Commission Decision

of 3 February 2006

amending Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2002/38/EC concerning the statistical surveys carried out on plantations of certain species of fruit trees

(notified under document number C(2005) 5963)

(2006/128/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees [1], and in particular Article 1(2), third subparagraph, and Articles 2(2) and 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 2001/109/EC, which establishes the list of species to be surveyed in the Member States, is implemented by Commission Decision 2002/38/EC of 27 December 2001 setting out the survey parameters and laying down the code and standard rules for transcription, in machine-readable form, of the data relating to the surveys on plantations of certain species of fruit trees [2]. That Decision establishes the limits of the production areas to be set and their respective codes and the species of fruits and the varieties.

(2) As a result of the accession of the new Member States it is necessary to adapt the respective Annexes to Directive 2001/109/EC and to Decision 2002/38/EC.

(3) Directive 2001/109/EC and Decision 2002/38/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics instituted by Council Decision 72/279/EEC [3],

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 2001/109/EC is replaced by Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

Annexes I and III to Decision 2002/38/EC are amended in accordance with Annexes II and III, respectively, to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 February 2006.

For the Commission

Joaquín Almunia

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 13, 16.1.2002, p. 21. Directive as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

[2] OJ L 16, 18.1.2002, p. 35.

[3] OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

"ANNEX

SPECIES SURVEYED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES

| Apples | Pears | Peaches | Apricots | Oranges | Lemons | Small-fruited citrus fruits |

Belgium | × | × | | | | | |

Czech Republic | × | × | × | × | | | |

Denmark | × | × | | | | | |

Germany | × | × | | | | | |

Estonia | × | | | | | | |

Greece | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |

Spain | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |

France | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |

Ireland | × | | | | | | |

Italy | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |

Cyprus | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |

Latvia | × | × | | | | | |

Lithuania | × | × | | | | | |

Luxembourg | × | × | | | | | |

Hungary | × | × | × | × | | | |

Malta | | | × [1] | | | | |

Netherlands | × | × | | | | | |

Austria | × | × | × | × | | | |

Poland | × | × | × [1] | × [1] | | | |

Portugal | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |

Slovenia | × | × | × [1] | × [1] | | | |

Slovakia | × | × | × [1] | × [1] | | | |

Finland | × | | | | | | |

Sweden | × | × | | | | | |

United Kingdom | × | × | | | | | |

[1] Surveys are not conducted for: age of trees, density of plantation, variety of fruit."

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ANNEX II

Amendments to Annex I to Decision 2002/38/EC

Country | Country code | Territorial division | Territorial division code | References to NUTS |

