
Article 1 

1. For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/24/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 93/24/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, of the Member State concerned.
Article 2 
The definitions of the categories of bovines referred to in Articles 3(1), 10(2) and 12(2) of Directive 93/24/EEC are set out in Annex I of this Decision.
Article 3 
For the territorial subdivisions referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive 93/24/EEC, the Member States shall follow the level of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) defined in Annex II of this Decision. They do not need to compile results for regions in which the bovine population is less than 1 % of the national bovine population.
Article 4 
The herd size classes referred to in Article 8(1) of Directive 93/24/EEC are set out in Annex III of this Decision.
Article 5 
The carcass weight referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 93/24/EEC is the weight of the slaughtered animal’s cold body after being skinned, bled and eviscerated, and after removal of the external genitalia, the limbs at the carpus and tarsus, the head, the tail, the kidneys and kidney fats, and the udder.
Article 6 

1. The list of Member States authorised to carry out the May/June or November/December surveys in selected regions, on the understanding that these surveys cover at least 70 % of the bovine population, is set out in point (a) of Annex IV to this Decision.
2. The list of Member States authorised to carry out the November/December survey only is set out in point (b) of Annex IV to this Decision.
3. The list of Member States authorised to use the regional breakdown for the final results of the May/June survey is set out in point (c) of Annex IV to this Decision.
4. The list of Member States authorised to use the breakdown by herd size classes for the results of the May/June survey is set out in point (d) of Annex IV to this Decision.
Article 7 
Decision 94/433/EC is repealed.
References made to the repealed Decision shall be construed to be made to the present Decision.
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 October 2004.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
 Article 3(1) of Directive 93/24/EEC Article 10(2) and Article 12(2) of Directive 93/24/EEC
Calves 
A(a) 
The definition of ‘calves’ is given under A in the next column
 
A. 
Domestic animals of the bovine species, of not more than 300 kg live weight and not yet having permanent teeth

Bulls  
D. 
Non-castrated male bovines not included under A

Bullocks  
E. 
Castrated male bovines not included under A

Heifers 
C(b) 
Female bovines aged two years or more that have not yet calved
 
B. 
Female bovines that have not yet calved not included under A

Heifers for slaughter 
C(b) 
Heifers raised for meat production
 
Other heifers 
C(b) 
Heifers raised for breeding and intended to replace dairy or other cows
 
Cows 
C(b) 
Female bovines that have calved (including any aged less than two years)
 
C. 
Female bovines that have calved

Dairy cows 
C(b) 
Cows kept exclusively or principally for the production of milk for human consumption and/or dairy produce, including cows for slaughter (fattened or not between last lactation and slaughter)
 
Other cows 
C(b) 
Cows other than dairy cows, possibly including any draught cows
 
ANNEX II
Belgium NUTS 2
Czech Republic NUTS 2
Denmark —
Germany NUTS 1
Estonia NUTS 2
Greece NUTS 2
Spain NUTS 2
France NUTS 2
Ireland NUTS 2
Italy NUTS 2
Cyprus —
Latvia NUTS 3
Lithuania NUTS 2
Luxembourg —
Hungary NUTS 2
Malta NUTS 3
Netherlands NUTS 2
Austria NUTS 2
Poland NUTS 2
Portugal NUTS 2
Slovenia NUTS 2
Slovakia NUTS 2
Finland NUTS 2
Sweden NUTS 2
United Kingdom NUTS 1
ANNEX III
Categories Number of bovines/holder Holder’s number Animal’s number Number of dairy cows/holder Holder’s number Animal’s number Number of other cows/holder Holder’s number Animal’s number
I 1-2   1-2   1-2  
II 3-9   3-9   3-9  
III 1-9   1-9   1-9  
IV 10-19   10-19   10-19  
V 20-29   20-29   20-29  
VI 30-49   30-49   30-49  
VII 50-99   50-99   50-99  
VIII 100-   100-   100-  
IX 100-199   100-199   100-199  
X 200-299   200-299   200-299  
XI 300-499   300-   300-  
XII 500-        
 Total   Total   Total  




ANNEX IV
(a) 

 France
 Italy

(b) 

 Portugal
 Greece
 Cyprus
 Estonia
 Hungary
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Malta
 Slovakia
 Slovenia

(c) 

 Belgium
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Sweden

(d) 

 Belgium
 Denmark
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Poland
 Sweden
