Agricultural statistics: production potential of plantations of fruit trees (repeal. Directive 76/625/EEC)

PURPOSE : rules on the statistical surveys of fruit trees COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the council concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member states in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees. CONTENT : This Directive determines that Member states will carry out during 2002 and every five years thereafter, surveys on plantations of certain species of fruit trees : dessert apples, dessert pears, peaches, apricots, oranges, lemons, small-fruited citrus fruit. The survey will apply to all holdings with an area planted with fruit trees, provided that the fruit produced is entirely or mainly intended for the market. The survey will cover mixed as well as pure crops, and will be organised so that the results may be presented in various combinations of the following characteristics: variety of fruit; age of trees; area planted, number of trees and density of plantation. detailed rules will be adopted by the Commission assisted by the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics. There are further rules laid down in cases of random sampling and sampling errors. The Commission must submit to Parliament and the Council, within one year of notification of the results by Member States, a report on experience acquired during the survey. DATE OF TRANSPOSITION : 16 April 2002. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 16 January 2002.