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Document 22006D0097

    Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 97/2006 of 7 July 2006 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

    OJ L 289, 19.10.2006, p. 41–49 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    This document has been published in a special edition(s) (BG, RO, HR)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2006/97(2)/oj

    19.10.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 289/41


    DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

    No 97/2006

    of 7 July 2006

    amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

    THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

    Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 71/2006 of 2 June 2006 (1).

    (2)

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 of 6 February 2006 adapting Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 and amending Commission Decision 2000/115/EC with a view to the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2007 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

    Article 1

    Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

    1.

    the following indent shall be added in point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88):

    ‘—

    32006 R 0204: Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 of 6 February 2006 (OJ L 34, 7.2.2006, p. 3).’;

    2.

    the list in Appendix 1 shall be replaced with the list in the Annex to this Decision;

    3.

    the following indent shall be added in point 23a (Commission Decision 2000/115/EC):

    ‘—

    32006 R 0204: Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 of 6 February 2006 (OJ L 34, 7.2.2006, p. 3).’

    Article 2

    The text of Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

    Article 3

    This Decision shall enter into force on 8 July 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

    Article 4

    This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

    Done at Brussels, 7 July 2006.

    For the EEA Joint Committee

    The President

    Oda Helen SLETNES


    (1)   OJ L 245, 7.9.2006, p. 42.

    (2)   OJ L 34, 7.2.2006, p. 3.

    (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


    ANNEX

    LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS FOR 2007 (*1)

    Explanation: NR = not relevant, NS = non-signifiant, NE = not existing or close to zero

    A.

    Geographical situation of the holding

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    1.

    Survey district

    code

     

     

     

    (a)

    Municipality or sub-survey district (1)

    code

     

    NR

    NR

    2.

    Less-favoured area (1)

    yes/no

     

    NR

    NR

    (a)

    Mountain area (1)

    yes/no

     

    NR

    NR

    3.

    Agricultural areas with environmental restrictions

    yes/no

     

    NR

    NR

    B.

    Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the survey)

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    1.

    Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by:

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    a natural person who is a sole holder, where the holding is independent?

    yes/no

     

     

     

    (b)

    one or more natural persons who is/are a partner, where the holding is a group holding? (2)

    yes/no

     

     

     

    (c)

    a legal person?

    yes/no

     

     

     

    2.

    If the answer to question B/1 (a) is yes, is this person (the holder) also the manager?

    yes/no

     

     

     

    (a)

    If the answer to question B/2 is ‘no’, is the manager a member of the holder's family?

    yes/no

     

    NS

    NS

    (b)

    If the answer to question B/2 a) is ‘yes’, is the manager the spouse of the holder?

    yes/no

     

    NS

    NS

    C.

    Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    Agricultural area utilised:

     

     

     

     

    1.

    For owner farming

    ha/a

     

     

     

    2.

    For tenant farming

    ha/a

     

     

     

    3.

    For share farming or other modes

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    5.

    Farming system and practises:

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    The utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming production methods are applied according to European Community rules

    ha/a

     

     

    NS

    (d)

    The utilised agricultural area of the holding that are under conversion to organic farming production methods

    ha/a

     

     

    NS

    (e)

    Is the holding applying organic production methods also to the animal production?

    totally, partly, not at all

     

     

    NS

    6.

    Destination of the holding's production:

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    Does the household of the holder consume more than 50 % of the final production (in value terms) of the holding?

    yes/no

     

    NS

    NS

    (b)

    Do the direct sales to consumers account for more than 50 % of the total sales?

    yes/no

     

    NS

    NS

    D.

    Arable land

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):

     

     

     

     

    1.

    Common wheat and spelt

    ha/a

     

     

    NE

    2.

    Durum wheat

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    3.

    Rye

    ha/a

     

     

    NS

    4.

    Barley

    ha/a

     

     

     

    5.

    Oats

    ha/a

     

     

    NS

    6.

    Grain maize

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NS

    7.

