
Article 1 
The second phase of the 2004 technical action plan for improving agricultural statistics (TAPAS 2004 — Phase 2), as set out in the Annex to this Decision, is approved.
Article 2 
This decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 September 2004.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
The measures covered by the second phase of the 2004 technical action plan for improving agricultural statistics (TAPAS) aim to develop or improve statistics in the following areas:

((a)) the physical aspects of European agriculture;
((b)) statistics on the structure of the farms.
The Commission will make a financial contribution to projects developed as part of these measures which will not exceed the amounts shown in tables A and B for each Member State.
The measures proposed by the Member States concern:

1. 
This measure is a continuation of work undertaken in previous years. The aim is to improve the statistical data on areas, productions and uses of crops, in particular fruit and vegetables, livestock, and productions and uses of the animal products, particularly milk production.

2. 
Statistics on the structure of the farms are of great importance for the monitoring of the potential of agricultural production. In 2003, therefore before joining the European Union, the 10 adherent countries have carried out a survey on the structure of the agricultural holdings, but they were not obliged to transmit the individual data to Eurostat. The second phase of the TAPAS 2004 annual action plan will enable them to prepare this transmission and to consolidate these statistics. It will also allow methodological work and the implementation of Community typology of the agricultural farms.

(in thousands of euro)
COUNTRY BE DK DE EL ES FR IE IT LU NL AT PT FI SE UK TOTAL
Physical data  12 20     111        143
TOTAL  12 20     111        143
(in thousands of euro)
COUNTRY CZ EE CY LV LT HU MT PL SI SK TOTAL
Physical data 40 29,7  21,096 14 30,5 28,6  11,25 38 213,146
Statistics on the structure of the farms  13,95      54 9,9 36 113,85
TOTAL 40 43,65  21,096 14 30,5 28,6 54 21,15 74 326,996