
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1470/2007 of 13 December 2007 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 particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 fixes the number of returning holdings per division.

(2) Taking into account the changes in the Italian agricultural structures and the use of improved statistical methodologies for defining the number of holdings to be selected by region, type of farming and economic size class, the number of returning holdings per division in Italy should be adjusted so that the sample may better represent all the farm types present in the field of observation.

(3) Taking into account the changes in the Polish agricultural structures and the use of an increased number of types of farming used for stratification of the field of observation, the number of returning holdings per division in Poland should be adjusted so that the sample better represents all farm types present in the field of observation.

(4) Following the merging of the divisions ‘Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral’ and ‘Trás-os-montes e Beira Interior’ into one division ‘Norte e Centro’ by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1469/2007 of 13 December 2007 amending the Annex to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions, the number of returning holdings per division in Portugal should be adjusted.

(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 
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 2008 accounting year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

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

((1)) The part concerning Italy is replaced by the following:

Reference number Name of division Number of returning holdings
‘ITALY
221 Valle d’Aosta 197
222 Piemonte 619
230 Lombardia 710
241 Trentino 388
242 Alto Adige 405
243 Veneto 907
244 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 735
250 Liguria 508
260 Emilia-Romagna 1 166
270 Toscana 956
281 Marche 601
282 Umbria 498
291 Lazio 528
292 Abruzzo 504
301 Molise 354
302 Campania 478
303 Calabria 346
311 Puglia 453
312 Basilicata 450
320 Sicilia 470
330 Sardegna 413
 Total Italy 11 686’
((2)) The part concerning Poland is replaced by the following:

Reference number Name of division Number of returning holdings
‘POLAND
785 Pomorze and Mazury 1 870
790 Wielkopolska and Śląsk 4 470
795 Mazowsze and Podlasie 4 460
800 Małopolska and Pogórze 1 300
 Total Poland 12 100’
((3)) The part concerning Portugal is replaced by the following:

Reference number Name of division Number of returning holdings
‘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’
