
Article 1 

1. For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/23/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 93/23/EEC shall cover:
(a) agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of 1 ha or more;
(b) agricultural holdings with a utilized 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 
For the territorial subdivisions referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive 93/23/EEC, the Member States shall follow the level of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) defined in Annex I. They do not need to compile results for regions in which the pig population is less than 1 % of the national pig population.
Article 3 
The herd size classes referred to in Article 8(1) of Directive 93/23/EEC are set out in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 4 
The carcass weight referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 93/23/EEC is the weight of the slaughtered pig's cold body, either whole or divided in half along the mid-line, after being bled and eviscerated and after removal of the tongue, bristles, hooves, genitalia, flare fat, kidneys and diaphragm.
Article 5 

1. The list of Member States authorised to carry out the April and August or May/June surveys in selected regions, on the understanding that these surveys cover at least 70 % of the pig population, is set out in Annex III, point (a) to this Decision.
2. The list of Member States authorised to carry out the survey once a year in April, May/June, August or November/December is set out in Annex III, point (b) to this Decision.
3. The list of Member States authorised to use the regional breakdown for the final results of the April or May/June survey is set out in Annex III, point (c) to this Decision.
4. The list of Member States authorised to use the breakdown by herd size classes for the results of a given month of the year is set out in Annex III, point (d) to this Decision.
Article 6 
Decision 94/432/EC is repealed. References made to the repealed Decision shall be construed to be made to the present Decision.
Article 7 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX I
Belgium NUTS 2
Bulgaria 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 2
Lithuania NUTS 2
Luxembourg —
Hungary NUTS 2
Malta NUTS 2
Netherlands NUTS 2
Austria NUTS 2
Poland NUTS 2
Portugal NUTS 2
Romania NUTS 2
Slovenia NUTS 2
Slovakia NUTS 2
Finland NUTS 2
Sweden NUTS 2
United Kingdom NUTS 1
ANNEX II
Categories Number of pigs/holder Holders number Animals number Number of sows ≥ 50 kg/holder Holders number Animals number Number of fattening pigs ≥ 50 kg/holder Holders number Animals number
I 1-2   1-2   1-2  
II 3-9   3-4   3-9  
III 1-9   5-9   1-9  
IV 10-49   1-9   10-49  
V 50-99   10-19   50-99  
VI 100-199   20-49   100-199  
VII 200-399   50-99   200-399  
VIII 400-999   100-   400-999  
IX 1 000   100-199   1 000  
X 1 000-1 999   200-499   1 000-1 999  
XII 2 000-4 999   500-   2 000-  
XIII 5 000      2 000-4 999  
XIV       5 000  
 Total   Total   Total  



ANNEX III
(a) 

 France
 Italy

(b) 

 Cyprus
 Estonia
 Greece
 Finland
 Ireland
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Malta
 Portugal
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Sweden

(c) 

April May/June
Netherlands GermanyBelgium

(d) 

 Belgium, May
 Denmark, May
 Germany, May
 Netherlands, April
 Poland, August
 Sweden, June
