2.1.

2.2.

If a parcel of land has been retained by the former holder when transferring the holding to his successor (heir, tenant, etc.), it is:

2.3.

The following are counted as agricultural holdings if they fulfil the other criteria defining an agricultural holding mentioned above:

2.4.

The following are not counted as agricultural holdings, unless they have other activities which qualify them for inclusion:

2.5.

Separate holdings may put resources for one particular farm activity together to form a distinct joint enterprise that is run separately from the holdings behind it (the parent holdings). These enterprises can be, for example, common orchards, common cattle lots, common dairy buildings. It is a case of partial fusion and these joint enterprises are here called ‘single-product group-holdings’. These ‘single-product group-holdings’ are treated as agricultural holdings independent of the ‘parent’ holdings if they mainly use their own factors of production and do not rely mainly on the factors of production of the ‘parent’ holdings.

II.

The holding and all the information relating to it is recorded as being in that district and municipality or subsurvey district where the headquarters of the holding is situated (A/1).

The headquarters of the holding is defined according to Member States' documented own rules.

In the case where the holding is only partially located in a certain type of area (for example less-favoured area), it is classified as being within this area if either the greater part of the land belonging to the holding or the headquarters of the holding is located in this area. One of these rules should be chosen and applied for all holdings and for each item A/1 to A/3.

A/1

A/2

A/3

I.

The holder of the holding is that natural person, group of natural persons or the legal person on whose account and in whose name the holding is operated and who is legally and economically responsible for the holding, i.e. who takes the economic risks of the holding. The holder can own the holding outright or rent it or be a hereditary long-term leaseholder or a usufructuary or a trustee.

II.

The legal and economic responsibility is defined according to Member States' documented own rules.

The holder may have delegated all or part of power of decision of the normal daily financial and production routines of running of the holding to a manager.

In the case of share farming (see item C/3(a)) the share farmer is shown as holder and not the landlord.

Only the partners on a group holding who take part in the farm work (see L/1 to L/6) on the holding may be considered as being holders.

B/1 (a) and (b)

B/1 (a)

B/1 (b)

B/1 (c)

I.

The natural person responsible for the normal daily financial and production routines of running the holding concerned.

II.

The manager is generally, but not always, the same person as the holder who is a natural person.

In cases where the holder is not also the manager he/she has charged or employed someone else with the running of the holding. This could be for example a member of his/her family (B/2(a)) or his/her spouse (B/2(b)), but can also be a person with no family ties to the holder.

There can be only one manager on the holding.

All information on group holdings required for managers is recorded for the partner considered to be the holder.

B/2 (a)

I.

Experience acquired through practical work on an agricultural holding.

I.

Any training courses completed at a general agricultural college and/or an institution specialising in certain subjects (including horticulture, viticulture, sylviculture, pisciculture, veterinary science, agricultural technology and associated subjects).

II.

A completed agricultural apprenticeship is regarded as basic training.

I.

Any training course continuing for the equivalent of at least two years full-time training after the end of compulsory education (see L/1 to L/6 School leaving age) and completed at an agricultural college, university or other institute of higher education in agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, sylviculture, pisciculture, veterinary science, agricultural technology or an associated subject.

I.

The total area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland, permanent crops and kitchen gardens.

I.

Agricultural land being farmed by the holding being surveyed and which is the property of the holder or farmed by him as usufructuary or heritable long-term leaseholder or under some other equivalent type of tenure.

II.

Land allotted to a farm worker (for his own cultivation) as part of his wage is allocated to the holding making the allotment, unless the farm worker uses his own means of production.

Parcels of land retained by the former holder (see Agricultural holding, point 2.2) are allocated to the holding in conjunction with which the retained land is normally worked and in general the same labour force and means of production as for the rest of the holding are employed.

However, grazing rights on common grazing land are not included, e.g. on common land belonging to the parish or to a cooperative (such areas, not being part of a holding, are not covered in this survey).

I.