    Rice

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    8.

    Other cereals for the production of grain

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NE

    9.

    Protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NE

    of which:

     

     

     

     

    (e)

    Peas, field beans and sweet lupines

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NE

    (f)

    Lentils, chick peas and vetches

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    (g)

    Other protein crops harvested dry

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    10.

    Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)

    ha/a

     

     

     

    11.

    Sugar beet (excluding seeds)

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    12.

    Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NS

    Industrial plants:

     

     

     

     

    23.

    Tobacco

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    24.

    Hops

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    25.

    Cotton

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    26.

    Rape and turnip rape

    ha/a

     

     

     

    27.

    Sunflower

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    28.

    Soya

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    29.

    Linseed (oil flax)

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    30.

    Other oil seed crops

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    31.

    Flax

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    32.

    Hemp

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    33.

    Other textile crops

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    34.

    Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NS

    35.

    Industrial plants, not mentioned elsewhere

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries:

     

     

     

     

    14.

    Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover

    ha/a

     

     

     

    of which :

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    open field

    ha/a

     

     

     

    (b)

    market gardening

    ha/a

     

     

     

    15.

    Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover

    ha/a

     

     

     

    Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):

     

     

     

     

    16.

    Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NS

    17.

    Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover

    ha/a

     

     

     

    18.

    Forage plants:

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    temporary grass

    ha/a

     

     

     

    (b)

    other green fodder

    ha/a

     

     

     

    of which:

     

     

     

     

    (i)

    green maize (maize for silage)

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NS

    (iii)

    other forage plants

    ha/a

     

     

    NS

    19.

    Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables, potatoes and oil-seed plants)

    ha/a

     

     

     

    20.

    Other arable land crops

    ha/a

     

     

     

    21.

    Fallow land without any subsidies

    ha/a

     

     

    NR

    22.

    Fallow land subject to set-aside incentive schemes with no economic use

    ha/a

     

    NR

    NR

    E.

    Kitchen gardens

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NS

    F.

    Permanent grassland and meadow

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    1.

    Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazing

    ha/a

     

     

     

    2.

    Rough grazing

    ha/a

     

     

     

    3.

    Permanent grassland and meadows no longer used for production purposes and eligible for the payment of subsidies

    ha/a

     

    NR

     

    G.

    Permanent crops

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    1.

    Fruit and berry plantations

    ha/a

     

     

     

    (a)

    fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones (3)

    ha/a

     

     

    NS

    (b)

    fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    (c)

    nuts

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    2.

    Citrus plantations

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    3.

    Olive plantations

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    (a)

    normally producing table olives

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    (b)

    normally producing olives for oil production

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    4.

    Vineyards

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    of which normally producing:

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    quality wine

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    (b)

    other wines

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    (c)

    table grapes

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    (d)

    raisins

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    5.

    Nurseries

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NE

    6.

    Other permanent crops

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    7.

    Permanent crops under glass

    ha/a

     

    NE

    NE

    H.

    Other land

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    1.

    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/a

     

     

     

    2.

    Wooded area

    ha/a

     

     

     

    3.

    Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.)

    ha/a

     

     

     

    I.

    Mushrooms, irrigation, areas no longer used for production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies, and areas subject to set-aside incentive schemes

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    2.

    Mushrooms

    ha/a

     

    NS

    NS

    3.

    Irrigated area

     

     

     

    NE

    (a)

    total irrigable area

    ha/a

     

     

    NE

    (b)

    cultivated area irrigated

    ha/a

     

     

    NE

    8.

