Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is replaced by the text shown in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
Decision 2000/115/EC is amended as follows:
- 1.
Annex I is amended as shown in Annex II to this Regulation;
- 2.
Annex IV is deleted.
Article 3
1.
For the purposes of the farm structure surveys 2005 and 2007, the regions shall be the territorial units NUTS 2 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003.
By way of derogation, for Germany the regions shall be the territorial units NUTS 1 as referred to in that Regulation.
2.
For the purposes of the farm structure surveys 2005 and 2007, the districts shall be the territorial units NUTS 3 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003.
By way of derogation, for Germany the districts are the territorial units NUTS 2 as referred to in that Regulation.
3.
For the purposes of the farm structure surveys 2005 and 2007, the municipalities shall be the smaller administrative units as referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003. Member States shall provide the municipality for each surveyed holding.
Article 4
The Member States shall communicate validated individual data from the farm structure surveys 2005 and 2007 in accordance with the timetable set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.