Land rented by the holding in return for a fixed rent agreed in advance (in cash, kind or otherwise), and for which there is a (written or oral) tenancy agreement. An area is allocated to only one holding. If an area is rented out to several holdings during the reference year, it is normally allocated to the holding with which it is associated for the longest time period during the reference year.

II.

The rented land can consist of:

Land rented cannot be considered part of the property owner's holding, but always of the lessee's holding. Any animals on the land are considered to belong to the holding in possession of the animals.

Parcels of land or holdings rented by the holder from members of the holder's family are included here if these areas are farmed as part of the holding surveyed. Also included is land belonging to another holding but worked by the holding under survey in return for a certain number of hours of labour but not land put at the disposal of a farm worker as a form of wage. As opposed to the case of land put at the disposal of a farm worker as a form of wage, which generally remains within the crop rotation system of the holding, a tenancy agreement of the type envisaged here will specify not merely the area of land concerned but also where it is and its exact boundaries.

Rented land which has been sublet to a third party is to be included as a part of this third party's holding, since it does not constitute part of the holding surveyed.

I.

Land (which may constitute a complete holding) farmed in partnership by the landlord and the sharecropper under a written or oral share-farming contract. The output (either economic or physical) of the share cropped area is shared between two parties on an agreed basis.

II.

This includes inter alia:

I.

Other modes of tenure not covered elsewhere under C/1 to C/3(a).

II.

This includes inter alia:

I.

Information is to be collected on whether or not the holding practises agriculture according to certain set standards and rules specified in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 ( 7 ), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 473/2002 ( 8 ) or, where applicable, the most recent legislation, on ‘organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs’, and/or the equivalent national rules for organic production.

II.

The regulation sets up a harmonised framework for the labelling, production and control of agricultural products bearing or intended to bear indications referring to organic production methods. According to the Regulation's rules the production must take place such that the land parcels, and production and storage locations are clearly separated from those of any other unit not producing in accordance with the rules of organic farming.

In the case where organic farming production methods are only applied on part of the utilised agricultural area or livestock of the holding, only those specific areas and livestock are to be recorded here.

I.

That part of the utilised agricultural area of the holding on which the production is fully compliant with the principles of organic production at farm level as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.

II.

The Regulation makes a difference between areas that are in full compliance with the set rules and those that are still in a conversion period. Only produce that originates from areas that have been fully converted to the principles of organic production can be marketed with a label that refers to the organic production methods.

Under this item are recorded only those areas that have gone through the whole conversion period (see C/5(d)).

I.

That part of the utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming methods are applied, but where the necessary transition period to be considered fully compliant with the principles of organic production at farm level as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 has not yet been completed.

II.

Under this item there are recorded only those areas that have not gone through the whole conversion period (see C/5(a)).

I.

Holdings where all or part of the animal production is fully compliant with the principles of organic production at farm level as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 or is in the conversion period to reach such compliance.

II.

The Regulation states that normally all animal production on a holding must be reared in accordance with rules on organic production. Only in cases where the buildings, parcels and species are clearly separate, can a part of the animals be raised under different rearing.

I.

Any support paid to the holding through a Member State's scheme within the meaning of Articles 22 to 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, or, where applicable, the most recent legislation. Also any support paid for similar schemes based on older Community legislation is included. Support solely for organic farming is excluded.

II.

According to Regulation (EC) No 1257/99, support can be paid for agricultural production methods that protect the environment and maintain the countryside (agri-environment) through:

Support can be granted to farmers who give agri-environmental commitments for at least five years (or for longer periods where necessary). These commitments shall involve more than the application of usual good farming practice, and provide for services which are not provided for by other support measures, such as market support or compensatory allowances.

The support is calculated on the basis of lost income, additional costs resulting from the commitment given, and the need to provide an incentive.

Similar support schemes have been launched according to earlier Community legislation. Taking account of the long commitments entered into under these schemes, they can be valid during many years. These supports should also be registered under this item.

I.

The total area of the holding (D to H) consists of the agricultural area utilised by the holding (D to G) and other land (H).

II.

In section I more precise information on how certain areas already entered under sections D to H are utilised is given. Any areas recorded under section I may therefore not be added to other areas since they would otherwise be recorded twice.

