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Number legal act	Regulation 1978/218
Original proposal	COM(1977)372
CELEX number i	31978R0218

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 218/78 of 19 December 1977 on the organization of a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1979/80

Official Journal L 035 , 04/02/1978 P. 0001 - 0009

Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 13 P. 0207

Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 13 P. 0207

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 218/78 of 19 December 1977 on the organization of a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1979/80

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas the Member States are preparing to carry out a survey as part of the next 10-yearly world agricultural survey recommended by the FAO and to be conducted sometime around 1980;

Whereas the results of this survey may be used for Community purposes if the reference period, the scope and the definitions are harmonized as part of a Community programme;

Whereas the structural trends of agricultural holdings are an important factor in determining the course to be followed by the common agricultural policy ; whereas the series of surveys on the structure of holdings, the latest of which was organized under Regulation (EEC) No 3228/76 (2), should be continued;

Whereas, in order to assess the technical and economic operation of the holdings, the agricultural area utilized for farming should, in the case of combined crops, be allocated between such crops in proportion to the amount of land which the latter take up;

Whereas in order to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this Regulation there should be close cooperation between the Member States and Commission, in particular via the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Member States shall, between 1 April 1979 and 15 June 1980, in accordance with the FAO recommendation for a world census of agriculture, carry out a survey of the agricultural holdings in their territories (hereinafter referred to as "the survey").

Article 2

• 1. 

  For the purposes of applying this Regulation: (a) "agricultural holding" shall mean a single unit, both technically and economically, which has a single management and which produces agricultural products;

(b) "agricultural area utilized for farming" shall mean the total area taken up by arable land, permanent pasture and meadow, land used for permanent crops and kitchen gardens.

• 2. 

  The survey shall cover: (a) agricultural holdings where the agricultural area utilized for farming is one hectare or more; (1)OJ No C 6, 9.1.1978, p. 136. (2)OJ No L 366, 31.12.1976, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.

(b) agricultural holdings where the agricultural area utilized for farming is less than one hectare, if they market a certain proportion of their products or if their standard gross production exceeds certain physical limits.

Article 3

Member States shall include in their national questionnaires the questions necessary for obtaining the information relating to the characteristics listed in the Annex.

Article 4

• 1. 

  In the case of combined crops, the agricultural area utilized for farming shall be allocated between the various crops in proportion to the amount of land the latter take up.

• 2. 

  The area used for secondary successive crops shall be recorded separately from the area used for farming.

Article 5

The definitions relating to the characteristics listed in the Annex and to the regions and districts referred to in Article 8 shall be determined according to the procedure laid down in Article 12.

Article 6

The survey shall be carried out as a general census. However, Member States may use surveys by random sampling for different...

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