title: Council Directive 69/400/EEC of 28 October 1969 on the organisation of the general census of agriculture recommended by the FAO

text:
                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   481
17.11.69                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 288/ 1
                                                COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                                  of 28 October 1969
              on the organisation of the general census of agriculture recommended by the FAO
                                                      (69/400/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        prescribed as part of a survey programme on the
                                                                structure of agricultural holdings by Regulation No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    70/66/EEC,2 as amended by Regulation No
European Economic Community, and in particular                  35/67/EEC,3 certain data, which will however , refer
Article 43 thereof;                                             only to a specific period ; whereas the aforementioned
                                                                Community programme carried out again after an
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;              interval of four to five years will make it possible to
                                                                obtain information on the development of certain
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                    important features recorded in the basic survey ;
Parliament1 ;
                                                                Whereas     census    data    relevant  to  the   above
Whereas the Conference of the United Nations Food               programme should be forwarded to the Commission
and Agriculture Organisation recommended in its                 as soon as possible ;
Resolution No 3/65 , adopted in November 1965, the
period about 1970 for the next decennial world
census of agriculture; whereas the Member States of             HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
the European Economic Community intend to
comply with that recommendation ;
                                                                                Article 1
Whereas that census envisages in principle the direct
collection of data , from all agricultural holdings by          Member      States,   acting    in  pursuance   of  the
means of a complete census ; whereas part of the                recommendation of the FAO concerning a world
results obtained from that census could be used for             census of agriculture, shall carry out a census of
Community purposes, provided the reference period               agricultural holdings situated in their territories
and relevant definitions      are harmonised under a            covering one crop year being a year of which the
Community programme;                                            crop is to be harvested in 1970 or 1971 .
Whereas trends in the structure of agricultural                                          Article 2
holdings are an important factor in determining the
course to be followed by the common agricultural
policy; whereas such trends cannot be recorded                  In order to satisfy the requirements of the common
unless objective and comparable data are available;             agricultural policy, certain of the questions to be
                                                                included in national questionnaires shall be drawn by
                                                                each Member State on the basis of the Community
Whereas the accuracy of results must be checked ;               programme set out in Annex A hereto . This
whereas Member States should accordingly take all               programme should enable comparisons to be made in
necessary measures to trace sampling errors and to              order to determine the structural development which
restrict and if possible estimate errors of observation ;       has taken place in agricultural holdings since the
                                                                basic survey prescribed by Regulation No
Whereas the Community will have at its disposal,                70/66/EEC.
after evaluating the results of the basic survey
                                                                2 OJ No 112, 24.6.1966, p. 2065/66.
1 OJ No C 27, 28.3.1968, p . 53 .                               3 OJ No 33 , 24.2.1967, p. 524/67.
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                        Article 3                              3.      Member States shall furnish the Commission as
                                                               necessary with any information it may request from
Member States shall carry out the Community                    them concerning the performance of their tasks under
programme referred to in Article 2 and shall forward           this Directive.
results to the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 6.
                                                                                Article 7
                        Article 4                              The data collected by Member States in the course of
                                                               the census provided for in this Directive, other than
Where a Member State carries out the census by                 data obtained by sampling, shall be available in those
sampling, it shall show the sampling error by                  States classified by municipality, and shall, in so far
arranging results by class of error, the boundaries of         as this is technically possible, remain so available
the classes being fixed at between 0% and 5% and at            until the next general census carried out within an
30% or thereabouts.                                            FAO or Community framework.
                                                               Member States undertake that, in the event of any
                        Article 5                              regional study being undertaken by the Commission,
                                                               they will supply the Commission in so far as may be
                                                               necessary and possible with these data, unprocessed
For the purposes of this Directive, 'divisions' means          and regrouped to cover economic and administrative
the divisions listed in Annex II to Regulation No              units other than the divisions. In supplying the data,
70/66/EEC, as constituted at the date when this                each Member State shall co-operate closely with the
Directive is implemented.                                      Commission ; the second subparagraph of Article 6
                                                               ( 1 ) shall apply correspondingly.
                        Article 6
                                                                                Article 8
1.    Member States shall forward to the Commission
the results referred to in Article 3 in a standard form
                                                               This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
chosen by them from among the following : statistical
tables, punched cards, magnetic tapes.
However, data which would make it possible to                  Done at Luxembourg, 28 October 1 969.
identify holdings and would thereby endanger the
secrecy of the census must not be forwarded to the
Commission .                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                The President
2. Forwarding of the data shall be effected as soon
as possible after completion of the field work.                                                   P. LARDINOIS
