Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/220 of 3 February 2015 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Union

CHAPTER 1 FIELD OF SURVEY AND SELECTION PLAN

Article 1

Threshold of economic size

The thresholds of economic size as referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Number of returning holdings

The number of returning holdings per Member State and per Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) division as referred to in Article 5a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 is set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Selection plan

Finland and Croatia may revise the respective selection plans they notified for the accounting year 2016. They shall notify their respective revised selection plans for that accounting year to the Commission by 31 March 2016.

Bulgaria, Denmark and Austria shall revise the respective selection plans they notified for the accounting year 2017. They shall notify their respective revised selection plans for that accounting year to the Commission by 31 March 2017.

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Finland shall revise the respective selection plans they notified for the accounting year 2018. They shall notify the Commission of their respective revised selection plans for that accounting year by 31 March 2018.

CHAPTER 2 UNION TYPOLOGY FOR AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS

Article 4

Particular types of farming specialisations

The methods for the calculation of particular types of farming specialisations as referred to in Article 5b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 and their correspondence with general and principal types of farming as referred to in that Article are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 5

Economic size of the holding

The method for the calculation of the economic size of the holding as referred to in Article 5b(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 and the economic size classes as referred to in Article 5b(1) of that Regulation are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

Article 6

Standard output coefficient and total standard output of a holding

The standard output coefficient of the different characteristics of a holding as referred to in Article 5b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be determined for the crop and livestock variables listed in Part B.I of Annex IV to this Regulation and for each geographical unit referred to in point 2(b) of Annex VI to this Regulation.

Article 7

Other gainful activities directly related to the holding

The other gainful activities directly related to the holding as referred to in Article 5b(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 are defined in Part A of Annex VII to this Regulation. Their importance shall be expressed as a percentage band. Those percentage bands are set out in Part C of Annex VII to this Regulation.

The method by which the importance of the gainful activities referred to in the first paragraph is estimated is set out in Parts B and C of Annex VII to this Regulation.

Article 8

Notification of standard outputs and data for their determination

CHAPTER 3 FARM RETURN AND DATA DELIVERY TO THE COMMISSION

Article 9

The form and layout of the farm return

The form and layout of presentation of the accountancy data referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 as well as the instructions related thereto are laid down in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Article 10

The methods and deadlines for data transmission to the Commission

However, Germany may submit the farm returns to the Commission within 15 weeks after the deadline referred to in the first subparagraph.

CHAPTER 4 STANDARD FEE

Article 11

Duly completed farm returns

For the purposes of Article 19(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 a farm return is duly completed when its content is factually accurate and the accountancy data contained therein are recorded and presented in accordance with the form and layout set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Accountancy offices and administrative departments carrying out duties of accountancy offices shall be responsible for the due and timely completion of the farm returns so that they can be submitted by liaison agencies within the deadlines referred to in Article 14(3) and (4) of this Regulation.

Article 12

Eligible number of farm returns

The total number of duly completed and submitted farm returns per Member State as referred to in Article 5a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 that are eligible for the payment of the standard fee shall not exceed the total number of returning holdings laid down for that Member State in Annex II to this Regulation.

Where Member States have more than one FADN division, the number of duly completed and submitted farm returns per FADN division that are eligible for payment of the standard fee may be up to 20 % higher than the number laid down for the FADN division concerned, provided that the total number of duly completed and submitted farm returns of the Member State concerned shall not be higher than the total number laid down for that Member State in Annex II to this Regulation.

However, farm returns from a FADN division with a higher number of submitted farm returns than laid down for that FADN division in Annex II shall not be considered as eligible for the payment of the standard fee in a FADN division for which less than 80 % of the required number of returning holdings is submitted by the Member State.

Article 13

Payment of the standard fee

The total amount of the standard fee referred to in Article 19(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be paid in two instalments:

• (a) a payment corresponding to 50 % of the total amount calculated on the basis of the amount fixed in the first paragraph of Article 14 of this Regulation shall be made at the beginning of each accounting year for the number of returning holdings laid down in Annex II to this Regulation;

• (b) the remaining amount shall be paid after the submitted farm returns have been verified by the Commission as being duly completed.