The agricultural area utilised for farming includes the area under main crops for harvest in the year of the survey.

For the breakdown of total area by area farmed, each area is listed only once.

Permanent crops and crops lasting several years (e.g. asparagus, strawberries or bushes), are included from the year they are planted even though they are not yet in production.

Cultivated mushrooms (I/2) are excluded from the total area.

In the case of combined crops (I/5) the utilised agricultural area is allocated among the crops pro rata to the use of the ground by the crops concerned.

Areas of agriculture combined with woodland are similarly split up.

This principle does not apply to mixed crops (these are crops grown and harvested together on the same ground, e.g. mixed corn), or to successive crops (e.g. barley undersown with clover for later harvesting).

In the case of combined crops, if one crop has no significance for the holding, it is ignored in the breakdown of the areas.

An exemption from the principle of pro rata allocation may be made where the results would not be satisfactory, provided that the rules established by the Member States in agreement with the Commission are respected.

Successive secondary crops are recorded only under heading I/1. Under headings D to G the area of each successive crop is not calculated, but the area is allocated to only one crop taken as the main crop. Where during one harvest year several crops are grown in succession on an area, the main crop is the crop that has the highest value of the production. If the value of production does not determine which is the main crop, then the main crop is taken as the one that occupies the ground for the longest time.

I.

Land worked (ploughed or tilled) regularly, generally under a system of crop rotation.

II.

A crop rotation system means that the crops on a certain plot are following other crops according to a predefined plan. Normally the crops are changed annually, but they can also be multi-annual. For discriminating arable land from permanent crops (G) or permanent grassland and meadows (F), a threshold of five years is used. This means that if a plot is used for the same crop for five years or more, without in the meantime removing the preceding crop and establishing a new one, it is not considered arable land.

Certain crops which are usually treated as vegetables, as ornamental plants or as industrial plants (e.g. asparagus, roses, decorative shrubs cultivated for their blossom or leaves, strawberries, hops) are included in this category, even if they might occupy the ground for more than five years.

▼M3

Arable land comprises crop categories D/1 to D/20, D/23 to D/35, fallow land without any subsidies (D/21) and fallow land subject to the payment of subsidies, with no economic use (D/22).

▼M1

Areas of industrial crops grown on set-aside land are included under their respective headings, but are also recorded under item I/8(b).

D/1 to D/8

D/1

D/2

D/3

D/4

D/5

D/6

D/7

D/8

D/9

D/10

D/11

D/12

D/23 to D/35

D/23

D/24

D/25

D/26

D/27

D/28

D/29

D/30

D/31

D/32

D/33

D/34

D/35

D/14 and D/15

D/14

D/14 (a)   Open field

D/14 (b)   Market gardening

D/15, D/17 and G/7

D/16

D/17

D/18

D/19

D/20

D/21 and D/22

D/21

D/22

▼M3

▼M1

I.

Areas devoted to the cultivation of agricultural products intended for consumption by the holder and his household.

II.

The kitchen gardens are normally separated off from the rest of the agricultural land, and recognisable as kitchen gardens. Only occasional surplus products coming from this area are sold off from the holding. All areas from which products are consistently sold on the market belong under other items, even if part of the products are consumed by the holder and his household.

Areas producing forage for any animals, even though the animals are consumed by the holder and his family, belong under the respective items.

A kitchen garden can consist of both arable land and permanent crops.

Not included are:

I.

Land used permanently (for five years or more) to grow herbaceous forage crops, through cultivation (sown) or naturally (self-seeded) and that is not included in the crop rotation on the holding.

II.

The land can be used for grazing or mowed for silage or hay.

F/1

F/2

F/3

I.

Crops not grown in rotation, other than permanent grassland, which occupy the soil for a long period and yield crops over several years.

II.

This category includes nurseries (except non-commercial nurseries of forest trees grown in woods, which are included under woodland), and plants used for plaiting or weaving (osier, reeds, rushes, etc., G/6).

