11 04 – Studies & Consultations
Total administrative expenditure, other than human resources and associated costs (NOT included in reference amount)
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