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8.10.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
265/3
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 959/2013
of 7 October 2013
amending Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the
purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Community
Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of
Article 1
30 November 2009 setting up a network for the collection
of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation
Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 is amended as follows:
of agricultural holdings in the European Community ( 1 ), and
in particular Articles 5(4) and 7(2) thereof,
(1) Article 2 is amended as follows:
Whereas:
(a) between the indents concerning France and Italy, the
following indent is inserted:
(1) Article
2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No
1291/2009 ( 2 ) sets the thresholds for the economic size
‘— Croatia: EUR 4 000’
of agricultural holdings and the Annex to that Regulation
fixes the number of returning holdings per division. By
reason of the accession of Croatia, the threshold as well
(b) the indent concerning Italy is replaced by the following:
as the number of returning holdings for that new
Member State should be fixed.
‘— Italy: EUR 8 000’
(2)
In addition, the date by which Croatia is to forward its
first plan for the selection of returning holdings to the
(2) In the second paragraph of Article 5, the following sentence
Commission needs to be laid down.
is added:
(3)
Structural change in Italy has led to a decrease in the
‘For the accounting year 2013 Croatia shall notify the
number of the smallest holdings and in their
Commission of its selection plan by 31 October 2013.’
contribution to the total output of agriculture, implying
that those holdings do no longer need to be taken into
account for the field of survey with a view to covering
(3) The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to
the most relevant part of the agricultural activity. In
this Regulation.
order to guarantee a more efficient representativeness
of the Italian sample, the threshold for Italy should be
adapted and the number of farms adjusted.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
(4) Regulation
(EU)
No
1291/2009
should
therefore
be European Union.
amended accordingly.
( 1 ) OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 27.
For Croatia, it shall apply from the 2013 accounting year.
( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 of 18 December 2009
concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of
determining incomes of agricultural holdings (OJ L 347,
24.12.2009, p. 14).
For Italy, it shall apply from the 2014 accounting year.

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Official Journal of the European Union
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 October 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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EN
8.10.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
265/5
ANNEX
(1) In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009, the following row is inserted between the rows for France and Italy:
‘860 CROATIA 1
251’
(2) The rows concerning Italy are replaced by the following:
‘ITALY
221 Valle
D’Aosta 170
222 Piemonte 594
230 Lombardia 717
241 Trento 282
242 Bolzano 338
243 Veneto 707
244 Friuli 451
250 Liguria 431
260 Emilia
Romagna 873
270 Toscana 577
281 Marche 452
282 Umbria 460
291 Lazio 587
292 Abruzzo 572
301 Molise 342
302 Campania 667
303 Calabria 510
311 Puglia 723
312 Basilicata 400
320 Sicilia 706
330 Sardegna 547
Total Italy 11
106’

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