
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 
Annex I to Decision 2000/115/EC is amended as shown in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 February 2006.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I


‘ANNEX I 
— The characteristics marked with the letters “NE” in the Annex are deemed not to exist or to be close to zero in the respective Member States.
— The characteristics marked with the letters “NS” are deemed to be non-significant in the respective Member States.
  BE CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IE IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT SI SK FI SE UK
A. Geographical situation of the holding
 1. Survey district
 code                         
 (a) Municipality or sub-survey district
 code                         
 2. Less-favoured area
 yes/no           NE              
 (a) Mountain area
 yes/no     NE      NE NE NE   NE         
 3. Agricultural areas with environmental restrictions
 yes/no           NE     NE   NE   NE   
B. Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the survey)
1. Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by:
 (a) a natural person who is a sole holder, where the holding is independent?
 yes/no                         
 (b) one or more natural persons who is/are a partner, where the holding is a group holding?
 yes/no   NS  NS NS NS  NS NS    NS NS   NS NS NS  NE  NS NS
 (c) a legal person?
 yes/no                         
 2. If the answer to question B/1 (a) is “yes”, is the person (the holder) also the manager?
 yes/no                         
 (a) If the answer to question B/2 is “no”, is the manager a member of the holder’s family?
 yes/no                         
 (b) If the answer to question B/2 a) is “yes”, is the manager the spouse of the holder?
 yes/no        NS  NS               
C. Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system
Agricultural area utilised:
 1. For owner farming
 ha/a                         
 2. For tenant farming
 ha/a                         
 3. For share farming or other modes
 ha/a  NE           NS   NS     NS NE NE NE NS
5. Farming system and practises:
 (a) The utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming production methods are applied according to European Community rules
 ha/a           NS     NE         
 (d) The utilised agricultural area of the holding that are under conversion to organic farming production methods
 ha/a           NS     NE         
 (e) Is the holding applying organic production methods also to the animal production?
 totally, partly, not at all           NS     NE         
6. Destination of the holding’s production:
 (a) Does the household of the holder consume more than 50 % of the final production (in value terms) of the holding?
 yes/no NS  NS NE    NS NS     NS   NE NS     NS NS NE
 (b) Do the direct sales to consumers account for more than 50 % of the total sales?
 yes/no NS  NS NS    NS NS     NS   NS      NS NS NS
D. Arable land
Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):
 1. Common wheat and spelt
 ha/a                NE         
 2. Durum wheat
 ha/a NE NS NE  NE    NE   NE NE NE  NE NE  NE  NS  NE NE NS
 3. Rye
 ha/a         NS  NS     NE         
 4. Barley
 ha/a                NE         
 5. Oats
 ha/a                NE         
 6. Grain maize
 ha/a   NE  NE    NE  NS NE    NE       NE NE NS
 7. Rice
 ha/a NE NE NE NE NE    NE  NE NE NE NE  NE NE NE NE  NE NE NE NE NE
 8. Other cereals for the production of grain
 ha/a                NE         
 9. Protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)
 ha/a                NE         
of which:
 (e) peas, field beans and sweet lupines
 ha/a                NE         
 (f) lentils, chick peas and vetches
 ha/a  NS NS NS NS    NS     NS  NE NS  NS  NS   NE NS
 (g) other protein crops harvested dry
 ha/a  NS  NS NS    NS   NS  NS NS NE   NS  NS  NS NS NE
 10. Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)
 ha/a                         
 11. Sugar beet (excluding seeds)
 ha/a     NE      NE     NE         
 12. Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)
 ha/a                NE       NS NS 
Industrial plants:
 23. Tobacco
 ha/a  NE NE  NE    NE   NE  NE  NE NE   NS NE  NE NE NE
 24. Hops
 ha/a   NE  NE NS   NE  NE NS  NE NS NE NE  NS NS   NE NE 
 25. Cotton
 ha/a NE NE NE NE NE   NE NE  NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NS NE NE NE NE NE
 26. Rape and turnip rape
 ha/a      NE     NE     NE    NS     
 27. Sunflower
 ha/a NS  NS  NE    NE  NS NE NE NE  NE NS  NS     NE NS
 28. Soya
 ha/a NE  NE NE NE    NE  NE NE NE NE  NE NE  NS NS   NE NE NS
 29. Linseed (oil flax)
 ha/a    NS  NS   NS NS NE  NE NS  NE   NS NS NS    
 30. Other oil seed crops
 ha/a     NS    NS  NE NS NE   NE NE  NS NS    NS NS
 31. Flax
 ha/a    NS     NE NS NE   NS NS NE   NS NS NS   NS 
 32. Hemp
 ha/a NS NS  NS NE NS   NE  NE NS NE NS  NE   NS NS NS   NS NS
 33. Other textile crops
 ha/a  NE NE NE NE    NE  NE NE  NS NE NE NE  NE NS NE NE NS NE NS
 34. Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants
 ha/a         NS     NE  NE    NS NS   NS 
 35. Industrial plants, not mentioned elsewhere
 ha/a     NS    NS  NS NS    NE     NS   NS NS
Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries:
 14. Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover
 ha/a                         
of which:
 (a) open field
 ha/a              NE  NS         
 (b) market gardening
 ha/a                      NE   
 15. Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover
 ha/a                         
Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):
 16. Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover
 ha/a                       NS NS 
 17. Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover
 ha/a                         
18. Forage plants:
 (a) temporary grass
 ha/a                NE         
 (b) other green fodder
 ha/a                         
of which:
 (i) green maize (maize for silage)
 ha/a                NE       NS NS 
 (iii) other forage plants
 ha/a                       NS  
 19. Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables, potatoes and oil-seed plants)
 ha/a         NS     NE  NE         
 20. Other arable land crops