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                                                    ANNEX A
                                 Community Programme of Statistical Tables
 I. Indication of definitions applicable to the various tables
     (a) Definitions1 set out in the Commission Decision of 20 October 19662 ;
     (b) Other Community definitions, as set out in Annex B1 ;
II. Breakdown by utilised agricultural area (UAA) in hectares (ha), to be inserted in the first
    column, wherever this is left blank, of the Tables given in this programme3.
                  0
    >     0  to   less than    14
           1  to  less than    2
          2 to less than       5
          5  to   less than 10
         10   to  less than 20
         20   to  less than 30
         30   to  less than 50
         50 and over5
                 total
          1 ha and over
1 The definitions applicable in each table are indicated by the letters (a) and (b).
2 OJ No 206, 12.11.1966, p. 3517/66.
3 The programme is to be carried out at divisional level, the divisions in question being divisions within the
   meaning of Article 5 .
4 Holdings of less than '1 ha should be taken into account only if they market a certain proportion of their
   production or if their standard gross production exceeds certain natural limits .
5 When totalling figures for the divisions at regional or Member State level, this group should be subdivided into
   two : 50 to less than 100 ha and 100 ha and over.
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                                                                         TABLE 1
                                  Holdings with UAA '                               Holdings by percentage of UAA in owner occupation
                                            hectares of UAA
                          Total                                          0         > 0 to < 25    25 to < 50      50 to < 75   75 to < 100     100
                                        in owner         tenant
                                       occupation       farmed
                            1           •   2               3            4               5             6                7            8          9
                                                                             (a
                                                                         TABLE 2
                        Total
                      holdings                                           Holdings by size of        area1 (in hectares)
                                                                                100
    Size groups     Hldgs Total       0       > 0— <1           1 — <2    2— <5         5— < 10      10— < 20       20— < 50    50— < 100
                                                                                and over
   by total area    (num area
        (ha)         ber)     (ha) Hldgs Hldgs ha          Hldgs     ha Hldgs   ha    Hldgs    ha   Hldgs    ha    Hldgs    ha  Hldgs   ha Hldgs    ha
                      1         2     3       4      5        6      7    8     9       10     11     12     13      14     15    16    17  18      19
less than      1
   1 —       >2
 ' 2—        >5
   5 —     > 10
  10 —     > 20
  20 —     > 50
  50 — > 100
100 and over
          Total
1 Table to be completed for : \
  — utilised agricultural area ( UAA)
                                             (a)
  — woodland
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                                                                                TABLE 3
                             Holdings                                                 Holdings by area of cereal crops (ha)
                              growing
                               cereal
                                                                                80
                               crops       > 0— <1    1— <2       2— <3      3— <5       5 — < 10    10— < 15   16— < 20    20— < 30  30— < 50   50— < 80
                                                                                and over
                             Hldgs ha      Hldgs  ha Hldgs ha    Hldgs ha Hldgs ha      Hldgs   ha   Hldgs  ha  Hldgs  ha   Hldgs ha  Hldgs  ha  Hldgs ha  Hldgs   ha
                               1      2     3      4   5    6      7     8     9    10    11    12     13   14    15   16    17    18   19   20   21   22    23    24
                                                                                (a)
                                                                                \v
               Total
of which
holdings using                      •  (a)
combines
                                                                                TABLE 4
                      Holdings                                                        Holdings by area of sugar beet (ha)
                      growing
                         sugar                                                                                30
                          beet           > 0— <1       1— <2           2— <3         3 — <5         5— < 10      10— < 15       15— < 20     20— < 30
                                                                                and over1
                     Hldgs       ha     Hldgs    ha  Hldgs    ha     Hldgs  ha     Hldgs    ha     Hldgs   ha   Hldgs    ha    Hldgs  ha    Hldgs   ha   Hldgs    ha
                       1          2      3       4     5      6       7      8       9      10      11     12     13     14     15     16    17     18    19      20
                                                                                (a)
         Total
of which
holdings
using
complete                   ■    (b)
sugar-beet
harvesting
machinery
1 When totalling figures for the divisions at Member State level, this group should be subdivided into two : 30 to under 5Q ha and 50 ha and over.
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                                                                              TABLE 5
                     ' Holdings                                                       Holdings by area of potatoes (ha)
                       growing
                       potatoes .                                                                                30
                                       > 0— <1      1— <2         2— <3             3— <5            5— < 10     10— < 15       15 — < 20       20— < 30
                                                                                and over1
                     Hldgs     ha     Hldgs  ha   Hldgs   ha    Hldgs     ha     Hldgs      ha      Hldgs    ha Hldgs    ha    Hldgs   ha     Hldgs   ha      Hldgs    ha
                       1        2      3      4    5       6     7 '       8        9       10       11      12   13     14      15     16       17    18       19     20
                                                                                I
                                                                                ( a)
                                  '
         Total
of which
holdings
using
complete                  •
                               (b)
potato
harvesting
machinery
1 When totalling figures for the divisions at Member State level , this group should be subdivided into two : 30 to under 50 ha and 50 ha and over.
                                                                              TABLE 6
                                                                                .   Holdings with
                                                                                Fresh
                                                                                Flowers                Row         Green                    Perma
                                                                                vegetables       and                             fodder      Perma          nent
