Textual Amendments
In addition to the definitions set out in Article 2, the following definition shall apply:
‘ Agriculture ’ means the set of process and activities consisting in cultivating soils, producing crops and rearing animals; it includes harvesting, milking, breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes. According to Council Regulation(EC) No 73/2009 maintaining the land in good agricultural and environmental condition shall be considered as an agricultural activity.
‘ Livestock ’ refers to animals being bred and/or raised for use or profit (covered by the activities defined under NACE codes A.1.4. and A.1.5).
‘ Aquaculture ’ means the set of activities and techniques related to the production, breeding and treatment of fish, molluscs, seaweed and other kinds of aquatic resources (vegetables or animal).
The following spatial object types are specified for the spatial data theme Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities:
Holding
Site
The whole area and all infrastructures included on it, covering the same or different ‘ sites ’ , under the control of an operator to perform agricultural or aquaculture activities.
This type is a sub-type of ActivityComplex.
| Attribute | Definition | Type | Voidability |
|---|---|---|---|
| contains | The Sites that are part of the specified Holding. | Site |
At least one of the function attributes of the Holding spatial object shall be provided using the EconomicActivityNACEValue code list (for the activity attribute of the Function data type).
All land at the same or distinct geographic location under the management control of a holding covering activities, products and services. This includes all infrastructure, equipment and materials.
| Attribute | Definition | Type | Voidability |
|---|---|---|---|
| geometry | The geometry defining the extent or position of the site. | GM_Object | |
| activity | The classification of the economic activity of the site, according to the NACE rev. 2.0 coding. | EconomicActivityNACEValue | |
| includesAnimal | Presence of Animals in the Site. | FarmAnimalSpecies | voidable |
Identifies an animal or group of animals (Livestock or Aquaculture) of the same species kept on the specific site.
| Attribute | Definition | Type | Voidability |
|---|---|---|---|
| livestock | Presence of livestock species in the site. | LivestockSpeciesValue | voidable |
| aquaculture | Presence of aquaculture species in the site. | AquacultureSpeciesValue | voidable |
Classification of livestock species.
The allowed values for this code list comprise the values specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 (1) and additional values at any level defined by data providers.
Classification of aquaculture species.
The allowed values for this code list comprise only the values specified in the February 2012 version of the ASFIS (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System) List of Species for Fishery Statistics Purposes published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
| Layer Name | Layer Title | Spatial object type |
|---|---|---|
| AF. AgriculturalHolding | Agricultural Holding | Holding (spatial objects whose activity attribute has the value = ‘ A1 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities ’ (from the EconomicActivityNACEValue code list) or a narrower value) |
| AF. AquacultureHolding | Aquaculture Holding | Holding (spatial objects whose activity attribute has the value ‘ A3 - Fishing and aquaculture activities ’ (from the EconomicActivityNACEValue code list) or a narrower value) |
| AF.Site | Agricultural and Aquaculture Sites | Site] |