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Council Directive 82/177/EEC of 22 March 1982 on the statistical surveys to be carried out by Member States on sheep and goat stocks

Official Journal L 081 , 27/03/1982 P. 0035 - 0038

Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 24 P. 0252

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

of 22 March 1982

on the statistical surveys to be carried out by Member States on sheep and goat stocks

(82/177/EEC)

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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas in order to fulfil the task assigned to it under the Treaty and by Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, the Commission requires precise information on trends in sheep and goat stocks and the production of sheepmeat and goatmeat in the Member States and must also have a short-term forecast, established on the basis of this trend, of the gross indigenous production of sheepmeat and goatmeat for the market;

Whereas surveys on sheep and goat stocks at present carried out in the Member States do not enable precise and standard short-term observations to be made of the market; whereas monthly statistics on animals slaughtered are not sufficient for this purpose and short-term forecasts on the gross indigenous production of sheep and goats are not made systematically in all Member States;

Whereas surveys should be carried out in all Member States on sheep and goat stocks, on the basis of standard categories and with a comparable degree of precision; whereas monthly statistics on animals slaughtered should be supplemented and standardized and forecasts covering indentical periods in each Member State should be made on the production of sheep and goats;

Whereas, in the case of sample surveys, sampling criteria should be kept up to date and fixed margins of error should be observed in order to ensure that there is a comparable degree of precision; whereas observational errors should be reduced as much as possible and an assessment should be made of their size;

Whereas, to keep trends in the regional distribution of herds under review, the regional distribution should be recorded annually;

Whereas both the statistics on animals slaughtered and forecasts of production of sheep and goats should be broken down by category in order to enable the market to be observed with a distinction being made on the basis of the types of meat;

Whereas, since the results of the surveys, forecasts and statistics on animals slaughtered are intended to serve as a basis for decisions adopted within the framework of the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat, they must be communicated to the Commission as soon as possible observing certain deadlines;

Whereas the procedure to be followed by the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics (hereinafter called 'the Committee') set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC (3) should be laid down, so as to ensure that when this Directive is applied cooperation between the Member States and the Commission will be as effective as possible;

Whereas, since the statistics proposed here constitute only a minimum programme, the Commission should submit a report every three years so that the extent to which the measures proposed have enabled the objectives of this Directive to be attained may be examined, and whereas it should, if necessary, propose that the methods used be harmonized or improved;

Whereas the Community's financial contribution towards the expenditure incurred by the Member States in carrying out the surveys provided for under this Directive must be defined,

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