                                                                                melons               Industrial    crops
                             Arable
                                          Wheat    Maize       Rice            Dry                                                                     nent
                               land                                          pulses         and
                                                                                orna                grown      crops on                   pasture
                                                                                mental    crops        for        arable                   and hill
                                                                                straw
                                                                                crops
                                                                                plants               fodder        land                    grazing
                                                                                berries
                            Hldgs ha Hldgs ha     Hldgs ha   Hldgs   ha  Hldgs     ha      Hldgs        Hldgs   Hldgs  ha
                                                                                Hldgsj ha   Hldgs    ha Hldgs ha Hldgs       ha
                              1     ¿,    3     4  5     6    7       8      9     10        U            12      13    14   15     16    17     18  19      20    21     22
                                                                       (a)                                                      (b)                     ( a)
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                                                                                TABLE 7
                                Holdings                                                                                Holdings by area of                                     1 ( ha)
                                        with
                                                      1       >0— <1                    1— <2                   2— <3                 3 — <5                     5— <7
                                                                                7—<10 j 10—<20 j 20—<30                                     30— < 50
                                                                                and over
                                                                                50
                                Hldgs            ha           Hldgs ha Hldgs                         ha        Hldgs ha Hldgs ha Hldgs ha                                          Hldgs ha j Hldgs| ha | Hldgs                        ha      Hldgs ha          Hldgs ha
                                        1             2           3             4           5             6        7             8       9            10         11          12
                                                                                13 I 14 J 15 j 16 j 17                              18       19       20        21           22
1 Table to be completed for :
  — Orchards (b),
 — Vines (a).
                                                                                TABLE 8
                                                                                Holdings with
                                                                                Cattle
                             Horses etc.                                                                                Sheep                                            Goats1                                      Pigs
                                                                                and/or buffalo
                       Hldgs                Animals                              Hldgs                        Animals                   Hldgs                         Animals              Hldgs                   Animals                    Hldgs              Animals
                         1                                2                         3                              4                         5                           6                           7                  8                      9                      10
                                                                                a
1 This column is optional for Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands .
                                                                                TABLE 9
                                Holdings                                                                                Holdings by number of .
                                 with
                                                                                100
                                                                  1—2                       3—9                 10—14                 15—19                      20—29              30—39                    40—49           50—59              60—99
                                                                                and over
                                            Animals                   Animals                   Animals                Animals                   Animals                 Animals           Animals                                  Animals            Animals                 Animals
                                                                                J
                                Hldgs                         Hldgs                 Hldgs                      Hldgs                 Hldgs                    Hldgs                Hldgs                                    Hldgs              Hldgs              Hldgs
                                                                                U)
                                                                                TJ
                                                                                C
                                                                                s      <
                                 12                           3         4               5         6            7        8            9           10           11         12        13      14               15     16       17      18         19      20        21        22
1 Table to be completed for :
 — total cattle |
 — milk cows > (a)
 — other cows J
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                                                                     TABLE 10
                                                                                Holdings with cattle
                      o
                                                                   1 year old and under 2                          2 years old and over
                                                 under
                                               1 year old        Male               Female              Heifers         Milk cows            Other
                                            Hldgs    Animals Hldgs   Animals    Hldgs   Animals     Hldgs   Animals   Hldgs   Animals   Hldgs Animals
                                               1      •  2     3         4        5         6         7         8       9        10       11       12
                                                                                (a)
                                                                     TABLE 11
                                   Holdings with                         Holdings by number of sows and gilts of 50 kg and over
                                   sows and gilts
                                      of 50 kg
                                      and over                   2—4                 5—9                 10—19             20—49         50 and over