1. The following table is inserted between Belgium and Denmark:

"Czech Republic | 16 | Stredni Cechy | 01 | Stredni Cechy |

Jihozapad | 02 | Jihozapad |

Severozapad | 03 | Severozapad |

Severovychod | 04 | Severovychod |

Jihovychod | 05 | Jihovychod |

Stredni Morava | 06 | Stredni Morava |

Moravskoslezsko | 07 | Moravskoslezsko" |

2. The following table is inserted between Germany and Greece:

"Estonia | 17 | Constitutes a single geographical area | 00 | Estonia" |

3. The following table is inserted between Italy and Luxembourg:

"Cyprus | 18 | Nicosia District | 01 | |

Limassol District | 02 | |

Papros District | 03 | |

Larnaca District | 04 | |

Famagusta District | 05 | |

Latvia | 19 | Constitutes a single geographical area | 00 | Latvia |

Lithuania | 20 | Constitutes a single geographical area | 00 | Lithuania" |

4. The following table is inserted between Luxembourg and the Netherlands:

"Hungary | 21 | K?zép-Magyarország (Central Hungary) | 01 | Kozep-Magyarorszag |

K?zép-Dunántúl (Central Transdanubia) | 02 | Kozep-Dunantul |

Nyugat-Dunántúl (Western Transdanubia) | 03 | Nyugat-Dunantul |

Dél-Dunántúl (Southern Transdanubia) | 04 | Del-Dunantul |

?szak-Magyarország (Northern Hungary) | 05 | Eszak-Magyarorszag |

?szak-Alf?ld (Northern Great Plain) | 06 | Eszak-Alfold |

Dél-Alf?ld (Southern Great Plain) | 07 | Del-Alfold |

Malta | 22 | Constitutes a single geographical area | 00 | Malta" |

5. The following table is inserted between Austria and Portugal:

"Poland | 23 | ?ódzkie | 01 | ?ódzkie |

Mazowieckie | 02 | Mazowieckie |

Ma?opolskie | 03 | Ma?opolskie |

?l?skie | 04 | ?l?skie |

Lubelskie | 05 | Lubelskie |

Podkarpackie | 06 | Podkarpackie |

?wi?tokrzyskie | 07 | ?wi?tokrzyskie |

Podlaskie | 08 | Podlaskie |

Wielkopolskie | 09 | Wielkopolskie |

Zachodniopomorskie | 10 | Zachodniopomorskie |

Lubuskie | 11 | Lubuskie |

Dolno?l?skie | 12 | Dolno?l?skie |

Opolskie | 13 | Opolskie |

Kujawsko-pomorskie | 14 | Kujawsko-pomorskie |

Warmińsko-mazurskie | 15 | Warmińsko-mazurskie |

Pomorskie | 16 | Pomorskie" |

6. The following table is inserted between Portugal and Finland:

"Slovenia | 24 | Constitutes a single geographical area | 00 | Slovenia |

Slovakia | 25 | Constitutes a single geographical area | 00 | Slovakia" |

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ANNEX III

New varieties to be added to Annex III to Decision 2002/38/EC

Codes per species and variety to be applied when transmitting to the Commission the results of the statistical surveys on the plantations of certain species of fruit trees

Species/varieties | Species code | Variety code |

1. The following table is inserted in point 1. Apple trees, between "Early gold" and "Other varieties (to be specified by the Member States)":

"Melodie | | 081 |

Rubin | | 082 |

Champion/?ampion (CZ) Szampion (PL) | | 083 |

Rubinola | | 084 |

Ligol (PL) | | 085 |

Cortland (PL) | | 086 |

?taris (Staris) (LT) | | 087 |

Aldas (LT) | | 088 |

Auksis (LT) | | 089 |

Orlovskoje polosatoje (LT) | | 090 |

Isbranica (LT) | | 091 |

Sinap Orlovskij (LT) | | 092" |

2. The following table is inserted in point 2. Pear trees, between "Boscs Flaschenbirne" and "Other varieties (to be specified by the Member States)":

"Beurré Diel | | 057 |

Glou Morceau | | 058 |

Kieffer | | 059 |

Bohemica | | 060 |

Dicolor | | 061 |

Erika | | 062 |

Grosdemange | | 063 |

Lukasowka (PL) | | 064 |

Alka (LT) | | 065 |

Alsa (LT) | | 066 |

Mramornaja (LT) | | 067" |

3. The following table is inserted in point 3. Peach trees (Peach trees producing white-flesh fruit), between "Other" and "Nectarines":

"Champion (HU) | | 570" |

4. The following table is inserted in point 3. Peach trees (Peach trees producing yellow-flesh fruit), between "Other" and "Nectarines":

"Burbank July Elberta (SK) | | 620 |

Flamingo (SK) | | 621 |

Sunhaven (SK) | | 622" |

5. The following table is inserted in point 4. Apricot trees, between "Vitilio" and "Other varieties (to be specified by the Member States)":

"Ceglédi Bíbor | | 044 |

Ceglédi óriás | | 045 |

G?nci magyar kajszi | | 046 |

Magyar kajszi | | 047 |

Magyar kajszi C.235 | | 048 |

Pannónia | | 049 |

Szegedi mammut | | 050 |

Karola | | 051 |

Velkopavlovická | | 052 |

Veharda | | 053 |

Ma?arská | | 054" |

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