EUR-Lex - 31977D0123 - EN

Article 1

The sample of agricultural holdings shall be based on the combined data on holdings from the survey on land utilization of 1974 and the general census of live-stock of December 1973 (December 1974 for Baden-Württemberg).

Article 2

The population of holdings shall be divided: 1. At regional level according to "Bundesländer".

1. According to economic aspects into four groups of strata: (a) holdings with a significant number of laying hens, pigs for fattening, breeding sows or bovine animals;

(b) holdings cultivating tobacco, hops or vines;

(c) holdings concerned principally with horticultural produce;

(d) holdings concerned principally with agricultural produce.

1. The group of strata referred to in 2 (a) includes all holdings with at least 2 000 laying hens or 200 pigs for fattening or 40 breeding sows or 100 bovine animals.

1. The group of strata referred to in 2 (b) is subdivided into six strata : holdings cultivating less than two hectares of tobacco, two or more hectares of tobacco, less than three hectares of hops, three or more hectares of hops, less than five hectares of vines, five or more hectares of vines.

1. The group of strata referred to in 2 (c) is subdivided into three strata of agricultural area utilized : less than one hectare, one to less than two hectares, two hectares and above.

1. The group of strata referred to in 2 (d) is subdivided into seven categories according to agricultural area utilized : less than one hectare, one to less than two hectares, two to less than five hectares, five to less than 10 hectares, 10 to less than 20 hectares, 20 to less than 50 hectares, 50 hectares and above.

Article 3

The holdings shall be grouped, before sampling, according to sampling region. The following constitute a single region each time: 1. The Länder: - Schleswig-Holstein,

• Saar.

1. The three city states of Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin taken together. (1)OJ No L 42, 15.2.1975, p. 21.

1. Any other "Regierungsbezirk"

Article 4

The sampling fractions shall be between 1 and 100 %. The highest sampling fractions shall be applied to the economically important strata.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 25 January 1977.

For the Commission

François-Xavier ORTOLI

Vice-President