
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2203/2004 of 21 December 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 4(4), and 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 fixes the number of returning holdings per division. The number of returning holdings to be selected in each division may differ by up to 20 % in either direction provided that this does not entail a reduction in the total number of returning holdings per Member State.

(2) As the financial management of such a measure is difficult, a limitation per Member State as to the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing is introduced in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings. For reasons of clarity and coherence, this change should be reflected in Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82. Flexibility in the number of returning holdings per division should remain allowed, as long as the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.

(3) In view of the limitation per Member State of the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing, the number of returning holdings laid down in Annex I for Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France and Luxembourg should be adjusted, to maintain the actual sample size.

(4) The number of returning holdings per division in Sweden should be adjusted, due to changes in the borders between the divisions.

(5) Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
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Article 3 
The number of returning holdings per Member State as well as per division is laid down in Annex I.
The number of returning holdings to be selected per division may differ from that laid down in Annex I by up to 20 % in either direction provided that the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.'
2.. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 2005 accounting year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 21 December 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:

((a)) the part concerning Belgium is replaced by the following:
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 BELGIUM 
341 Vlaanderen 720
342 Bruxelles-Brussel —
343 Wallonie 480
Total Belgium 1 200'
((b)) the part concerning Denmark is replaced by the following:
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370 DENMARK 2 250'
((c)) the part concerning Germany is replaced by the following:
'
 GERMANY 
010 Schleswig-Holstein 450
020 Hamburg 50
030 Niedersachsen 980
040 Bremen —
050 Nordrhein-Westfalen 790
060 Hessen 440
070 Rheinland-Pfalz 600
080 Baden-Württemberg 740
090 Bayern 1 150
100 Saarland 80
110 Berlin —
112 Brandenburg 240
113 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 180
114 Sachsen 280
115 Sachsen-Anhalt 190
116 Thüringen 190
Total Germany 6 360'
((d)) the part concerning France is replaced by the following:
'
 FRANCE 
121 Île-de-France 170
131 Champagne-Ardenne 400
132 Picardie 300
133 Haute.Normandie 160
134 Centre 450
135 Basse-Normandie 220
136 Bourgogne 380
141 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 310
151 Lorraine 230
152 Alsace 180
153 Franche-Comté 230
162 Pays de la Loire 490
163 Bretagne 540
164 Poitou-Charentes 360
182 Aquitaine 500
183 Midi-Pyrénées 480
184 Limousin 200
192 Rhône-Alpes 450
193 Auvergne 360
201 Languedoc-Roussillon 400
203 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 360
204 Corse 150
Total France 7 320'
((e)) the part concerning Luxembourg is replaced by the following:
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350 LUXEMBOURG 360'
((f)) the part concerning Sweden is replaced by the following:
'
 SWEDEN 
710 Plains of Southern and Central Sweden 680
720 Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of Southern and Central Sweden 215
730 Areas of Northern Sweden 105
Total Sweden 1 000'
