(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 contains a list of Farm Accountancy Data Network divisions (‘FADN divisions’) for each Member State.

(2)

In accordance with that Annex, France is divided into 25 divisions. For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, France has requested to merge the FADN divisions Guadeloupe and Martinique into one FADN division: Antilles françaises. That request is justified: farms in both current FADN divisions have very similar types of farming (highly specialized in fruit growing, particularly bananas, as well as in sugar cane production and horticulture) and the merge of the Guadeloupe and Martinique divisions into one FADN division will provide a larger sample size with more robust results on more types of farming. That merge should therefore be reflected in the list of FADN divisions set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009.

(3)

Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, FADN data will no longer be collected in that country. Therefore, the United Kingdom should be removed from the list of FADN divisions set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009.

(4)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)

In order to give sufficient time to adapt the data collection for the French new division, the updated list of FADN divisions provided for in this Regulation should apply as from the accounting year 2023,