                                                         1
                                   Hldgs   Animals           Hldgs    Animals   Hldgs   Animals     Hldgs   Animals   Hldgs   Animals   Hldgs   Animals
                                     1         2         3     4         5        6          7        8         9       10       11       12       13
                                                                                ( b)
                                                                     TABLE 12
                          Holdings with                                  Holdings by number of pigs of 20 kg and over1
                        - pigs of 20 kg
                            and over1
                                                  1—2            3—9                10—49               50—199           200—399         400 and over
                          Hldgs   Animals    Hldgs   Animals Hldgs    Animals   Hldgs    Animals    Hldgs   Animals   Hldgs    Animals  Hldgs   Animals
                            1        2         3         4     5          6       7          8        9         10      11       12       13       14
                                                                                (a
1 Excluding sows and gilts of 50 kg and over.
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                                                    TABLE 13
             Holdings                                          Holdings by number of laying hens
            with laying                                                                                10 000
               hens       > 0— < 100          100—500       500—1000        1000—3000        3000—5000       5000—10 000
                                                                                and over
          Hldgs    Birds Hldgs    Birds   Hldgs   Birds   Hldgs   Birds    Hldgs   Birds    Hldgs    Birds   Hldgs     Birds  Hldgs      Birds
             1       2     3        4         5     6        7      8        9       10       11      12       13       14       15       . 16
                                                                        (b)
                                                    TABLE 14
                                                          Holdings by number of table fowls
 Holdings
    with
    table         > 0—      100—            500—      1000—      3000—         5 000—      10 000—      25 000—        50 000 —       100 000
   fowls          < 100     500          1000         3000       5000         10 000       25 000       50 000       100 000        and over
Hldgs Birds Hldgs Birds Hldgs Birds Hldgs Birds Hlgds Birds Hlgds Birds Hlgds Birds Hlgds Birds Hldgs iirds Hlgds iirds Hlgds Birds
  1       2      3     4   5      6     7       8    9     10   11     12     13     14    15     16     17     18     19    20      21      22
                                                                    a
                                                    TABLE 15
                                                             Number of holdings using
                                 Motor
                              cultivators ,                         Complete            Complete             Forage
                                                                                harvesters         Mechanical
               Tractors      self-propelled       Combines            sugar               potato
                                                                                (a)               milking
                              rotovators ,                       beet harvesting        harvesting
                              motor hoes,                           machinery           machinery        Pick-up balers         equipment
                             motor scythes                                                                      (b)
                   1                2                  3                 4                  5                    6                    7
                                   (a)                                            (b)                                                (a)
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                                                          TABLE 16
                                                          Holdings using their own machinery
                                 Motor
                              cultivators,                              Complete             Complete             Forage
                                                                                harvesters
                             self-propelled          Combines
                                                                           sugar               potato
             Tractors
                              rotovators ,                           beet harvesting         harvesting             (a)            Grain dryers
                              motor hoes,                              machinery             machinery        Pick-up balers
                             motor scythes                                                                          (b)
                    Ma                 Ma                  Ma                 Ma                 Ma                 Ma- ·               Ma
          Hldgs    chines    Hldgs     chines     Hldgs     chines   Hldgs      chines     Hldgs    chines    Hldgs     chines    Hldgs     chines
            1         2        3          4          5         6        7          8 ,       9        10        11        12       13          14
                                   (a)                                                 (b)                                              ( a)
                                                         TABLE 17
                          Holdings using their own tractors
                                                                                Holdings, by number of tractors used
                                                                                belonging to the holding
                                   Tractors, by horsepower class                                                               4 and over
    Holdings                                                                                1         2       '3
                  up to 24      25 to 34        35 to 50     51 and over       Total                                     Holdings       Tractors
       1              2             3               4              5             6          •7          8        9           10             11
                                                                          a
                                                         TABLE 18
                                                                       Holdings using
                                                         Glasshouses                                       Other glass
                                         Holdings                       Glass area ha                        Holdings
                                              1                                2                                3
                                                                              (a)
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                                                                       TABLE 19
                                                            Labour1 (number of persons)
                                                                                Total1 non-regular ( a )
                                        Part-time, by percentage of working time                                                          hired labour
                                                                                Full-time2             (seasonal and casual)