    Areas no longer used for production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies, and area subject to set-aside incentive schemes, broken down by:

    ha/a

     

    NR

    NR

    (a)

    areas no longer used for production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies (already recorded under D/22 and F/3)

    ha/a

     

    NR

    NR

    (b)

    areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for non-food purposes (e.g. sugar beet, rape, non-forestry trees and bushes etc., including lentils, chick peas and vetches; already recorded under D and G)

    ha/a

     

    NR

    NR

    (c)

    areas converted into permanent pasture and meadow (already recorded under F/1 and F/2) (4)

    ha/a

     

    NR

    NR

    (d)

    former agricultural areas converted into wooded area or being prepared for afforestation (already recorded under H/2) (4)

    ha/a

     

    NR

    NR

    (e)

    other areas (already recorded under H/1 and H/3) (4)

    ha/a

     

    NR

    NR

    J.

    Livestock (on the reference day of the survey)

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    1.

    Equidae

    number of heads

     

     

     

    Bovine animals:

     

     

     

     

    2.

    Bovine animals, under one year old, male and female

    number of heads

     

     

     

    3.

    Male bovine animals, one but less than two years old

    number of heads

     

     

     

    4.

    Female bovine animals, one but less than two years old

    number of heads

     

     

     

    5.

    Male bovine animals, two years old and over

    number of heads

     

     

     

    6.

    Heifers, two years old and over

    number of heads

     

     

     

    7.

    Dairy cows

    number of heads

     

     

     

    8.

    Other cows

    number of heads

     

     

     

    Sheep and goats:

     

     

     

     

    9.

    Sheep (all ages)

    number of heads

     

     

     

    (a)

    sheep, breeding females

    number of heads

     

     

     

    (b)

    other sheep

    number of heads

     

     

     

    10.

    Goats (all ages)

    number of heads

     

     

     

    (a)

    goats, breeding females

    number of heads

     

     

     

    (b)

    other goats

    number of heads

     

     

     

    Pigs:

     

     

     

     

    11.

    Piglets having a live weight of under 20 Kilograms

    number of heads

     

     

     

    12.

    Breeding sows weighing 50 Kilograms and over

    number of heads

     

     

     

    13.

    Other pigs

    number of heads

     

     

     

    Poultry:

     

     

     

     

    14.

    Broilers

    number of heads

     

     

     

    15.

    Laying hens

    number of heads

     

     

     

    16.

    Other poultry

    number of heads

     

    NS

    NS

    of which:

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    turkeys

    number of heads

     

    NS

    NS

    (b)

    ducks

    number of heads

     

    NS

    NS

    (c)

    geese

    number of heads

     

    NS

    NS

    (d)

    other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere

    number of heads

     

    NE

    NE

    17.

    Rabbits, breeding females

    number of heads

     

    NS

    NS

    18.

    Bees

    number of hives

     

    NS

    NS

    19.

    Livestock not mentioned elsewhere.

    yes/no

     

    NS

    NS

    L.

    Farm labour force (in the 12 months preceding the day of the survey)

    Statistical information is collected for each person, working on the holding, belonging to the following farm labour force categories in a way allowing multiple crossing with each other and/or with any other survey characteristics.

     

     

     

     

    1.

    Holders

    In this category are found:

    natural persons:

    sole holders of independent holdings (all persons who have answered ‘yes’ to question B/1(a))

    the partner on group holdings that has been identified as being the holder

    legal persons

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    The following information is recorded for each natural person mentioned above:

     

     

     

     

    the gender

     

     

     

     

    the age according to the following age classes: from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 — 34, 35 — 44, 45 — 54, 55 — 64, 65 and over.

     

     

     

     

    the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: 0 %, > 0 — < 25 %, 25 — < 50 %, 50 — < 75 %, 75 — < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

     

     

     

     

    1(a)

    Managers

    In this category are found:

    the managers on independent holdings, including spouses and other members of the holders' families who are also manager; that is where the answer is ‘yes’ to either B/2 a) or B/2 b).

    the partners on group holdings who have been identified as managers.

    the managers on holdings where the holder is a legal person.

    (The managers who are at the same time sole holders or partners identified as being the holder of a group holding are recorded only once, that is, as a holder in category L/1).

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above:

     

     

     

     

    the gender

     

     

     

     

    the age according to the following age classes: from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 — 34, 35 — 44, 45 — 54, 55 — 64, 65 and over.

