
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 715/2014 of 26 June 2014 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards the list of characteristics to be collected in the farm structure survey 2016 (Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 provides for a programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings up to 2016.

(2) There is a need to collect data for monitoring the implementation of measures associated with the revision of the common agricultural policy after 2013. Additionally, there is a need to collect data for monitoring the implementation of measures associated with rural development.

(3) There is a lack of statistical information on the use of nutrients, irrigation and agricultural production methods linked with structural data at the level of individual holdings. Therefore it is necessary to improve the collection of information on nutrient and water use and agricultural production methods on agricultural holdings; to provide additional statistics for the development of agri-environmental policy; and to improve the quality of agri-environmental indicators.

(4) The amendment of the list of characteristics is based on the principle that the overall burden will remain balanced, as those variables which are obsolete due to changes in related legislation or variables omitted in 2016 on an one-off basis are dropped while others are added, mainly due to growing and changing needs for agricultural statistical information linked to the new common agricultural policy towards 2020, notably with regard to the enhancement of its environmental performance and the related agro-environmental information needed, considering also that the level of EU financial contribution to the survey remains constant.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 26 June 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


‘ANNEX III 

List of farm structure survey characteristics for 2016CHARACTERISTICS UNITS/CATEGORIES
I. General characteristics
 – Location of the holding
 
 – – NUTS 3 region
 NUTS 3 code
 – – Is the holding in a Less Favoured Area (LFA)?
 L/M/N
 – Legal personality of the holding
 
 – – Is the holding a common land unit?
 Yes/No
 – – Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by:
 
 – – – a natural person who is a sole holder, where the holding is independent?
 Yes/No
 – – – – If the answer to the previous question is “yes”, is this person (the holder) also the manager?
 Yes/No
 – – – – – If this person is not the manager, is the manager a member of the holder's family?
 Yes/No
 – – – – – If the manager is a member of the holder's family, is the manager the spouse of the holder?
 Yes/No
 – – – one or more natural persons who is/are a partner, where the holding is a group holding?
 Yes/No
 – – – a legal person?
 Yes/No
 – Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system
 
 – – Utilised agricultural area:
 
 – – – For owner farming
 ha
 – – – For tenant farming
 ha
 – – – For share farming or other modes
 ha
 – – – Common land
 ha
 – Organic farming
 
 – – Is organic farming practiced on the holding?
 Yes/No
 – – Details
 
 – – – Total utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming production methods are applied and certified according to national or European Union rules
 ha
 – – – Total utilised agricultural area of the holding that is under conversion to organic farming production methods to be certified according to national or European Union rules
 ha
 – – – Area of the holding on which organic farming production methods according to national or European Union rules are either applied and certified or under conversion to be certified:
 
 – – – – Cereals for the production of grain (including seed)
 ha
 – – – – Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)
 ha
 – – – – Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)
 ha
 – – – – Sugar beet (excluding seed)
 ha
 – – – – Oil seed crops
 ha
 – – – – Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries
 ha
 – – – – Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings
 ha
 – – – – Fruit and berry plantations
 ha
 – – – – Citrus plantations
 ha
 – – – – Olive plantations
 ha
 – – – – Vineyards
 ha
 – – – – Other crops (fibre crops, etc.) including rough grazings
 ha
 – – – Organic production methods applied to animal production and certified according to national or European Union rules:
 
 – – – – Bovine animals
 Head
 – – – – Pigs
 Head
 – – – – Sheep and goats
 Head
 – – – – Poultry
 Head
 – – – – Other animals
 Yes/No
 – – Destination of the holding's production:
 
 – – – Household consumes more than 50 % of the value of the final production of the holding
 Yes/No
 – – – Direct sale to final consumers represents more than 50 % of the total sales of the holding
 Yes/No
II. Land
 – Arable land
 
 – – Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):
 
 – – – Common wheat and spelt
 ha
 – – – Durum wheat
 ha
 – – – Rye
 ha
 – – – Barley
 ha
 – – – Oats
 ha
 – – – Grain maize
 ha
 – – – Rice
 ha
 – – – Other cereals for the production of grain
 ha
 – – Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)
 ha
 – – – of which peas, field beans and sweet lupins
 ha
 – – Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)
 ha
 – – Sugar beet (excluding seed)
 ha
 – – Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seed)
 ha
 – – Industrial crops:
 
