Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 adapting and implementing 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 2005 and 2007

[^E0006]: (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.

[^E0007]: (²)Voluntary information.

[^E0008]: (³)Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

[^E0009]: (⁴)Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria may include item G/1(c) ‘nuts’ under this heading.

[^E0010]: (⁵)Voluntary information.

[^E0011]: (⁶)Germany may merge headings 8(c), 8(d) and 8(e).

[^E0012]: (⁷)Optional in the 2005 survey. Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

[^E0013]: (⁸)Optional for Member States that are able to provide an overall estimate for this characteristic at regional level.

ANNEX II

AMENDMENTS TO ANNEX I TO DECISION 2000/115/EC

1. Amendments to paragraph A:

subparagraph A/1 II:

‘The regions and districts for the purposes of the agricultural structure surveys are listed in Annex IV.’;

and the following sentence in paragraph A/1 (a) II:

‘If these codes cannot be transmitted, the Member State communicates instead, for each holding, the information indicated in characteristics A/2, A/2(a) and A/3.’;

are deleted.

2. Amendments to paragraph C:

the following subparagraph is added to paragraph C:

‘C/05.   Farming system and practices

1. C/5 (f) Aid for investments during the last five years

• I.Public aid for investment concerns measures covered by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 concerning rural development.

• II.“Directly” means that the characteristic does not cover investment aid which is not paid directly to the holding but provided at a higher level (regional or group), even if the holding would have benefited from this aid indirectly. Examples of investments not covered are: —basic services for the rural economy and population, —development and improvement of infrastructure connected with the development of agriculture, —setting-up of farm relief and farm management services, —marketing of quality agricultural products, —land improvement, —reparcelling. Nor does the question cover support and measures existing in Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 that are not related to investments such as: —training (chapter III), —early retirement (chapter IV), —LFA and areas with environmental restrictions (chapter V), —agro-environment (chapter VI).

2. C/5 (f) (i) Benefit from public aid within the framework of productive investments

• I.Productive investments concern, in Regulation 1257/1999: —Article 4 : investment in agricultural holdings; —Article 8: setting-up of young farmers.

3. C/5 (f) (ii) Benefit from public aid within the framework of rural development measures

• I.The rural development measures covered by this question are certain measures implemented under Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999: —renovation and development of villages and protection and conservation of the rural heritage, —diversification of agricultural activities and activities close to agriculture to provide multiple activities or alternative incomes, —encouragement for tourist and craft activities, —protection of the environment in connection with agriculture, forestry and landscape conservation as well as with the improvement of animal welfare, —financial engineering, as well as investment in forestry (chapter VIII).

C/06   Destination of the holding’s production

4. C/6 (a) The holder’s household consumption

• II.Gifts to family and relatives without remuneration should be considered as household consumption. Final production follows the definition used in agricultural accounts (i.e. production used as inputs for other production, such as forage for animal production, should not be taken into account in the total of production). The 50 % should of course not be considered as an exact threshold, but just as an order of magnitude.

5. C/6(b) Direct sales to consumers

• II.The 50 % should of course not be considered as the result of an exact estimation, but as an order of magnitude.’

ANNEX III

Time limits for communicating the validated individual survey data to Eurostat

[^E0001]: OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1435/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 268, 16.8.2004, p. 1).

[^E0002]: OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.

[^E0003]: OJ L 38, 12.2.2000, p. 1. Decision as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

[^E0004]: OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.

[^E0005]: 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.