     

     

     

     

    the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: > 0 — < 25 %, 25 — < 50 %, 50 — < 75 %, 75 — < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

     

     

     

     

    2.

    Spouses of holders

    In this category are found the spouses of sole holders (the answer to question B/1 (a) is ‘yes’) who are not included in L/1, nor included in L/1(a) (they are not managers: the answer to question B/2(b) is ‘no’)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above:

     

     

     

     

    the gender

     

     

     

     

    the age according to the following age classes: from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 — 34, 35 — 44, 45 — 54, 55 — 64, 65 and over.

     

     

     

     

    the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: 0 %, > 0 — < 25 %, 25 — < 50 %, 50 — < 75 %, 75 — < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

     

     

     

     

    3(a)

    Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for the holding: male (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and L/2)

    3(b)

    Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for the holding: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and L/2)

     

     

     

     

    The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each person of the categories mentioned above:

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: > 0 — < 25 %, 25 — < 50 %, 50 — < 75 %, 75 — < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

     

     

     

     

    4(a)

    Non-family labour regularly employed: male (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1a, L/2 and L/3)

    4(b)

    Non-family labour regularly employed: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1a, L/2 and L/3)

     

     

     

     

    The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each person of the categories mentioned above:

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: > 0 — < 25 %, 25 — < 50 %, 50 — < 75 %, 75 — < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

     

     

     

     

    5. + 6.

    Non-family labour employed on a non regular basis: male and female

    number of working days

     

     

     

    7.

    Does the holder who is also the manager have any other gainful activity:

     

     

     

     

    as his/her major occupation?

    yes/no

     

     

     

    as a subsidiary occupation?

    yes/no

     

     

     

    8.

    Does the sole holder's spouse have any other gainful activity:

     

     

     

     

    as his/her major occupation?

    yes/no

     

     

     

    as a subsidiary occupation?

    yes/no

     

     

     

    9.

    Does any other member of the sole holder's family engaged in the farm work of the holding have any other gainful activity? If ‘yes’, how many have other gainful activities:

     

     

     

     

    as his/her major occupation?

    number of persons

     

     

     

    as a subsidiary occupation?

    number of persons

     

     

     

    10.

    Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work during the 12 months preceding the day of the survey, not included under L/1 to L/6, undertaken on the holding by persons not employed directly by the holding (e.g. contractors' employees) (5)

    number of days

     

     

     

    M.

    Rural development

     

    LI

    N

    IS

    1.

    Other gainful activities on the holding (other than agriculture), directly related to the holding:

     

     

     

     

    (a)

    tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities

    yes/no

     

     

     

    (b)

    handicraft

    yes/no

     

    NS

     

    (c)

    processing of farm products

    yes/no

     

    NS

    NS

    (d)

    wood processing (e.g. sawing, etc.)

    yes/no

     

     

    NS

    (e)

    aqua culture

    yes/no

     

    NS

     

    (f)

    renewable energy production (wind energy, straw burning, etc.)

    yes/no

     

    NS

    NS

    (g)

    contractual work (using equipment of the holding)

    yes/no

     

     

     

    (h)

    other

    yes/no

     

     

     


    (*1)  Note to the reader: The numbering of the characteristics is a consequence of the long history of the Farm Structure Surveys and cannot be changed without repercussion on comparability between surveys.

    (1)  The provision of information on less-favoured area (A2) and mountain area (A2a) is optional in case the municipality code (A1a) is sent for each holding. In case the municipality code (A1a) is not provided for the holding, the information on less-favoured area (A2) and mountain area (A2a) is obligatory.

    (2)  Voluntary information.

    (3)  Belgium, The Netherlands and Austria may include item G/1(c) ‘nuts’ under this heading.

    (4)  Germany may merge headings 8(c), 8(d) and 8(e).

    (5)  Optional for Member States that are able to provide an overall estimate for this characteristic at regional level.


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