 ha/a    NS NS                  NE  
 21. Fallow land without any subsidies
 ha/a           NE              
 22. Fallow land subject to the payment of subsidies, with no economic use
 ha/a                         
 E. Kitchen gardens
 ha/a NS  NS        NS      NS      NS NS NS
 F. Permanent grassland and meadow
 ha/a                NE         
 1. Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazing
 ha/a                NE         
 2. Rough grazing
 ha/a NE    NE       NE NE NE  NE         
 3. Permanent grassland and meadows no longer used for production purposes and eligible for the payment of subsidies
 ha/a                         
G. Permanent crops
 1. Fruit and berry plantations
 ha/a                         
 (a) fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones
 ha/a                         
 (b) fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones
 ha/a NE NE NE NE NE    NE   NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  NE NE NE NE NE
 (c) nuts
 ha/a NS NS NE NS NE    NE   NE NE NE  NE NS NS   NS  NE NE NS
 2. Citrus plantations
 ha/a NE NE NE NE NE    NE   NE NE NE NE  NE NE NE  NS NE NE NE NE
 3. Olive plantations
 ha/a NE NE NE NE NE    NE   NE NE NE NE  NE NE NE   NE NE NE NE
 (a) normally producing table olives
 ha/a NE NE NE NE NE   NS NE   NE NE NE NE  NE NE NE  NS NE NE NE NE
 (b) normally producing olives for oil production
 ha/a NE NE NE NE NE   NS NE   NE NE NE NE  NE NE NE   NE NE NE NE
 4. Vineyards
 ha/a NS  NE  NE    NE   NE NE    NS  NS    NE NE 
of which normally producing:
 (a) quality wine
 ha/a NS  NE  NE    NE  NE NE NE    NS  NS    NE NE NE
 (b) other wines
 ha/a NS NE NE NS NE    NE   NE NE NE   NS NE NS    NE NE 
 (c) table grapes
 ha/a NS  NE NS NE    NE   NE NE NE   NS NS NS  NS  NE NE NE
 (d) raisins
 ha/a NS NE NE NE NE   NE NE NS  NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NS NS NE NE NE NE NE
 5. Nurseries
 ha/a                         
 6. Other permanent crops
 ha/a    NE NE    NS   NS   NS NS NE NE NS  NE NS NE NE NS
 7. Permanent crops under glass
 ha/a  NS  NE NE   NS NS   NS NE NE NS NS  NE NS NS NE NE NE NE NE
H. Other land
 1. Unutilised agricultural land (agricultural land which is no longer farmed, for economic, social or other reasons, and which is not used in the crop rotation system)
 ha/a                         
 2. Wooded area
 ha/a                NE         
 3. Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.)
 ha/a                         
I. Mushrooms, irrigation, areas no longer used for production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies, and areas subject to set-aside incentive schemes
 2. Mushrooms
 ha/a    NS NS         NE    NS  NS    NS 
3. Irrigated area
 (a) total irrigable area
 ha/a    NS NS    NS   NS NS NE           
 (b) cultivated area irrigated
 ha/a    NS NS    NS   NS NS NE         NS  
 8. Areas no longer used for production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies, and area subject to set-aside incentive schemes, broken down by:
 ha/a                         
 (a) areas no longer used for production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies (already recorded under D/22 and F/3)
 ha/a                         
 (b) areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for non-food purposes (e.g. rape, trees, bushes, etc., including lentils, chick peas and vetches; already recorded under D and G)
 ha/a           NE     NE         
 (c) areas converted into permanent pasture and meadow (already recorded under F/1 and F/2)
 ha/a    NS       NE     NE        NE NE
 (d) former agricultural areas converted into wooded area or being prepared for afforestation (already recorded under H/2)
 ha/a    NS            NE        NS 
 (e) other areas (already recorded under H/1 and H/3)
 ha/a                  NS      NE 
J. Livestock (on the reference day of the survey)
 1. Equidae
 number of heads                         
Bovine animals:
 2. Bovine animals, under one year old, male and female
 number of heads                         
 3. Male bovine animals, one but less than two years old
 number of heads                         
 4. Female bovine animals, one but less than two years old
 number of heads                         
 5. Male bovine animals, two years old and over
 number of heads                         
 6. Heifers, two years old and over
 number of heads                         
 7. Dairy cows
 number of heads                         
 8. Other cows
 number of heads                         
Sheep and goats:
 9. Sheep (all ages)
 number of heads                         
 (a) sheep, breeding females
 number of heads                         
 (b) other sheep
 number of heads                         
 10. Goats (all ages)
 number of heads   NS NS                    NS 
 (a) goats, breeding females
 number of heads   NS NS                    NS 
 (b) other goats
 number of heads   NS NS                    NS 
Pigs:
 11. Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilograms
 number of heads                         
 12. Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over
 number of heads                         
 13. Other pigs
 number of heads                         
Poultry:
 14. Broilers
 number of heads                         
 15. Laying hens
 number of heads                         
 16. Other poultry
 number of heads                         
of which:
 (a) turkeys
 number of heads     NS                    
 (b) ducks
 number of heads     NS           NS        NS 
 (c) geese
 number of heads     NS           NS NS   NE    NS 
 (d) other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere
 number of heads    NS NS           NS        NS 
 17. Rabbits, breeding females
 number of heads   NS NS     NS         NS   NS  NE NE NS
 18. Bees
 number of hives   NS NS     NS       NS NS NS     NS NS NS
 19. Livestock not mentioned elsewhere
 yes/no    NS NS       NS    NS NS    NS    
L. Farm labour force (in the 12 months preceding the day of the survey)
Statistical information is collected for each person, working on the holding, belonging to the following farm labour force categories in a way allowing multiple crossing with each other and/or with any other survey characteristics.
 1. Holders