Crops which are treated as vegetables or as ornamental plants or industrial plants (e.g. asparagus, roses, decorative shrubs cultivated for their blossom or leaves, strawberries, hops) are not included in this category, even if permanent. They are recorded under the corresponding categories of arable land.

G/1 to G/6

G/1

G/2

G/3

G/4

G/5

G/6

G/7

See D/15, D/17 for glass definition.

I.

Area previously used as an agricultural area and during the reference year of the survey no longer worked for economic social or other reasons and which is not used in the crop rotation system, which means that no agricultural use is intended.

II.

This land could be brought back into cultivation using the resources normally available on an agricultural holding.

The following are excluded:

I.

Areas covered with trees or forest shrubs, including poplar plantations inside or outside woods and forest-tree nurseries grown in woodland for the holding's own requirements, as well as forest facilities (forest roads, storage depots for timber, etc.).

II.

Where agricultural crops are combined with woodland the area is split pro rata to the use of the ground.

Windbreaks, shelter-belts, hedgerows, etc. should be included in so far as it is appropriate to regard them as woodland.

Christmas trees and trees and bushes grown mainly for use for energy production are included here, regardless of where they are grown.

The following are excluded:

I.

All those parts of the total area belonging to the agricultural holding which constitute neither utilised agricultural area, non-utilised area nor woodland.

II.

This heading covers in particular:

I.

Crops following (or possibly preceding) the main crop and harvested during the 12 months of reference. The area is given for each of the crops if there are more than one successive (or preceding) crop.

II.

The area under the successive crop is not double-counted, i.e. the area is included under sections D to G just for the main crop, and the area of the successive crop is not included under any other item but I/1.

Market-garden crops (D/14(b)), crops under glass (D/15, D/17) and kitchen gardens (E), are excluded.

I.

Cultivated mushrooms grown in buildings, which have been specially erected or adapted for growing mushrooms, as well as in underground premises, caves and cellars.

II.

The survey must record the effective growing surface area (beds, bags, or similar surfaces) which are or will be used at least once during the 12-month reference period.

If used more than once the area is still counted once only.

I/3 (a)

I/3 (b)

I.

Simultaneous cultivation of temporary crops (arable crops or pasture and meadow) and permanent crops and/or forestry plants in one and the same field, and in the broader sense also the simultaneous cultivation of different types of permanent or temporary crops in one and the same field.

II.

This characteristic covers the total area actually used for the combined crops. The subdivision of the total area into the different crops is dealt with under D to H ‘Total area’.

I.

Solid dung : excrements (with or without litter) of domestic animals including possibly a small amount of urine.

Liquid manure : urine from domestic animals including possibly a small amount of excrement and/or water.

Slurry : manure in liquid form, that is to say a mixture of excrements and urine of domestic animals, including possibly also water and/or a small amount of litter.

I/7 (a)

I/7 (b)

I.

Areas no longer used for production purposes for which the holding is entitled to financial aid. This includes areas which, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (or, where applicable, the most recent legislation), are no longer used for production purposes, are maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition, and are eligible for the single payment or for the payment of set-aside entitlements. If there are similar national schemes, these areas are also included under this characteristic.

II.

Only those areas are included for which the holding is entitled to financial aid relating to the reference year of the survey.

Areas entitled to financial aid related to similar schemes based on older legislation are also included here.

I/9 (a)

I.

Number of production animals that on the day of the survey are in the direct possession or management of the holding. The animals are not necessarily the property of the holder. These animals may be on the holding (on utilised areas or in housing used by the holding) or off the holding (on communal grazings or in the course of migration, etc.).

II.

Pets and other animals than horses, not used in the production or not used for income generating activities, i.e. used only for the holder's own family leisure purposes are not included (except horses).

Animals in grazing on the holding but belonging to another (non-agricultural) undertaking (e.g. feed-mill, slaughterhouse) are included.

Migrating herds, which do not belong to holdings using agricultural areas, are regarded as independent holdings.

The following are excluded:

I.

Domestic animals belonging to the family Equus.

II.

Riding and racehorses and horses used only for the holder's own family leisure purposes are included.

I.

Domestic animals of the species Bos taurus and Bubalus bubalus.

