Commission Decision (1999/547/EC)

of 14 July 1999

amending Decisions 94/432/EC and 94/433/EC laying down detailed for the application of Council Directives 93/23/EEC and 93/24/EEC on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig and bovine animal livestock and production

(notified under document number C(1999) 2080)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production1, as last amended by Directive 97/77/EC2, and in particular Article 6(2) and (3),

Having regard to Council Directive 93/24/EEC of 1 June 1993, on the statistical survey to be carried out on bovine animal production3, as last amended by Directive 97/77/EC, and in particular Article 1(2) and (3),

(1) Whereas, Commission Decisions 94/432/EC4 and 94/ 433/EC5, as modified by Decision 95/380/EC6 and by Decision 99/47/EC7lay down detailed rules for the application of Council Directives 93/23/EEC and 93/24/EEC;

(2) Whereas the Member States may, at their request, be authorised to provide the breakdown at regional level for the final results of the April or May/June or August pig survey;

(3) Whereas, Member States whose bovine animal population is less than 1,5 million head may, at their request, be authorised to dispense altogether with one of the two surveys in May/June or November/December;

(4) Whereas Belgium and Greece have made applications for the type of authorisation mentioned above; L 209/33

(5) Whereas the envisaged measures of this Decision are in line with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics set up by the Council Decision 72/279/EEC8.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 94/432/EC shall be amended as follows:

In Annex IV point (d) under the heading `May/June', the text `Belgium' shall be inserted.

Article 2

Decision 94/433/EC shall be amended as follows:

In Annex V point (b) under the heading `November/December', the text `Greece' shall be deleted, under the heading `May/June', the text `Greece' shall be inserted.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 July 1999.

For the Commission

Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY

Member of the Commission

1OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 1.

2OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 28.

3OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 5.

4OJ L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 22.

5OJ L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 27.

6OJ L 228, 23.9.1995, p. 25.

7OJ L 15, 20.1.1999, p. 10.

8(8) OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.