Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 127/2005

of 30 September 2005

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 86/2005 of 10 June 2005 [1].

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 adapting and implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 and amending Commission Decision 2000/115/EC with a view to the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2005 and 2007 [2] is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the following indent shall be added in point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88):

- "— 32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26).";

2. the list in Appendix 1 shall be replaced with the list in the Annex to this Decision;

3. the adaptation text in point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88) shall be amended as follows:

(i) The following adaptation shall be added:

"(k) Liechtenstein is exempted from supplying the data required by this Regulation."

(ii) In adaptation (d) "and Liechtenstein" shall be deleted.

(iii) Adaptation (f) shall be deleted.

(iv) In adaptation (h) "Liechtenstein and" shall be deleted;

4. the following indent shall be added in point 23a (Commission Decision 2000/115/EC):

- "— 32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26).";

5. the adaptation text in point 23a (Commission Decision 2000/115/EC) shall be amended as follows:

(i) In adaptation (e "Liechtenstein 16 years" shall be deleted.

(ii) The following adaptation shall be added:

"(f) This Decision shall not apply to Liechtenstein.";

6. the following point shall be inserted after point 23a (Commission Decision 2000/115/EC):

"23b. 32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 adapting and implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 and amending Commission Decision 2000/115/EC with a view to the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2005 and 2007 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

The following shall be added in Article 4:

"The EFTA States shall communicate validated individual data from the farm structure surveys 2005 by 31 December 2006 and validated individual data from the farm structure surveys 2007 by 31 December 2008.

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.""

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 October 2005, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee [3].

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 30 September 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

HSH Prinz Nikolaus von Liechtenstein

[1] OJ L 268, 13.10.2005, p. 21.

[2] OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26.

[3] No constitutional requirements indicated.

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ANNEX

A. List of characteristics for 2005 and 2007 [1]

Explanatory notes: NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero, | | N | IS |

A.Geographical situation of the holding | | | |

1.Survey district | code | | |

(a)Municipality or subsurvey district [2] | code | | |

2.Less-favoured area [2] | Yes/no | NR | NR |

(a)Mountain area [2] | Yes/no | NR | NR |

3.Agricultural areas with environmental restrictions | Yes/no | NR | NR |

B.Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the survey) | | N | IS |

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 [3]? | Yes/no | | |

(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 | NS | NS |

(b)If the answer to question B/2 (a) is "yes", is the manager the spouse of the holder? | Yes/no | NS | NS |

3.Agricultural training of the managers (only practical agricultural experience, basic agricultural [4] | code | | |

C.Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system | | N | IS |

Agricultural area utilised: | | | |

1For owner farming | ha/a | | |

2.For tenant farming | ha/a | | |

3.For share farming or other modes | ha/a | NE | |

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 | | |

(d)The utilised agricultural area of the holding that are under conversion to organic farming production methods | ha/a | | |

(e)Is the holding applying organic production methods also to the animal production? | totally, partly, not at all | | |

(f)Direct investment aids to the holding in the framework of common agricultural policy during the last five years: | | | |

(i)Did the holding benefit directly from public aids within the framework of productive investments? [4] | Yes/no | NR | NR |

(ii)Did the holding benefit directly from public aids within the framework of rural development measures? [4] | Yes/no | NR | NR |

6.Destination of the holding's production: | | | |

(a)Does the household of the holder consume more than 50 % of the value of the final production of the holding? [4] | Yes/no | NS | NR |

(b)Do the direct sales to consumers account for more than 50 % of the total sales? [4] | Yes/no | NS | NR |

D.Arable land | | N | IS |

Cereals for the production of grain (including seed): | | | |

1.Common wheat and spelt | ha/a | | NE |

2.Durum wheat | ha/a | NE | NE |

3.Rye | ha/a | | NE |

4.Barley | ha/a | | |

5.Oats | ha/a | | NE |

6.Grain maize | ha/a | NE | NE |

7.Rice | ha/a | NE | NE |

8.Other cereals for the production of grain | ha/a | NS | NE |

9.Protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses) | ha/a | NS | NE |