II.

Other types of buffaloes are included.

II.

Female bovine animals, which have already calved, are excluded (J/7 and J/8).

I.

Female bovine animals of two years old and over, which have not yet calved.

II.

Female bovine animals of two years and over, which have not yet calved, are included here even if they are in calf on the day of the survey.

I.

Cows: female bovine animals, which have already calved (including those less than two years old).

I.

Cows which by reason of their breed or particular qualities are kept exclusively or principally to produce milk for human consumption or for processing into dairy products. These include cull (taken out of production) dairy cows (whether or not fattened between their last lactation and their slaughter).

II.

Other cull cows (whether or not fattened before slaughter) are included.

I.

Domestic animals of the species Ovis.

J/9 (a)

J/9 (b)

I.

Domestic animals of the species Capra.

J/10 (a)

J/10 (b)

I.

Domestic animals of the species Sus scrofa.

I.

Female pigs intended for breeding purposes, regardless if they have farrowed or not.

II.

Cull sows are excluded.

I.

Pigs with a live weight from 20 kilograms to less than 50 kilograms, fattening pigs including cull boars and cull sows with a live weight of 50 kilograms and more (whether or not fattened before their slaughter) and breeding boars of a live weight of 50 kilograms and more.

I.

Domestic animals of the species Gallus domesticus which are kept for the production of meat.

II.

Pullets, laying hens and cull layers are excluded.

I.

Domestic animals of the species Gallus domesticus which are kept for production of eggs.

II.

Growing pullets before point of lay and cull hens are included. All hens which have started to lay are included, whether the eggs are for consumption or for breeding. Breeding cocks for laying hens are included.

I.

Poultry not mentioned under items J/14 or J/15.

J/16 (a)

J/16 (b)

J/16 (c)

J/16 (d)

I.

Female rabbits (of the species Oryctolagus) for producing fattening rabbits and which have littered.

I.

Number of hives occupied by bees (Apis mellifera) kept for the production of honey.

II.

Each colony (swarm) of bees is recorded as one hive, regardless of the nature and the type of the beehive.

I.

Any livestock used for the production of agricultural products mentioned in Annex II, section A, except the products mentioned in Annex II, section B.

I.

Machinery used by the agricultural holding during the 12 months preceding the survey day.

I.

Motor vehicles, machinery and plant being the sole property of the agricultural holding on the day of the survey.

II.

Motor vehicles, machinery and plant, which have been lent out to other agricultural holdings on a temporary basis, are included.

I.

Motor vehicles, machinery and plant being the property of an agricultural holding and used by the holding under review (e.g. under mutual aid arrangements or on hire from a machinery hire syndicate).

I.

Motor vehicles, machinery and plant belonging to cooperative associations and used by the agricultural holding under review.

I.

Motor vehicles, machinery and plant owned jointly by two or more agricultural holdings or belonging to a machinery group.

I.

Motor vehicles, machinery and plant being the property of an agricultural service supply agency.

II.

Service supply agencies are undertakings, which carry out under contract, using motor vehicles, etc., services on agricultural holdings. This may be the undertaking's main activity or a secondary one (e.g. for firms whose main activity is in selling or repairing agricultural machinery, merchanting or processing agricultural products, in farming, or for a local nature conservancy authority).

I.

All tractors with at least two axles used by the agricultural holding and all other motor vehicles used as agricultural tractors. This heading includes special vehicles such as ‘Jeeps’, ‘Unimogs’, etc. used as agricultural tractors.

However, motor vehicles used in the 12 months under review exclusively for forestry, fishing, construction of ditches and roads and other excavation work are excluded.

I.

Motor vehicles used in agriculture, horticulture and viticulture with one axle or similar vehicles without axle.

II.

Machines used solely for parks and lawns are excluded.

I.

Machinery self-propelled, tractor-drawn or tractor-mounted, for the harvesting and threshing of cereals (including rice and grain-maize), pulses and oil seeds, seeds of legumes and grasses, etc.

II.

Specialised machines for the harvesting of peas are not included.

I.

