
Article 1 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) ‘holding’ means a farm business as defined in the context of the Community agricultural surveys and censuses;
((b)) ‘typology’ means the Community typology for agricultural holdings established by Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008.
Article 2 
For the accounting year 2010 (a period of 12 consecutive months beginning between 1 January 2010 and 1 July 2010) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold of economic size as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be as follows:— BelgiumEUR 25 000— BulgariaEUR 2 000— Czech RepublicEUR 8 000— DenmarkEUR 15 000— GermanyEUR 25 000— EstoniaEUR 4 000— IrelandEUR 4 000— GreeceEUR 4 000— SpainEUR 4 000— FranceEUR 25 000— ItalyEUR 4 000— CyprusEUR 4 000— LatviaEUR 4 000— LithuaniaEUR 4 000— LuxembourgEUR 25 000— HungaryEUR 4 000— MaltaEUR 4 000— NetherlandsEUR 25 000— AustriaEUR 8 000— PolandEUR 4 000— PortugalEUR 4 000— RomaniaEUR 2 000— SloveniaEUR 4 000— SlovakiaEUR 15 000— FinlandEUR 8 000— SwedenEUR 15 000— United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland)EUR 25 000— United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland)EUR 15 000.
Article 3 
The number of returning holdings per Member State as well as per division shall be as laid down in the Annex.
The number of returning holdings to be selected per division may differ from that laid down in the Annex by up to 20 % in either direction provided that the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.
Article 4 
The plan for the selection of returning holdings shall ensure the representativeness of the returning holdings as a whole.
It shall include:

((a)) the elements on which it is based, namely:

— particulars of the statistical reference sources,
— the procedures for stratifying the field of survey in accordance with the divisions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, the types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology,
— the procedures for determining the selection rate chosen for each stratum,
— the procedures for the selection of returning holdings;
((b)) the breakdown of holdings in the field of survey by types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology (corresponding at least to the principal types), and
((c)) the number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the strata adopted.
Article 5 
Each year the Member States shall notify the selection plan referred to in Article 4 to the Commission not later than two months before the beginning of the accounting year to which it relates.
However, for the accounting year 2010 it shall be notified not later than one month before the beginning of the accounting year.
Notification shall be done electronically via the information systems made available to the competent authorities by the Commission or by the Member States.
The form and content of the information to be notified shall be in conformity with models made available to the Member States through the information systems. Those models and the methods to be used shall be adapted and updated after the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network has been informed.
Data relating to notifications shall be entered and updated in the information systems under the responsibility of the competent authorities of the Member State, in accordance with the access rights granted by the authorities concerned.
Article 6 
Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is repealed with effect from 30 June 2010.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the accounting year 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 December 2009.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Reference number Name of division Number of returning holdings per accounting year
 BELGIUM 
341 Vlaanderen 720
342 Bruxelles-Brussel —
343 Wallonie 480
Total Belgium 1 200
 BULGARIA 
831 Северозападен, (Severozapaden) 346
832 Северен централен, (Severen tsentralen) 358
833 Североизточен, (Severoiztochen) 373
834 Югозападен, (Yugozapaden) 335
835 Южен централен, (Yuzhen tsentralen) 394
836 Югоизточен, (Yugoiztochen) 396
Total Bulgaria 2 202
745 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 417
370 DENMARK 2 150
 GERMANY 
010 Schleswig-Holstein 565
020 Hamburg 97
030 Niedersachsen 1 307
040 Bremen —
050 Nordrhein-Westfalen 1 010
060 Hessen 558
070 Rheinland-Pfalz 887
080 Baden-Württemberg 1 190
090 Bayern 1 678
100 Saarland 90
110 Berlin —
112 Brandenburg 284
113 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 268
114 Sachsen 313
115 Sachsen-Anhalt 270
116 Thüringen 283
Total Germany 8 800
755 ESTONIA 658
380 IRELAND 1 300
 GREECE 
450 Macedonia-Thrace 2 000
460 Epirus-Peloponnese-Ionian Islands 1 350
470 Thessaly 700
480 Continental Greece, Aegean Islands, Crete 1 450
Total Greece 5 500
 SPAIN 
500 Galicia 450
505 Asturias 190
510 Cantabria 150
515 País Vasco 352
520 Navarra 316
525 La Rioja 244
530 Aragón 676
535 Cataluña 664
540 Illes Balears 180
545 Castilla y León 950
550 Madrid 190
555 Castilla-La Mancha 900
560 Comunidad Valenciana 638
565 Murcia 348
570 Extremadura 718
575 Andalucía 1 504
580 Canarias 230
Total Spain 8 700
 FRANCE 
121 Île-de-France 210
131 Champagne-Ardenne 380
132 Picardie 270
133 Haute-Normandie 170
134 Centre 410
135 Basse-Normandie 240
136 Bourgogne 360
141 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 290
151 Lorraine 240
152 Alsace 200
153 Franche-Comté 220
162 Pays de la Loire 460
163 Bretagne 480
164 Poitou-Charentes 370
182 Aquitaine 550
183 Midi-Pyrénées 490
184 Limousin 230
192 Rhône-Alpes 480
193 Auvergne 380
201 Languedoc-Roussillon 430
203 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 440
204 Corse 170
Total France 7 470
 ITALY 
221 Valle d'Aosta 159
222 Piemonte 598
230 Lombardia 657
241 Trentino 279
242 Alto Adige 262
243 Veneto 741
244 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 549
250 Liguria 559
260 Emilia-Romagna 857
270 Toscana 635
281 Marche 493
282 Umbria 512
291 Lazio 550
292 Abruzzo 444
301 Molise 359
302 Campania 597
303 Calabria 479
311 Puglia 748
312 Basilicata 430
320 Sicilia 672
330 Sardegna 557
Total Italy 11 137
740 CYPRUS 500
770 LATVIA 1 000
775 LITHUANIA 1 000
350 LUXEMBOURG 450
 HUNGARY 
760 Közép-Magyarország 166
761 Közép-Dunántúl 187
762 Nyugat-Dunántúl 228
763 Dél-Dunántúl 260
764 Észak- Magyarország 209
765 Észak-Alföld 380
766 Dél-Alföld 470
Total Hungary 1 900
780 MALTA 536
360 NETHERLANDS 1 500
660 AUSTRIA 2 000
 POLAND 
785 Pomorze and Mazury 1 860
790 Wielkopolska and Śląsk 4 350
795 Mazowsze and Podlasie 4 490
800 Małopolska and Pogórze 1 400
Total Poland 12 100
 PORTUGAL 
615 Norte e Centro 1 233
630 Ribatejo e Oeste 351
640 Alentejo e Algarve 399
650 Açores e Madeira 317
Total Portugal 2 300
 ROMANIA 
840 Nord-Est 852
841 Sud-Est 1 074
842 Sud-Muntenia 1 008
843 Sud-Vest-Oltenia 611
844 Vest 703
845 Nord-Vest 825
846 Centru 834
847 București-Ilfov 93
Total Romania 6 000
820 SLOVENIA 908
810 SLOVAKIA 523
 FINLAND 
670 Etelä-Suomi 461
680 Sisä-Suomi 251
690 Pohjanmaa 221
700 Pohjois-Suomi 167
Total Finland 1 100
 SWEDEN 
710 Plains of southern and central Sweden 637
720 Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of southern and central Sweden 258
730 Areas of northern Sweden 130
Total Sweden 1 025
 UNITED KINGDOM 
411 England — North Region 420
412 England — East Region 650
413 England — West Region 430
421 Wales 300
431 Scotland 380
441 Northern Ireland 320
Total United Kingdom 2 500