31968R1696

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No L 266/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.10.68

REGULATION (EEC) No 1696/68 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 October 1968 amending Regulation No 91/66/EEC concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ value, and it is therefore appropriate to establish a MUNITIES , list of Community weighting coefficients to be applied systematically in all divisions; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the measures prescribed in this Regulation Economic Community ; are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network; Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC1 of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collec­ tion of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, in order that the categories of holding in each division may be determined in a uniform man­ ner, in accordance with the scheme of classification set out in Annex II to Commission Regulation Article 1 No 91 /66/EEC2 of 29 June 1966 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of Article 2 of Regulation No 91/66/EEC shall be determining incomes of agricultural holdings, it is amplified by the addition of the following paragraph : necessary that type of farming be determined by reference to the concept of standard gross pro­ 'The Regional Committee shall determine type duction ; whereas Article 2 of that Regulation should of farming by reference to standard gross pro­ be amended accordingly; duction. For this purpose it shall apply, both to crop areas (excluding the forage crops listed at item 53 in Annex I) and to livestock numbers (ex­ Whereas the only data comparable and currently cluding draught animals), the coefficients set out available at Community level capable of being used in Annex VII.' for determining the standard gross production of a holding are, on the one hand, the area of each crop and, on the other, the number of animals for Article 2 each category of livestock; For footnote ( 1 ) in Annex II to Regulation No 91 /66/ Whereas to determine standard gross production EEC there shall be substituted the following: from such data each item must first be weighted on the basis of its average Community gross production 'Roman numerals indicate main type of farming; letters indicate specific type; fractions, which refer to the proportion of standard gross pro­ duction, represent class boundaries . The symbol "<?' means "less than"; "<" means "less than or 1 OJ No 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. 2 OJ No 121 , 4.7.1966, p. 2249/66. equal to"; means "greater than".'

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Article 3 Article 4 The Annex VII annexed to this Regulation shall be This Regulation shall enter into force on the third added to Regulation No 91 /66/EEC. Jay following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels , 28 October 1968 . For the Commission • The President Jean REY

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ANNEX Vll

Community coefficients to be applied in determining type of farming

Crops and livestock Unit Coefficient I. CROPS Wheat 1 ha 1-00 Rye 1 ha 0-90 Barley ' 1 ha 0*85 Oats 1 ha 0-73 Maize 1 ha ' 1-00 Rice 1 ha 1-59 Other cereals 1 ha 0*82 Dry pulses 1 ha 0-67 Potatoes 1 ha 2-27 Sugar beet 1 ha 2-27 Other roots and tubers 1 ha 1*45 Oilseed plants 1 ha 1-09' Fibre plants • 1 ha 1-36 Hops • 1 ha 13-60 Tobacco 1 ha 6-36 Other industrial crops 1 ha 4*45

Fresh vegetables, melons , strawberries : — field-scale crop 1 ha 4-55 — intensive outdoor horticultural crop 1 ha 9-09^ — glasshouse crop 1 ha 36-00

Flowers and ornamental plants : — outdoor grown 1 ha 55-00 — under glass 1 ha 164-00 Horticultural seeds 1 ha 16-80 Other seed crops 1 ha 1-36 Other arable crops » 1 ha 1-00' Fallows 1 ha 0-00 Orchards 1 ha 7-09 Citrus fruit groves 1 ha 5-27 Olive groves 1 ha 1-27 Vines 1 ha 2-73 Berry crops 1 ha 4-18 Nurseries 1 ha . 10-40 Other permanent crops 1 ha 0-34 Permanent crops under glass 1 ha 51-00

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II . LIVESTOCK Horses etc.: Unit Coefficient draught horses other horses under 2 years old 1 horse1 0-55 other horses 2 years old and over mules, hinnies asses Cattle under 1 year : for fattening 1 animal 0-44 for breeding Cattle 1 year old and under 2 : for fattening 1 animal1 0-58 for breeding 1 animal 1 0-48 Cattle 2 years old and over : heifers 1 heifer1 0-48 cows exclusively for the production of milk 1 cow1 1-26 nurse cows 1 cow1 0-57 milk and draught cows cattle for work only cattle for fattening 1 animal 1 0-58 bulls for service 1 bull1 1-09 buffalo 1 buffalo1 0-68 Sheep : under 1 year old 10 sheep1 0-85 1 year old and over Goats : under 1 year old 10 goats1 1-00 1 year old and over Pigs : piglets store pigs 1 pig1 0-50 pigs for fattening sows and gilts 1 sow or gilt1 0-85 boars .1 boar1 i 0-55 Poultry : chicks, cockerels and pullets hens and cocks 100 hens1 2-57 table fowls 100 fowls1 1-05 other poultry 100 other1 1-32 poultry * Not taken into account in determining standard gross production . ** The coefficient for sows and gilts takes piglets into account. *** Not taken into account. 1 Present on holding over twelve-month period .