Machinery, other than combine harvesters (K/3), self-propelled, tractor-drawn or tractor-mounted, for the continuous harvesting of sugarbeets, potatoes or forage crops.

II.

Harvesting of a crop may be carried out in one or more operations (e.g. when several machines having different functions are used in a continuous sequence, in such a case the various machines are counted as a single machine).

I.

All kinds of equipment used for irrigating purposes, regardless of whether the water is rained on the crops or fed in ditches or pipes on the ground.

II.

Equipment exclusively used in market gardens or greenhouses is excluded, but equipment used for growing field vegetables is included.

K/10 (a)

K/10 (b)

I.

All persons having completed their compulsory education (having reached school-leaving age) who carried out farm work on the holding under survey during the 12 months up to the survey day.

The following are recorded in the survey, but are not counted in the ‘Total farm labour force’:

Partners of group holdings who do not take part in the farm work of the holding are excluded from the survey.

The observation period may be less than 12 months if the information provided is on a 12-month basis.

All persons of retiring age who continue to work on the holding are included in the farm labour force.

Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have a system of full-time compulsory education up to a certain age and part-time compulsory education (usually as apprenticeships) for another two or three years. Germany has different rules in different Länder.

Note:these ages must not be interpreted in a very strict way, as several Member States do not actually prescribe an end age, but a number of years of schooling the person must have followed. As a result, somebody who started at an unconventional age will also have the possibility of finishing at an unconventional age.

Labour working on the holding but employed by a third party or under mutual-aid arrangements (e.g. labour of agricultural contractors or cooperatives) are not included.

I.

Every type of work on the surveyed holding which contributes to the production of the products listed in Annex II and to the maintenance of the capacity of these products or to activities directly derived from these productive actions.

II.

‘Work which contributes to production’ includes, inter alia, the following tasks:

Excluded from ‘farm work on the holding’ are:

I.

The working time actually devoted to farm work for the holding, excluding work in the households of the holder or manager.

II.

‘Full-time’ means the minimum hours required by the national provisions governing contracts of employment. If these do not indicate the number of annual hours then 1 800 hours is to be taken as the minimum figure (225 working days of eight hours per day).

L/1 and L/1(a)

II.

Data is collected for spouses of sole holders, including those not working on the holding. Where the spouse is a partner on a group holding he/she is entered under L/4. If the spouse is the holding manager he or she is entered under L/1(a).

I.

Members of the sole holder's family, other than the spouse, who carry out farm work on the holding, but who do not necessarily live on the holding.

II.

‘Members of the holder's family’ generally means the spouse, relatives in the ascending or descending line (including those by marriage and by adoption) and brothers and sisters of the holder or his/her spouse (See B/2(a)). It is irrelevant whether or not such persons receive a wage or whether they work regularly or not.

Where a member of the holder's family is the holding manager he or she should be entered under L/1(a) but under L/4 if he/she is a partner on a group holding.

I.

All persons doing farm work for and paid by the agricultural holding other than the holder and members of his family.

II.

Other partners on group holdings than the one considered holder (see B/1(b)), all spouses and other family members of partners on group holdings, carrying out farm work on the holding, are included here. They are treated as non-family labour, but it is irrelevant whether or not such persons receive a wage.

I.

Persons who carried out farm work every week on the holding under survey during the 12 months preceding the survey, irrespective of length of the working week.

Persons who worked regularly for part of that period, but were unable for any of the following reasons to work for the entire period are also included:

II.

Holdings with special conditions of production (point 1) include, for example, holdings specialising in growing olives or grapes or fruit and vegetables in the open or in fattening cattle on grass and only requiring labour for a limited number of months.

Point 3 also covers workers who stop working for one farm to start working for another during the 12 months before the day of survey.

Short-term seasonal workers, e.g. labour engaged solely as fruit and vegetable pickers, are not included here but under L/5 and L/6 where the number of days worked is entered.

I.

‘Not regularly employed’ : workers who did not work each week on the agricultural holding in the 12 months preceding the survey day for a reason other than those listed under L/4.

I.