In this category are found:
— natural persons:
— sole holders of independent holdings (all persons who have answered “yes” to question B/1(a))
— the partner on group holdings that has been identified as being the holder
— legal persons
The following information is recorded for each natural person mentioned above:
 — the gender,
                          
 — the age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65 and over,                          
 — the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

0 %, > 0 - < 25 %, 25 - < 50 %, 50 - < 75 %, 75 - < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker.                          
 1. (a) Managers

In this category are found:
— The managers on independent holdings, including spouses and other members of the holders’ families who are also manager; that is where the answer is “yes” to either B/2(a) or B/2(b).
— The partners on group holdings who have been identified as managers.
— The managers on holdings where the holder is a legal person.(The managers who are at the same time sole holders or partners identified as being the holder of a group holding are recorded only once, that is, as a holder in category L/1).
The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above:
 — the gender,
                          
 — the age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65 and over,                          
 — the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

> 0 - < 25 %, 25 - < 50 %, 50 - < 75 %, 75 - < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker.                          
 2. Spouses of holders

In this category are found the spouses of sole holders (the answer to question B/1(a) is “yes”) who are not included in L/1, nor included in L/1(a) (they are not managers: the answer to question B/2(b) is “no”)
The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above:
 — the gender,
                          
 — the age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65 and over,                          
 — the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

0 %, > 0 - < 25 %, 25 - < 50 %, 50 - < 75 %, 75 - < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker.                          
 3. (a) Other members of sole holders’ families carrying out farm work for the holding: male (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and L/2)

 3. (b) Other members of sole holders’ families carrying out farm work for the holding: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and L/2)

The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each person of the categories mentioned above:
 — the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

> 0 - < 25 %, 25 - < 50 %, 50 - < 75 %, 75 - < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker.                          
 4. (a) Non-family labour regularly employed: male (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a), L/2 and L/3)

 4. (b) Non-family labour regularly employed: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a), L/2 and L/3)

The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each of the categories mentioned above:
 — the farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

> 0 - < 25 %, 25 - < 50 %, 50 - < 75 %, 75 - < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker.                          
 5. + 6. Non-family labour employed on a non-regular basis: male and female
 Number of working days                         
 7. Does the holder who is also the manager have any other gainful activities?

