Agricultural statistics: application of aerial-survey and remote-sensing techniques for 1999-2003

The Commission accepts the Council's common position. The inclusion of a financial allocation is in accordance with the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of budgetary procedure. The Commission also approves the introduction of a management committee. Agricultural statistics are closely linked with implementation of the common agricultural policy and the management-committee procedure is the procedure laid down for putting that policy into practice. It is logical for the same approach to apply to agricultural statistics.