of which: | | | |

(e)Peas, field beans and sweet lupines | ha/a | NS | NE |

(f)Lentils, chick peas and vetches | ha/a | NE | NE |

(g)Other protein crops harvested dry | ha/a | NE | NE |

10.Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) | ha/a | | |

11.Sugar beet (excluding seeds) | ha/a | NE | NE |

12.Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds) | ha/a | NS | NS |

Industrial plants: | | | |

23.Tobacco | ha/a | NE | NE |

24.Hops | ha/a | NE | NE |

25.Cotton | ha/a | NE | NE |

26.Rape and turnip rape | ha/a | | |

27.Sunflower | ha/a | NE | NE |

28.Soya | ha/a | NE | NE |

29.Linseed (oil flax) | ha/a | NE | NE |

30.Other oil seed crops | ha/a | NE | ME |

31.Flax | ha/a | NE | NE |

32.Hemp | ha/a | NE | NE |

33.Other textile crops | ha/a | NE | NE |

34.Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants | ha/a | NS | NS |

35.Industrial plants, not mentioned elsewhere | ha/a | NE | NE |

Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries : | | | |

14.Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover | ha/a | | |

of which : | | | |

(a)open field | ha/a | | |

(b)market gardening | ha/a | | |

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 | | |

(b)other green fodder | ha/a | | |

of which: | | | |

(i)green maize (maize for silage) | ha/a | NS | NS |

(iii)other forage plants | ha/a | | |

19.Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables, potatoes and oil-seed plants) | ha/a | | |

20.Other arable land crops | ha/a | | |

21.Fallow land without any subsidies | ha/a | | |

22.Fallow land subject to set-aside incentive schemes with no economic use | ha/a | NR | NR |

E.Kitchen gardens | ha/a | NS | NS |

F.Permanent grassland and meadow | | N | IS |

1.Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazing | ha/a | | |

2.Rough grazing | ha/a | | |

G.Permanent crops | | N | IS |

1.Fruit and berry plantations | ha/a | | |

(a)fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones [5] | ha/a | | |

(b)fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones | ha/a | NE | NE |

(c)nuts | ha/a | NE | NE |

2.Citrus plantations | ha/a | NE | NE |

3.Olive plantations | ha/a | NE | NE |

(a)normally producing table olives | ha/a | NE | NE |

(b)normally producing olives for oil production | ha/a | NE | NE |

4.Vineyards | ha/a | NE | NE |

of which normally producing: | | | |

(a)quality wine | ha/a | NE | NE |

(b)other wines | ha/a | NE | NE |

(c)table grapes | ha/a | NE | NE |

(d)raisins | ha/a | NE | NE |

5.Nurseries | ha/a | NS | NS |

6.Other permanent crops | ha/a | NE | NE |

7.Permanent crops under glass | ha/a | NE | NE |

H.Other land | | N | IS |

1.Non-utilised 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 [6] | ha/a | | |

3.Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) [7] | ha/a | | |

I.Successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation and set-aside of arable land | | N | IS |

1.Successive secondary crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops under glass) [8] | ha/a | NE | NE |

2.Mushrooms | ha/a | NS | NS |

3.Irrigated area | | | |

(a)total irrigable area | ha/a | | NR |

(b)cultivated area irrigated | ha/a | NS | NR |

4.Area subject to set-aside incentive schemes broken down by : | ha/a | NR | NR |

(a)fallow land with no economic use (already recorded under D/22) | ha/a | NR | NR |

(b)areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for non-food purposes (e.g. sugar beet, rape, non-forestry trees and bushes etc., including lentils, chick peas and vetches; already recorded under D and G) | ha/a | NR | NR |

(c)areas converted into permanent pasture and meadow (already recorded under F/1 and F/2) [4] | ha/a | NR | NR |

(d)former agricultural areas converted into wooded area or being prepared for afforestation (already recorded under H/2) [9] | ha/a | NR | NR |

(e)other areas (already recorded under H/1 and H/3) [9] | ha/a | NR | NR |

J.Livestock (on the reference day of the survey) | | N | IS |

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 | | |

(a)goats, breeding females | Number of heads | | |

(b)other goats | Number of heads | | |

Pigs: | | | |

11.Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kg | Number of heads | | |

