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2007/84/EC: Commission Decision of 2 February 2007 approving the 2007 technical action plan for the improvement of agricultural statistics (notified under document number C(2006) 7081)
2007/84/EC: Commission Decision of 2 February 2007 approving the 2007 technical action plan for the improvement of agricultural statistics (notified under document number C(2006) 7081)
2007/84/EC: Commission Decision of 2 February 2007 approving the 2007 technical action plan for the improvement of agricultural statistics (notified under document number C(2006) 7081)
OJ L 35, 8.2.2007, p. 18–28
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ L 219M, 24.8.2007, p. 200–210
(MT)
No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 11/12/2010
8.2.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 35/18 |
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 February 2007
approving the 2007 technical action plan for the improvement of agricultural statistics
(notified under document number C(2006) 7081)
(2007/84/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/411/EC of 25 June 1996 on improving Community agricultural statistics (1), and in particular Article 4(1) and Article 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
In accordance with Decision 96/411/EC, the Commission establishes a technical action plan for agricultural statistics each year. |
(2) |
In accordance with Decision 96/411/EC, the Community contributes to the costs incurred by the Member States in making adaptations to national agricultural statistical systems or the costs of preparatory work for new or increasing needs which are part of a technical action plan. |
(3) |
It is essential to improve and develop statistical information on rural development for the implementation of the related Community policies. This is a main area of the annual action plan. |
(4) |
The measures provided for in this Decision are in line with the opinion of the Standing Committee of Agricultural Statistics, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The 2007 technical action plan for improving agricultural statistics (TAPAS 2007), as set out in the Annex, is approved under the condition that the budget appropriations will be available and that the budget 2007 will be adopted without modification.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 February 2007.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 14. Decision as last amended by Decision 787/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 138, 30.4.2004, p. 12).
ANNEX
2007 TECHNICAL ACTION PLAN FOR IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (TAPAS 2007)
The measures covered by the 2007 technical action plan for improving agricultural statistics concerning the following areas:
(a) |
Rural development, |
(b) |
Organic farming. |
The Commission will make a financial contribution to projects developed as part of these measures which will not exceed the amounts shown in Table A for each Member State.
Table A
TECHNICAL ACTION PLAN 2007
Maximum financial contribution of the Community to expenditure incurred
(in EUR) |
|||
Countries |
Rural development |
Organic farming |
Total |
BE |
29 048 |
37 627 |
66 675 |
DK |
28 000 |
55 000 |
83 000 |
DE |
67 000 |
|
67 000 |
EE |
19 343 |
14 650 |
33 993 |
GR |
|
144 000 |
144 000 |
IT |
63 968 |
200 337 |
264 305 |
LT |
|
31 000 |
31 000 |
LV |
|
16 284 |
16 284 |
HU |
41 555 |
34 597 |
76 152 |
MT |
29 283 |
|
29 283 |
NL |
35 000 |
|
35 000 |
SK |
|
7 200 |
7 200 |
FI |
|
43 400 |
43 400 |
SE |
12 000 |
10 800 |
22 800 |
UK |
135 000 |
|
|
Total |
460 197 |
594 895 |
1 055 092 |
ACTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE 2007 TECHNICAL ACTION PLAN (TAPAS 2007)
1. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of Decision 96/411/EC is to ensure that Community agricultural statistics are better geared to meeting the information requirements arising from the reform of the common agricultural policy. To this end, the Member States are taking all the necessary steps to make the appropriate changes to their systems of agricultural statistics, due account being taken of the fields mentioned in Annex I and II of the Council Decision in question and of the objectives, characteristics and criteria set out in Annex III. The actions to be taken each year by the Member States in order to achieve these objectives are defined annually in technical action plans. These are drawn up by the Commission after the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics has delivered its opinion.
The Community makes a financial contribution to the expenditure incurred by each Member State in making changes to national systems or for preparatory work to meet new or growing needs to be carried out as part of the annual technical action plan. This contribution, which is of limited duration, aims to facilitate experimentation with the introduction, or consolidation, of collection methods and systems that meet the statistical information requirements set out in the technical action plan. Once the plan has been carried out, the Member States must be in a position to continue sending the Commission regular reports on the methods and systems introduced as part of the said plan.
The current decision to be adopted by the Commission is for the 2007 technical action plan.
The actions selected aim to ensure a certain number of developments in the areas of:
(a) |
Rural development, |
(b) |
Organic farming. |
Eurostat received in total 28 declarations of intention from MS for TAPAS 2007 actions.
Thirteen of them concern rural development statistics of which one was refused by Eurostat for technical reasons. Nine of them deal with the aspects of nutrient balances, three proposals deal with the internet infrastructure in rural areas, the estimation of prices on agricultural land and the assessment of unutilized forest growth in the framework of the economic accounts for forestry (EAF).
For the priority domain of organic farming Eurostat received 15 declarations of intention. Nine of these actions concern production, two proposals concern prices, four proposals concern economic and structural variables, data on the food chain, direct farm sales and the revision of the methodology of data collection system on organic farming.
Brief descriptions of the actions proposed for the 2007 technical action plan can be found in the following overview.
2. TAPAS 2007 — DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ACTIONS
(a) Rural development
BELGIUM
DENMARK
DENMARK
GERMANY
GERMANY
ESTONIA
ITALY
— |
Rural internet access: deployment and availability,
|
— |
Rural internet demographics: who is online?
|
— |
The activities rural internet users pursue,
|
— |
Rural attitudes towards the internet.
|
HUNGARY
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
b) Organic Farming
BELGIUM
DENMARK
DENMARK
DENMARK
ESTONIA
GREECE
ITALY
ITALY
ITALY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
HUNGARY
SLOVAKIA
SWEDEN
FINLAND