 — as his/her major occupation?
 yes/no                         
 — as a subsidiary occupation?
 yes/no                         
 8. Does the sole holder’s spouse have any other gainful activity:

 — as his/her major occupation?
 yes/no                         
 — as a subsidiary occupation?
 yes/no                         
 9. Does any other member of the sole holder’s family engaged in the farm work of the holding have any other gainful activity? If “yes”, how many have other gainful activities:

 — as his/her major occupation?
 number of persons                         
 — as a subsidiary occupation?
 number of persons                         
 10. Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work during the 12 months preceding the day of the survey, not included under L/1 to L/6, undertaken on the holding by persons not employed directly by the holding (e.g. contractors’ employees)
 number of days              NE    NS NS      
M. Rural development
1. Other gainful activities on the holding (other than agriculture), directly related to the holding:
 (a) tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities
 yes/no           NS     NE         
 (b) handicraft
 yes/no           NS     NE NS        
 (c) processing of farm products
 yes/no                         
 (d) wood processing (e.g. sawing, etc.)
 yes/no   NS        NE     NE NS        
 (e) aqua culture
 yes/no        NS        NE         
 (f) renewable energy production (wind energy, straw burning, etc.)
 yes/no        NS  NS      NE         
 (g) contractual work (using equipment of the holding)
 yes/no                         
 (h) other
 yes/no                NE         






ANNEX II
1. 
' I. A single unit both technically and economically, which has single management and which produces agricultural products or maintains its land which is no longer used for production purposes in good agricultural and environmental condition, in line with Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. The holding may also provide other supplementary (non-agricultural) products and services.
'

2. 
' 1.4. With the 2003 CAP reform, “Maintaining the land in good agricultural and environmental condition” was introduced as an agricultural activity (Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003). Besides this activity, farmers do not have to have any other agricultural activity in order to have access to the single payment scheme.
'

3. 
'Gifts to family and relatives without remuneration should be considered as household consumption. Final production as referred to under this characteristic follows the definition of final output used in the agricultural accounts (i.e. agricultural products used as input for other production, such as forage for animal production, are not included in final output).The 50 % should of course not be considered as an exact threshold, but just as an order of magnitude.'

4. 

4.1. the third paragraph of the explanatory notes to paragraph D is replaced by the following:
'Arable land comprises crop categories D/1 to D/20, D/23 to D/35, fallow land without any subsidies (D/21) and fallow land subject to the payment of subsidies, with no economic use (D/22).',
4.2. the title of subparagraph D/22 is replaced by the following:
'
D/22',
4.3. the definition of subparagraph D/22 is replaced by the following:
' I. 
Areas taken out of production for more than five years, under schemes which do not require the maintenance in good agricultural and environmental condition, should be recorded under H/1 + H/3.
'

5. 
' F/3  I. Areas of permanent grassland and meadows no longer used for production purposes, which, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (or, where applicable, the most recent legislation), are maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition and are eligible for the single payment.
'

6. 

6.1. the title of paragraph I is replaced by the following:
'
I.',
6.2. the title of subparagraph I/8 is replaced by the following:
'
I/8',
6.3. in subparagraph I/8, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:
'
((a)) areas no longer used for production purposes, subject to the payment of subsidies (already recorded under D/22 and F/3)
((b)) areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for non-food purposes (e.g. rape, trees, bushes, etc., including lentils, chick peas and vetches; already recorded under D and G)',
6.4. the definition of subparagraph I/8 is replaced by the following:
' I. Areas no longer used for production purposes for which the holding is entitled to financial aid. This includes areas which, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (or, where applicable, the most recent legislation), are no longer used for production purposes, are maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition, and are eligible for the single payment or for the payment of set-aside entitlements. If there are similar national schemes, these areas are also included under this characteristic.
'
