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18.4.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
106/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 327/2012
of 17 April 2012
amending Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 as regards the threshold for the economic size and the
number of returning holdings in Slovakia
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
at 523. In order to guarantee a better representativeness
of the Slovak sample, the number of returning holdings
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
for Slovakia should be increased by 39 and fixed at 562
Union,
returning holdings.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of
(4) Regulation
(EU)
No
1291/2009
should
therefore
be
30 November 2009 setting up a network for the collection
amended accordingly.
of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation
of agricultural holdings in the European Community ( 1 ), and
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
accordance with the opinion of the Community
Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) Article
2
of
Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
1291/2009
of 18 December 2009 concerning the selection of
Article 1
returning holdings for the purpose of determining
incomes of agricultural holdings (
Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 is amended as follows:

2 ) sets the thresholds
for the economic size of agricultural holdings for the
(1) in Article 2, the indent concerning Slovakia is replaced by
accounting year 2010 and subsequent accounting years.
the following:
(2) Ongoing
structural
change
and
a
better
understanding
of
‘— Slovakia: EUR 25 000’;
the farming structure in Slovakia have led to the
conclusion that adjustments should be made to the
(2) the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this
selection plan of Slovakia in order for the field of
Regulation.
survey to cover the most relevant part of the agricultural
Article 2
activity. In order to achieve this, the threshold for the
economic size of agricultural holdings for Slovakia
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
should be increased from EUR 15 000 to EUR 25 000.
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
(3)
In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 the total
number of returning holdings for Slovakia has been fixed
It shall apply from the 2013 accounting year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 April 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 27.
( 2 ) OJ L 347, 24.12.2009, p. 14.
ANNEX
The row concerning Slovakia in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 is replaced by the following:
‘810 SLOVAKIA 562’

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