 – – – Tobacco
 ha
 – – – Hops
 ha
 – – – Cotton
 ha
 – – – Rape and turnip rape
 ha
 – – – Sunflower
 ha
 – – – Soya
 ha
 – – – Linseed (oil flax)
 ha
 – – – Other oil seed crops
 ha
 – – – Flax
 ha
 – – – Hemp
 ha
 – – – Other fibre crops
 ha
 – – – Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants
 ha
 – – – Other industrial crops not mentioned elsewhere
 ha
 – – Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries of which:
 
 – – – Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover
 ha
 – – – – Open field
 ha
 – – – – Market gardening
 ha
 – – – Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover
 ha
 – – Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):
 
 – – – Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover
 ha
 – – – Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover
 ha
 – – Plants harvested green:
 
 – – – Temporary grass
 ha
 – – – Other plants harvested green:
 
 – – – – Green maize
 ha
 – – – – Leguminous plants
 ha
 – – – – Other plants harvested green not mentioned elsewhere
 ha
 – – Arable land seed and seedlings
 ha
 – – Other arable land crops
 ha
 – – Fallow land
 ha
 – Kitchen gardens
 ha
 – Permanent grassland
 ha
 – – Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings
 ha
 – – Rough grazings
 ha
 – – Permanent grassland no longer used for production purposes and eligible for the payment of subsidies
 ha
 – Permanent crops
 
 – – Fruit and berry plantations
 ha
 – – – Fruit species, of which:
 ha
 – – – – Fruit of temperate climate zones
 ha
 – – – – Fruit of subtropical climate zones
 ha
 – – – Berry species
 ha
 – – – Nuts
 ha
 – – Citrus plantations
 ha
 – – Olive plantations
 ha
 – – – Normally producing table olives
 ha
 – – – Normally producing olives for oil production
 ha
 – – Vineyards, of which normally producing:
 ha
 – – – Quality wine
 ha
 – – – Other wines
 ha
 – – – Table grapes
 ha
 – – – Raisins
 ha
 – – Nurseries
 ha
 – – Other permanent crops
 ha
 – – Permanent crops under glass
 ha
 – Other land
 
 – – Unutilised agricultural land
 ha
 – – Wooded area
 ha
 – – – of which short rotation coppices
 ha
 – – Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.)
 ha
 – Mushrooms
 ha
 – Energy crops
 ha
 – Irrigation
 
 – – Irrigated area
 
 – – – Total irrigable area
 ha
 – – – Total cultivated area irrigated at least once during the previous 12 months
 ha
 – – Irrigation methods employed
 
 – – – Surface irrigation (flooding, furrows)
 Yes/No
 – – – Sprinkler irrigation
 Yes/No
 – – – Drop irrigation
 Yes/No
 – – Source of irrigation water used on the holding
 
 – – – On-farm ground water
 Yes/No
 – – – On-farm surface water (ponds or dams)
 Yes/No
 – – – Off-farm surface water from lakes, rivers or watercourses
 Yes/No
 – – – Off-farm water from common water supply networks
 Yes/No
 – – – Other sources
 Yes/No
III. Livestock
 – Equidae
 Head
 – Bovine animals:
 
 – – Bovine animals, under one year old, male and female
 Head
 – – Bovine animals, one but less than two years old, male
 Head
 – – Bovine animals, one but less than two years old, female
 Head
 – – Male bovine animals, two years old and over
 Head
 – – Heifers, two years old and over
 Head
 – – Dairy cows
 Head
 – – Other cows
 Head
 – Sheep and goats:
 
 – – Sheep (all ages)
 Head
 – – – Breeding females
 Head
 – – – Other sheep
 Head
 – – Goats (all ages)
 Head
 – – – Breeding females
 Head
 – – – Other goats
 Head
 – Pigs:
 
 – – Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilograms
 Head
 – – Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over
 Head
 – – Other pigs
 Head
 – Poultry:
 
 – – Broilers
 Head
 – – Laying hens
 Head
 – – Other poultry:
 Head
 – – – Turkeys
 Head
 – – – Ducks
 Head
 – – – Geese
 Head
 – – – Ostriches
 Head
 – – – Other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere
 Head
 – Rabbits, breeding females
 Head
 – Bees
 Hives
 – Livestock not mentioned elsewhere
 Yes/No
IV. Labour force
 IV.(i) Farm work on the holding

 – Holder
 
 – – Gender
 Male/Female
 – – Age
 Age bands
 – – Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)
 AWU % band 1
 – Manager
 
 – – Gender
 Male/Female
 – – Age
 Age bands
 – – Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)
 AWU % band 2
 – Training of manager
 