Any day of such length that the worker is paid the salary for a full days' work, during which there is performed work of the kind normally carried out by a full-time agricultural worker. Days of leave and sickness do not count as working days.

II.

A full working day is the normal working day of regular workers employed on a full-time basis. The working time of the non-regular labour force is converted into full working days, even if the hiring contract states that the working days are longer or shorter than for regular workers.

I.

Every activity other than activity relating to farm work as defined under L, carried out for remuneration (salary, wages, profits or other payment, including payment in kind, according to the service rendered).

II.

This includes non-agricultural gainful activities carried out on the holding itself (camping sites, accommodation for tourists, etc.) or on another agricultural holding as well as activity in a non-agricultural enterprise. Farm work carried out on another agricultural holding is included.

Non-separable non-agricultural secondary gainful activities on the holding are excluded.

L/7: data are collected for those holders that are also managers.

L/8: data are collected only for holdings where the holder is a sole holder for all spouses (also for those who are not taking part in the farm work on the holding).

L/9: data are collected only for holdings where the holder is a sole holder.

Where the holder is a legal person, information is not collected for managers.

I.

Activity declared by the respondent as being his main activity.

II.

Normally an activity which occupies more time than that relating to the farm work done for the agricultural holding under survey. If the respondent is not actually working on the holding, any gainful activity as described above would be considered a major occupation.

I.

Any other activity of a respondent who declares the agricultural activity of the holding under survey to be his main activity.

II.

Normally an activity which occupies less time than that relating to the farm work done for the agricultural holding under survey.

I.

All types of farm work (see notes under L/1 to L/6 ‘Farm work’) undertaken on the holding for the holding by persons who are not directly employed by the holding, but are self-employed or employed by third parties, e.g. contractors or cooperatives. The number of hours worked must be converted into the equivalent number of days or weeks on a full-time basis.

II.

Working days of persons working on the holding on behalf of another person or company are included. Work done by agricultural accounting firms and unpaid mutual aid are excluded.

I.

Activities where either the resources of the holding (area, buildings, machinery, etc.) or the products of the holdings are used in the activity.

II.

If only the non-family labour force and no other resources of the holding are used, the workers are seen as working for two different set-ups, and these activities are thus not seen as being directly related to the holding.

Activities where no direct relations exist, for example a shop where no own products are sold, are not to be covered.

M/1 (a)

M/1 (b)

M/1 (c)

M/1 (d)

M/1 (e)

M/1 (f)

M/1 (g)

M/1 (h)

I.

The source of the irrigation water used on the holding from where all water or the biggest volume comes.

II.

A holding can use one or more sources of water for irrigation, depending on the weather or pricing conditions. Here information is collected on the source that would be used during a normal or dry year. If the year preceding the survey has had abnormally rainy weather conditions, the data should concern another year.

N/1 (a)

N/1 (b)

N/1 (c)

N/1 (d)

II.

Irrigation methods employed for crops under glass or high cover or kitchen gardens are not included here.

N/2 (a)

N/2 (b)

N/2 (c)

I.

Area of non-cultivated field borders or other parts of fields that are managed by the farmer for purposes of environmental protection in the framework of specific agri-environmental commitments approved in the national or regional rural development programming document and for which the holder is benefiting from payments granted pursuant to provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999. The width of such areas goes beyond the requirements of usual good farming practices or obligations set out by any relevant legislation on the matter. These areas could be included in H/1 or I/8, depending on the rules set up for the engagements.

II.

The support schemes mentioned here normally aim to enhance the biodiversity on the holding or to protect ground or surface waters. In particular, areas that are taken out of agricultural production for a long time (at least 10 years) and areas with actions on biotopes are included here.

The rules for the use and management of such areas differ depending on the national or regional schemes, but may make it possible to use them for very extensive grazing or to remove the grass grown. The use of any pesticides or fertilisers is normally not approved.

Normal turning zones for the machinery needed for sowing and other cultivation routines and the rather narrow field borders that are seen as being a part of usual good farming practices and thus are required for receiving support according to Regulation (EC) No 1251/99 are treated as being part of the crop grown on the field, and are therefore not included here.