The remaining amount referred to in point (b) of the first paragraph of this Article shall be calculated by multiplying the standard fee per farm return calculated on the basis of Article 14 of this Regulation by the number of duly completed farm returns that are eligible pursuant to Article 12 of this Regulation and by subtracting the payment referred to in point (a) of the first paragraph of this Article.

The standard fee shall contribute to the costs of due completion of the farm returns and of improvements of data delivery timings, processes, systems, procedures and overall quality of the farm returns, in particular by the accountancy offices and by administrative departments carrying out duties of accountancy offices in this respect.

The standard fee paid to the Member States for the eligible number of duly completed farm returns transferred to the Commission shall become the resources of the Member State and no longer of the Union.

Covering the costs in respect of the setting up and operation of the National Committee, Regional Committees and liaison agencies shall be under the responsibility of the Member States.

Article 14

Amount of the standard fee

CHAPTER 5 TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 15

Repeals

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 283/2012 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 730/2013 are repealed with effect from 1 January 2015.

However, they shall continue to apply to accounting years preceding the accounting year 2015.

Article 16

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from the accounting year 2015.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

THRESHOLD OF ECONOMIC SIZE FOR THE FIELD OF SURVEY (ARTICLE 1)

ANNEX II

NUMBER OF RETURNING HOLDINGS (ARTICLE 2)

ANNEX III

MODELS AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SELECTION PLAN (ARTICLE 3(1))

The data referred to in Article 5a(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be notified to the Commission on the basis of the following structure:

A. FACT-SHEET

B. SELECTION PLAN TABLES

Details on the reference population and on the sample designed for the related accounting year shall be provided on the basis of the models of the following tables which are integral part of the selection plan documentation.

Table 1  Clustering rules applied for EU FADN sample farm selection

Table structure

Table 2  Coverage of the sample

Table structure

Table 3  Distribution of farms in the population

Table structure

Table 4  Selection plan

Table structure

ANNEX IV

PARTICULAR TYPES OF FARMING SPECIALISATIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL AND PRINCIPAL TYPES OF FARMING (ARTICLE 4)

The following definitions apply:

• (a) Standard output (SO) is the standard value of gross production. The SO is used for classifying farms according to the Union farm typology (in which the type of farming is defined by main production activities) and for determining economic farm size.

• (b) Standard output coefficient (SOC) is the average monetary value of gross production of each agricultural variable referred to in Article 6(1), corresponding to the average situation in a given region, per unit of production. SOCs are calculated at farm-gate price, in euro per hectare of crop or euro per head of livestock (exceptions apply for mushrooms in euro per 100 m², poultry in euro per 100 heads and bees in euro per hive). VAT, taxes and subsidies are not included in the farm-gate price. SOCs are updated at least every time a European survey on the structure of agricultural holdings is conducted.

• (c) Total SO of a holding is the sum of the individual production units of a specific holding multiplied by their respective SOC.

A. PARTICULAR TYPES OF FARMING SPECIALISATION

The particular types of farming specialisation are defined by two features:

• (a) The nature of the variables concerned The variables refer to the relevant list of variables surveyed in the IFS data collections: they are indicated by using the codes presented in the table of correspondence in Part B.I of this Annex or by a code regrouping several of those variables as set out in Part B.II of this Annex ([^E0001]).

• (b) The conditions determining the class limits Unless otherwise indicated, these conditions are expressed as fractions of the total SO of the holding.

All conditions indicated for particular types of farming specialisation have to be met cumulatively in order for the holding to be classified under the related particular type of farming specialisation.

Specialist holdings – crop products

Specialist holdings — Animal production

Mixed holdings

Non-classified holdings

B. TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND REGROUPING CODES

• I.Correspondence between the headings of the 2020 Union survey on integrated farm statistics ('IFS') referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1874 or more recent legislation, the headings to be collected for the SOC 2017 and the farm return of the FADN

• II.Codes regrouping several variables included in IFS 2020:

• P45. Bovine, dairy = SO_CLVS001 (Bovine animals less than 1 year old) + SO_CLVS004 (Heifers, 1 to less than 2 years old) + SO_CLVS007 (Heifers 2 years old and over) + SO_CLVS009 (Dairy cows) + SO_CLVS011 (Buffalo-cows)