                         less than 25 % 3              25— < 50% 3               50— < 100% 3
                                     Male                        Male                       Male                       Male                         Male
                      Total                        Total                      Total                     Total                         Total
                                   workers                     workers                    workers                     workers                      labour
                         1             2             3             4            5             6            7             8              1             2
1 Comprising the following :                                                                                1 Expressed in the units
  — holder (a),                                                                                customarily used by
  — members of the holder's family,                                                                                Member States
  — regular hired labour (not casual or seasonal) (a)
2 Any person working a minimum of 2200 hours per annum on the holding.
3 Of the annual working time for a full-time employee.
                                                                        TABLE 20
                                                                               Holdings, by numbers of full-time family labour1
      Full-time labour,1 family and hired
                   (persons)                             0                1                  2                 3            4 and over            Total
                                                         1                2                  3                 4                5                   6
                       0
                       1
                       2
                       3
                     4-6
                 7 and over
                                     Total
1 Any person working a minimum of 2200 hours per annum on the holding.
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                                                                          TABLE 21
                                                     Total
                                                                                Persons , by age group
                                                    persons
             Category of labour                                   14 yrs3                 20 to 34 yrs  35 to 44 yrs                                     65 yrs
                                                                             15 to 19 yrs                              45 to 54 yrs    55 to 64 yrs     and over
                                                       1             2            3            4              5              6              7              8
 Holder
 of which : men ( a)
 Member of holder's family
 of which : men
 Regular hired labour (a)
 (not casual or seasonal)
 of which : men
 Family labour (holder ( a) and
 members of his family)
 and regular hired labour (a)
 (not casual or seasonal) together :
 — part-time, with percentage
    working time of :
                                                                                -
           < 25 )
    25 —- < 50 } 1
    50 — < 100 ]
— full-time2
1 Of the annual working time for a full-time employee.
2 Any person working a minimum of 2200 hours per annum on the holding.
3 This column does not apply for Belgium and the Netherlands.
                                                                          TABLE 22
                                                                                Number of holdings
                           under the responsibility of a natural                                                     with or without gainful activity by the
                         i               person                                                Of which the              holder outside the farm business
                                                                           Keeping             operator has
                                                   Of which the            accounts        secondary or higher           No gainful              Main gainful
                               Total               holder is also                          agricultural training    activity outside the     activity outside the
                                                   the operator                                                         farm business           farm business
                                  1                      2                     3                      4                       5                        6
                                           (a)                                (b)                                            (a)
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                   TABLE 23
                    Holdings, by type of farming class
                                 Number
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                                                      ANNEX B
\
                                               Other Community Definitions
       1 . Table 4 (last horizontal line):                                 »
           Table 15 (column 4):
           Table 16 (columns 7 and 8 ):
           Complete sugar beet harvesting machinery
           Machinery, self-propelled, tractor-drawn or tractor-mounted, for topping and lifting sugar
           beet, laying them in rows or collecting them in containers and/or pulverising or windrowing
           (longitudinally or transversally) the leaves.
           Harvesting may be carried out by a single machine or by a number of separate machines
           (each performing a different task).
      2. Table 5 (last horizontal line):
           Table 15 (column 5 ):
           Table 16 (columns 9 and 10):
           Complete potato harvesting machinery
           Machinery, self-propelled, tractor-drawn or tractor-mounted, for lifting potatoes, removing
           haulm, laying them in rows, picking them and/or putting them into bags or boxes or in
           loading containers or in a trailer.
           Harvesting may be carried out by a single machine or by a number of separate machines
           (each performing a different task).
      3 . Table 6 (columns 15 and 16):
           Row crops grown for fodder comprise the following :
           — Fodder beet and mangolds,
           — Jerusalem artichokes,
           — Fodder cabbages and kales,
           — Swedes,
           — Turnips,
           — Fodder carrots,
            — Other row crops grown for fodder.
      4. Table 7 (columns 1 to 22) :
           Orchards comprise the following:
           The fruit trees listed under heading G/01 of Annex II to the Commission Decision of
           20 October 19661 .
           Sweet chestnut trees and stone-pines are not included.
      l    OJ No 206, 12.11.1966, p. 3517/66 .
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5 . Table 11 (columns 1 to 13 ):
    Sows and gilts of 50 kg and over
    This table covers :
    — Mated sows and gilts (including gilts mated for the first time),
    — other sows and gilts (including unmated gilts).                   ,
6. Table 13 :
    Laying hens: over five or six months old.
7. Table 15 ( column 6):
    Table 16 ( columns 11 and 12):
    Pick-up balers
    Machinery, self-propelled, tractor-drawn or tractor-mounted, for gathering by continuous
    means windrowed crop stalks (for example hay or straw), wilted or dry, and for pressing
    them into bales tied with wire or twine (high and low density pick-up balers).
8 . Table 22 ( column 3 ):
    Accounts means any regular and systematic recording of revenue and expenditure on
    closure of which the income of the holding may be determined.


