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 U.K.

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

Article 2 U.K.

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

Article 3 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 February 2006.

For the Commission

Joaquín Almunia

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I U.K.

“‘ANNEX

SPECIES SURVEYED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES

a Surveys are not conducted for: age of trees, density of plantation, variety of fruit.’”
	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			×a
Netherlands	×	×
Austria	×	×	×	×
Poland	×	×	×a	×a
Portugal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Slovenia	×	×	×a	×a
Slovakia	×	×	×a	×a
Finland	×
Sweden	×	×
United Kingdom	×	×

ANNEX II U.K. 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: U.K.

‘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: U.K.

‘Estonia

17

Constitutes a single geographical area

00

Estonia’

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

‘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: U.K.

‘Hungary	21	Közép-Magyarország (Central Hungary)	01	Kozep-Magyarorszag
		Közép-Dunántúl (Central Transdanubia)	02	Kozep-Dunantul
		Nyugat-Dunántúl (Western Transdanubia)	03	Nyugat-Dunantul
		Dél-Dunántúl (Southern Transdanubia)	04	Del-Dunantul
		Észak-Magyarország (Northern Hungary)	05	Eszak-Magyarorszag
		Észak-Alföld (Northern Great Plain)	06	Eszak-Alfold
		Dél-Alföld (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: U.K.

‘Poland	23	Łódzkie	01	Łódzkie
		Mazowieckie	02	Mazowieckie
		Małopolskie	03	Małopolskie
		Śląskie	04	Śląskie
		Lubelskie	05	Lubelskie
		Podkarpackie	06	Podkarpackie
		Świętokrzyskie	07	Świętokrzyskie
		Podlaskie	08	Podlaskie
		Wielkopolskie	09	Wielkopolskie
		Zachodniopomorskie	10	Zachodniopomorskie
		Lubuskie	11	Lubuskie
		Dolnośląskie	12	Dolnośląskie
		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: U.K.

‘Slovenia	24	Constitutes a single geographical area	00	Slovenia
Slovakia	25	Constitutes a single geographical area	00	Slovakia’

ANNEX III U.K.

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 U.K.

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)’: U.K.

‘Melodie		081
Rubin		082
Champion/Šampion (CZ) Szampion (PL)		083
Rubinola		084
Ligol (PL)		085
Cortland (PL)		086
Štaris (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)’: U.K.

‘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’: U.K.

‘Champion (HU)

570’

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

‘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)’: U.K.

‘Ceglédi Bíbor		044
Ceglédi óriás		045
Gönci magyar kajszi		046
Magyar kajszi		047
Magyar kajszi C.235		048
Pannónia		049
Szegedi mammut		050
Karola		051
Velkopavlovická		052
Veharda		053
Maďarská		054’

(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.