12.Breeding sows weighing 50 kg and over | Number of heads | | |

13.Other pigs | Number of heads | | |

Poultry: | | | |

14.Broilers | Number of heads | | |

15.Laying hens [10] | Number of heads | | |

16.Other poultry | Number of heads | NS | NS |

of which | | | |

(a)turkeys | Number of heads | NS | NS |

(b)ducks | Number of heads | NS | NS |

(c)geese | Number of heads | NS | NS |

(d)other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere | Number of heads | NE | NE |

17.Rabbits, breeding females | Number of heads | NS | NS |

18.Bees | Number of hives | NS | NE |

19. Livestock, not mentioned elsewhere | yes/no | NS | NS |

K.Tractors, cultivators, machinery and equipment | | N | IS |

(1)On day of survey, belonging exclusively to the holding | | | |

1.Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers by power rating (kW) [4] | Number | | |

(a)< 40 [11] | Number | | |

(b)40 to < 60 [11] | Number | | |

(c)60 to < 100 [11] | Number | | |

(d)100 and more [11] | Number | | |

2.Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers [4] | Number | NS | NS |

3.Combine harvesters [4] | Number | | |

9.Other fully mechanised harvesters [4] | Number | | |

10.Irrigation equipment [4] | yes/no | | NE |

(a)if yes, is the equipment mobile [4] | yes/no | | NE |

(b)if yes, is the equipment fixed [4] | yes/no | NS | NE |

(2)Machinery used in the last 12 months, used by several holdings (belonging to another holding, to a co-operative or owned jointly with other holdings) or belonging to a service supply agency | | | |

1.Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers by power rating (kW) [4] | yes/no | | |

2.Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers [4] | yes/no | NS | NS |

3.Combine harvesters [4] | yes/no | | |

9.Other fully mechanised harvesters [4] | yes/no | | |

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 holderLegal persons | | | |

The following information is recorded for each natural person mentioned above: | | N | IS |

The gender | | | |

The age according to the following age classes: | | | |

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over | | | |

The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: | | | |

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

1(a)ManagersIn 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: | | N | IS |

The gender | | | |

The age according to the following age classes: | | | |

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over | | | |

The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: | | | |

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

2.Spouses of holdersIn 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: | | N | IS |

The gender | | | |

The age according to the following age classes: | | | |

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over | | | |

The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: | | | |

0 %, > 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 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: | | N | IS |

The age according to the following age classes: | | | |

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over [4] | | | |

The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: | | | |

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 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/1a, L/2 and L/3) | | | |

4(b)Non-family labour regularly employed: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1a, 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 | | N | IS |

The age according to the following age classes: | | | |

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over, [4] | | | |

The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification: | | | |

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker | | N | IS |

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) [12] | Number of days | N | IS |

M.Rural development | | | |

Other gainful activities on the holding (other than agriculture), directly related to the holding | | | |

(a)tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities | Yes/no | | |

(b)handicraft | Yes/no | NS | |

(c)processing of farm products | Yes/no | NS | NE |

(d)wood processing (e.g. sawing, etc.) | Yes/no | | NS |

(e)aquaculture | Yes/no | NS | |

(f)renewable energy production (wind energy, straw burning, etc.) | Yes/no | NS | NE |

(g)contractual work (using equipment of the holding) | Yes/no | | |

(h)other | Yes/no | | |

[1] Note to the reader: the numbering of the characteristics is a consequence of the long history of the structure surveys and cannot be changed without repercussion on comparability between surveys.

[2] The provision of information on less-favoured area (A2) and mountain area (A2a) is optional in case the municipality code (A1a) is sent for each holding. In case the municipality code (A1a) is not provided for the holding, the information on less-favoured area (A2) and mountain area (A2a) is obligatory.

[3] Voluntary information.

[4] Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

[5] Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria may include item G/1 (c) "nuts" under this heading.

[6] In Norway, this item comprises productive forest area.

[7] In Norway, this item comprises woodland other than productive forest area.

[8] Voluntary information.

[9] Germany may merge headings 8(c), 8(d) and 8(e).

[10] In Norway, breeding cocks are excluded from this item.

[11] Optional in the 2005 survey. Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

[12] Optional for Member States that are able to provide an overall estimate for this characteristic at regional level.

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