• P46. Bovine = P45 (Bovine, dairy) + SO_CLVS003 (Male bovine animals, 1 to less than 2 years old) + SO_CLVS005 (Male bovine animals, 2 years old and over) + SO_CLVS010 (Non-dairy cows)

• GL Grazing livestock = P46 (Bovine) + SO_CLVS013 (Breeding female sheep) + SO_CLVS014 (Other sheep) + SO_CLVS016 (Breeding female goats) + SO_CLVS017 (Other goats)

• If GL = 0 THEN

• FCP1 Forage for sale = SO_CLND019 (Other root crops n.e.c) + SO_CLND037 (Plants harvested green from arable land) + SO_CLND051 (Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings) + SO_CLND052 (Rough grazings)

• If GL > 0 THEN

• P151. Cereals excluding rice = SO_CLND004 (Common wheat and spelt) + SO_CLND005 (Durum wheat) + SO_CLND006 (Rye and winter cereal mixtures (maslin)) + SO_CLND007 (Barley) + SO_CLND008 (Oats and spring cereal mixtures (mixed grain other than maslin)) + SO_CLND009 (Grain maize and corn-cob mix) + SO_CLND010_011_012 (Triticale, sorghum and other cereals n.e.c. (buckwheat, millet, canary seed, etc.))

• P15. Cereals = P151 (cereals without rice) + SO_CLND013 (Rice)

• P16. Oilseeds = SO_CLND022 (Rape and turnip rape seeds) + SO_CLND023 (Sunflower seed) + SO_CLND024 (Soya) + SO_CLND025 (Oil flax (Linseed)) + SO_CLND026 (Other oilseed crops n.e.c.)

• P51. Pigs = SO_CLVS018 (Piglets, live weight of under 20 kg) + SO_CLVS019 (Breeding sows, live weight 50 kg and over) + SO_CLVS020 (Other pigs)

• P52. Poultry = SO_CLVS021 (Broilers) + SO_CLVS022 (Laying hens) + SO_CLVS023 (Other poultry)

• P1. General cropping = P15 (Cereals) + SO_CLND014 (Dry pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)) + SO_CLND017 (Potatoes (including seed potatoes)) + SO_CLND018 (Sugar beet (excluding seed)) + SO_CLND032 (Tobacco) + SO_CLND033 (Hops) + SO_CLND030 (Cotton) + P16 (oilseeds) + SO_CLND028 (Fibre flax) + SO_CLND029 (Hemp) + SO_CLND031 (Other fibre crops n.e.c.) + SO_CLND034 (Aromatic, medicinal and culinary plants) + SO_CLND035_036 (Energy and other industrial crops n.e.c.) + SO_CLND045 (Fresh vegetables (including melons) and strawberries - Open field)) + SO_CLND047 (Seeds and seedlings) + SO_CLND048_083 (Other arable land crops n.e.c., including under glass or high accessible cover) + SO_CLND049 (Fallow land) + FCP1 (Forage for sale)

• P2. Horticulture = SO_CLND044 (Fresh vegetables (including melons) and strawberries - Market gardening)) + SO_CLND081 (Fresh vegetables (including melons) and strawberries under glass or high accessible cover) + SO_CLND046 (Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) + SO_CLND082 (Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) under glass or high accessible cover) + SO_CLND079 (Cultivated mushrooms) + SO_CLND070 (Nurseries)

• P3. Permanent crops = SO_CLND055 (Fruits, berries and nuts (excluding citrus fruits, grapes and strawberries)) + SO_CLND061 (Citrus fruits) + SO_CLND069 (Olives) + SO_CLND062 (Grapes) + SO_CLND071(Other permanent crops) + SO_CLND084 (Permanent crops under glass)

• P4. Grazing livestock and forage = GL (Grazing livestock) + FCP4 (Forage for grazing livestock)

• P5. Granivores = P51 (Pigs) + P52 (Poultry) + SO_CLVS029 (Breeding female rabbits)

C. TYPES OF FARMING AS REFERRED TO IN PART A

Specialist holdings — crops

Specialist holdings — animal production

Mixed holdings