Commission Directive 64/620/EEC of 13 October 1964 on certain transitional arrangements for imports of milk and milk products


Commission Directive 65/328/EEC of 16 June 1965 setting the timetable for the phasing-out of the tax applied by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on imports of horticultural seeds from the other Member States


Commission Directive 65/329/EEC of 16 June 1965 setting the timetable for the phasing-out of the tax applied by the Kingdom of the Netherlands to imports of certain animal feedingstuffs from the other Member States


title: Directive (EU) 2018/597 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 amending Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease (Text with EEA relevance. )

text:
                  23.4.2018

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 103/4

            DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/597 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
      of 18 April 2018
      amending Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease
      (Text with EEA relevance)
      THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
      Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2) thereof,
      Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
      After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
      Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
      Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
      Whereas:

                  (1)

                  Council Directive 92/66/EEC (3) lays down the Union control measures to be taken in the event of an outbreak of Newcastle disease in poultry, racing pigeons and other birds kept in captivity.

                  (2)

                  Article 15 of Directive 92/66/EEC provides that the European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease is referred to in Annex V to that Directive. Annex V to that Directive duly refers to that laboratory and lists its functions and duties.

                  (3)

                  Article 19 of Directive 92/66/EEC lays down control measures to be taken by Member States in the event that carrier pigeons or birds kept in captivity are suspected of being infected with Newcastle disease. It provides that, to the extent required for the proper application of those control measures, Member States are to furnish the Commission with information on the disease situation and the control measures applied in accordance with the model form set out in Annex VI to that Directive.

                  (4)

                  Article 21 of Directive 92/66/EEC provides that each Member State is to draw up a contingency plan, specifying the national measures to be implemented in the event of an outbreak of Newcastle disease. It provides that the criteria to be applied for drawing up that plan are set out in Annex VII to that Directive.

                  (5)

                  Article 24 of Directive 92/66/EEC provides that the Annexes thereto are to be amended, as and when required, by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, in particular to take into account developments in research and in diagnostic procedures.

                  (6)

                  Annexes V, VI and VII to Directive 92/66/EEC set out respectively: (i) the name and address of the European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease as well as its functions and duties; (ii) the model form to be used by Member States in order to report on the disease situation and the control measures applied; and (iii) the minimum criteria to be applied by Member States for drawing up contingency plans specifying the national measures to be implemented in the event of an outbreak of Newcastle disease.

                  (7)

                  In order to simplify and streamline the procedures regarding the control of Newcastle disease, in particular taking into account the new rules in relation to the designation of European Union reference laboratories provided for by Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), as well as the new system of implementing acts provided for in Article 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Directive 92/66/EEC, Annexes V, VI and VII to Directive 92/66/EEC should be deleted and implementing powers in the fields covered by those Annexes should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5).

                  (8)

                  For reasons of clarity, the functions and duties of the European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease should be laid down in Article 15 of Directive 92/66/EEC, and the criteria for the contingency plans should be laid down in Article 21 of that Directive.

                  (9)

                  For reasons of consistency and efficiency, Member States should ensure timely transposition of the provisions of this Directive.

