PURPOSE : to set the maximum amounts of the Community contribution to be made towards the expenses incurred for the 2005 and 2007 agricultural surveys for the 10 acceding countries.
LEGISLATIVE ACT : Regulation 1435/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as a result of enlargement, Council Regulation 571/88/EEC on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings.
CONTENT : this Regulation, which incorporates the amendments of the European Parliament, sets the maximum amounts of the Community contribution to be made towards the expenses incurred for the 2005 and 2007 surveys for the ten acceding countries, and also sets the financial framework for these countries for the period 2004-2006 at EUR 43.7 mio. Compared to the Commission proposal, where the financial framework for the period 2007-2009 was set in the proposal at EUR 29.3 mio, the amount for the period 2007-2009 will now be fixed by the budgetary and legislative authority on a proposal from the Commission on the basis of the new financial perspective for the period starting in 2007.
Lastly, the Member States have to conduct a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2005 and 2007.
ENTRY INTO FORCE : 05/09/2004. Point 1 of Article 1 shall apply as from 01/05/2004.