 – – Agricultural training of manager
 Training codes
 – – Vocational training undertaken by the manager during the last 12 months
 Yes/No
 – Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding: male
 
 – – Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)
 AWU % band 2
 – Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding: female
 
 – – Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)
 AWU % band 2
 – Non-family labour regularly employed: male
 
 – – Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)
 AWU % band 2
 – Non-family labour regularly employed: female
 
 – – Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)
 AWU % band 2
 – Non-family labour employed on a non-regular basis: male and female
 Full-time working days
 IV.(ii) Other gainful activities: Non-farm work on the holding (not directly related to the holding) and work outside the holding

 – Other gainful activities of the holder who is also the manager:
 M/S/N
 – Other gainful activities of the other members of the sole holder's family: main activity
 Number of persons
 – Other gainful activities of the other members of the sole holder's family: secondary activity
 Number of persons
V. Other gainful activities of the holding (directly related to the holding)
 V.(i) List of other gainful activities

 – Provision of health, social or educational services
 Yes/No
 – Tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities
 Yes/No
 – Handicraft
 Yes/No
 – Processing of farm products
 Yes/No
 – Production of renewable energy
 Yes/No
 – Wood processing (e.g. sawing)
 Yes/No
 – Aquaculture
 Yes/No
 – Contractual work (using production means of the holding)
 
 – – Agricultural (for other holdings)
 Yes/No
 – – Non-agricultural
 Yes/No
 – Forestry
 Yes/No
 – Other
 Yes/No
 – Who is involved?
 
 – – Holder who is also the manager
 M/S/N
 – – Other members of the sole holder's family, as their main activity
 Number of persons
 – – Other members of the sole holder's family, as their secondary activity
 Number of persons
 – – Non-family members regularly working on the holding, as their main activity
 Number of persons
 – – Non-family members regularly working on the holding, as their secondary activity
 Number of persons
 V.(ii) Importance of the other gainful activities directly related to the holding

 – Percentage of the final output of the holding
 Percentage bands
VI. Support for rural development
 – Holding benefited from one of the rural development measures during the last 3 years
 Yes/No
 – – Participation of farmers in food quality schemes
 Yes/No
 – – Payments linked to Natura 2000 and the Water Framework Directive
 Yes/No
 – – Agri-environment payments — climate payments
 Yes/No
 – – Organic farming
 Yes/No
 – – Animal welfare payments
 Yes/No
 – – Investments in physical assets
 Yes/No
 – – Prevention and restoration of damage to agricultural production potential by natural disasters and catastrophic events
 Yes/No
 – – Farm and business development
 Yes/No
 – – Investments in forest area development and viability of forests
 Yes/No
 – – Afforestation and creation of woodland
 Yes/No
 – – Establishment of agro-forestry systems
 Yes/No
 – – Prevention and restoration of damage to forests
 Yes/No
 – – Investments improving resilience and environmental value of forests
 Yes/No
 – – Investments in forestry technologies and in processing in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products
 Yes/No
 – – Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints
 Yes/No
 – – Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation
 Yes/No
 – – Risk management
 Yes/No
VII. Soil and manure management practices applied in agricultural holdings
 – Tillage methods on outdoor arable land
 
 – – Conventional tillage
 ha
 – – Conservation tillage
 ha
 – – Zero tillage (excluding outdoor arable land areas which are covered by multi-annual plants)
 ha
 – Soil cover on outdoor arable land
 
 – – Normal winter crop
 ha
 – – Cover crop or intermediate crop
 ha
 – – Plant residues
 ha
 – – Bare soil
 ha
 – – Outdoor arable land areas which are covered by multi-annual plants
 ha
 – Crop rotation on arable land
 
 – – Share of arable land included in crop rotation
 AA % band
 – Ecological focus area –total area of field margins, buffer strips, hedges, trees, fallow land, biotopes, afforested area and landscape features
 ha
 – Manure application techniques
 
 – – Broadcast
 
 – – – No incorporation
 Manure % band
 – – – Incorporation within 4 hours
 Manure % band
 – – – Incorporation after 4 hours
 Manure % band
 – – Bandspread
 
 – – – Trailing hose
 Manure % band
 – – – Trailing shoe
 Manure % band
 – – Injection
 
 – – – Shallow/open-slot
 Manure % band
 – – – Deep/closed-slot
 Manure % band
 – Manure import/export from the holding
 
 – – The total produced manure exported from the holding
 Tonnes
 – – Manure imported to the holding
 Tonnes

