                  (10)

                  Directive 92/66/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly,

            HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
      Article 1
      Amendments to Directive 92/66/EEC
      Directive 92/66/EEC is amended as follows:

                  (1)

                  Article 15 is replaced by the following:
                  ‘Article 15
                  1.   The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, designate a European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 25.
                  2.   The functions and duties of the European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease shall be:

                              (a)

                              to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in the Member States for diagnosing Newcastle disease, specifically by:

                                          (i)

                                          typing, storing and supplying strains of Newcastle disease virus for serological tests and the preparation of antisera;

                                          (ii)

                                          supplying standard sera and other reference reagents to the national reference laboratories in order to standardise the tests and reagents used in the Member States;

                                          (iii)

                                          building up and retaining a collection of Newcastle disease virus strains and isolates;

                                          (iv)

                                          organising periodical comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at Union level;

                                          (v)

                                          collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out in the Union;

                                          (vi)

                                          characterising isolates of Newcastle disease viruses by the most up-to-date methods available to promote a greater understanding of the epidemiology of Newcastle disease;

                                          (vii)

                                          keeping abreast of developments in Newcastle disease surveillance, epidemiology and prevention throughout the world;

                                          (viii)

                                          retaining expertise on Newcastle disease virus and other pertinent viruses to enable a rapid differential diagnosis;

                                          (ix)

                                          acquiring a thorough knowledge of the preparation and use of the products of veterinary immunology used to eradicate and control Newcastle disease;

                              (b)

                              to actively assist in the diagnosis of outbreaks of Newcastle disease in Member States by receiving virus isolates for confirmatory diagnosis, characterisation and epidemiology studies;

                              (c)

                              to facilitate the training or retraining of experts in laboratory diagnosis with a view to the harmonisation of techniques throughout the Union.’;

                  (2)

                  Article 19 is amended as follows:

                              (a)

                              paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
                              ‘5.   To the extent that it is required for the proper application of the measures laid down in this Article, the Member States shall submit to the Commission, within the framework of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, information on the disease situation and the control measures applied.’;

                              (b)

                              the following paragraph is added:
                              ‘6.   The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules regarding the information to be submitted by the Member States to the Commission as provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 25.’;

                  (3)

                  Article 21 is replaced by the following:
                  ‘Article 21
                  1.   Each Member State shall draw up a contingency plan, specifying the national measures to be implemented in the event of an outbreak of Newcastle disease. The contingency plan shall be updated, as appropriate, to take account of developments in the situation.
                  The contingency plan shall allow access to facilities, equipment, personnel and all other appropriate materials necessary for the rapid and efficient eradication of the outbreak of Newcastle disease. It shall give a precise indication of the vaccine requirements which each Member State deems necessary for emergency vaccination.
                  2.   The contingency plans and any updates thereto shall be submitted to the Commission.
                  3.   The Commission shall examine the contingency plans and any updates thereto in order to determine whether they permit the desired objective to be attained and shall suggest to the Member State concerned any amendments required in particular to ensure that they are compatible with those of the other Member States.
                  The Commission shall approve the contingency plans and any updates thereto, if necessary amended, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 25.
                  4.   The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down criteria to be applied by Member States for drawing up the contingency plans. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 25.’;

                  (4)

                  Article 25 is replaced by the following:
                  ‘Article 25
                  1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed established by Article 58(1) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*1). That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*2).
                  2.   Where reference is made to this Article, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

                  (5)

                  Annexes V, VI and VII are deleted.

            Article 2
      Transposition
      By 30 June 2018, Member States shall adopt and publish the measures necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
      They shall apply those measures from 1 January 2019.
      When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
      Article 3
      Transitional provision
      The designation of the European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/66/EEC, before the amendments made by this Directive, shall remain effective until a European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease has been duly designated in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 92/66/EEC, as amended by this Directive.
      Article 4
      Entry into force
      This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
      Article 5
      Addressees
      This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

         Done at Strasbourg, 18 April 2018.

               For the European Parliament

               The President

            A. TAJANI

               For the Council

               The President

            L. PAVLOVA

         (1)  Opinion of 14 February 2018 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

         (2)  Position of the European Parliament of 14 March 2018 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 12 April 2018.

         (3)  Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease (OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1).

         (4)  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).

         (5)  Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

         (*1)  Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).

         (*2)  Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).’;