Decision 2004/747

law://eu/dec/2004/747@2026-11-14

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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Directive 93/25/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat stocks^note, and in particular Articles 2(2), 3(2) and (3), 7, and 13(3) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Precise definitions are required in order to carry out the surveys provided for in Directive 93/25/EEC. This requires the definition of the agricultural holdings covered by the survey. The different categories for the breakdown of the survey results, and the herd size classes and the territorial subdivisions according to which the Member States draw up the survey results at regular intervals must also be precisely defined. A standard definition of carcass weight is necessary for the drawing-up of slaughtering statistics.

(2)Because of the accession of the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, it is necessary to make certain technical adaptations.

(3)Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council^note establishes a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) for the Member States; the regional levels previously defined for these must therefore be replaced by the new NUTS classification.

(4)Commission Decision 2003/597/EC of 4 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/25/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on sheep and goat population and production^note should be repealed.

(5)This Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 #

1.For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/25/EEC, ‘agricultural holding’ means any technical and economic unit under single management which produces agricultural products.

2.The survey referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC shall cover:

(a)agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of 1 ha or more;

(b)agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of less than 1 ha, if their production is to a certain extent intended for sale or if their production unit exceeds certain natural thresholds.

3.Member States wishing to apply a different survey threshold shall, however, undertake to determine that threshold in such a way that only the smallest holdings are excluded, and that together the holdings excluded account for 1 % or less of the total standard gross margin, within the meaning of Commission Decision 85/377/EEC^note, of the Member State concerned.

Article 2 #

The definitions of the categories of sheep and goat referred to in Article 3(1) and Article 13(2) of Directive 93/25/EEC are set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 3 #

For the territorial subdivisions referred to in Article 7(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC the Member States shall follow the level of the common classification of Territorial Units for Statistics set out in Annex II to this Decision.They need not compile results for regions with herd populations of less than 1 % of the national population.

Article 4 #

The herd size classes referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC are set out in Annex III to this Decision.

Article 5 #

The carcass weight referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC is the weight of the slaughtered animal's cold body after having been bled, skinned and eviscerated, and after removal of the head (severed at the atlanto-occipital joint), of the feet (severed at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints), of the tail (severed between the sixth and seventh caudal vertebrae) and of the genital organs (including udder).Kidneys and kidney fats are included in the carcass.

TERRITORIAL SUBDIVISIONS
Belgium		NUTS 1
Bulgaria		NUTS 2
Czech Republic		NUTS 2
Denmark		—
Germany		NUTS 1
Estonia		—
Greece		NUTS 2
Spain		NUTS 2
France		NUTS 2
Ireland		NUTS 2
Italy		NUTS 2
Cyprus		—
Latvia	for sheep:	NUTS 2
for goats:	—
Lithuania		—
Luxembourg		—
Hungary	for sheep:	NUTS 2
for goats:	—
Malta		NUTS 3
Netherlands		NUTS 2
Austria		NUTS 2
Poland	for sheep:	NUTS 2
for goats:	—
Portugal		NUTS 2
Romania		NUTS 2
Slovenia		—
Slovakia		NUTS 2
Finland		NUTS 2
Sweden	for sheep:	NUTS 2
for goats:	—
United Kingdom		NUTS 1

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TABLE 1
	Holders of sheep (total)	Holders of ewe lambs put to the ram + ewes^note	Holders of milk ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram^note	Holders of other ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram^note
Category	Sheep (total)/holder	Holder’s number	Livestock number	Ewe lambs put to the ram, ewes/holder	Holder’s number	Livestock number	Milk ewes, milk ewe lambs put to the ram/holder	Holder’s number	Livestock number	Other ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram/holder	Holder’s number	Livestock number
I	1-9			1-9			1-9			1-9
II	10-19			10-19			10-19			10-19
III	20-49			20-49			20-49			20-49
IV	50-99			50-99			50-99			50-99
V	100-^note			100-^note			100-^note			100-^note
VI	100-199^note			100-199^note			100-199^note			100-199^note
VII	200-499^note			200-499^note			200-499^note			200-499^note
VIII	500-999^note			500-999^note			500-999^note			500-999^note
IX	1000-^note			1000-^note			1000-^note			1000-^note
	Total			Total			Total			Total

TABLE 2
	Holders of goats (total)	Holders of goats mated and goats which have already kidded^note
Category	Goats (total)/holder	Holder’s number	Livestock number	Goats mated and goats which have already kidded^note/holder	Holder’s number	Livestock number
I	1-9			1-9
II	10-19			10-19
III	20-49			20-49
IV	50-99			50-99
V	100-^note			100-^note
VI	100-499^note			100-499^note
VII	500-^note			500-^note
VIII	500-999^note^note			500-999^note^note
IX	1000-^note^note			1000-^note^note
	Total			Total

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Annex I

Definitions of categories

Ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram

Milk ewes

Other ewes

Lambs

Annex II

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Annex I

Definitions of categories

Ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram

Milk ewes

Other ewes

Lambs

Annex II

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