15.2.75 ' Official Journal of the European Communities No L 42/21 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 20 January 1975 on the organization of a structures survey for 1975 as part of the programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings (75/108/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Cstructural  changes necessary for the efficient Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1); | Whereas, for the future development of the common agricultural policy, the Community needs objective and. comparable information on the structure and organization of agricultural holdings throughout the Community; - Whereas the findings of the basic survey conducted under Regulation No 70/66/EEC (2), as amended by Regulation No 35/67/EEC (3), as part of a programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings and of the general agricultural survey recommended by the FAO and conducted under Directive No 69/400/EEC (%), provide the Community with certain information which, however, concern only the territory of the six original Member States and refer only to a specific period; whereas the Community must therefore undertake a programme of surveys to be conducted at the same time in all the Member States, based on uniform methods and definitions; Whereas such a programme should, in particular, include a survey aimed at providing essential information for defining the structure of agricultural holdings; Whereas the envisaged measures have a Community interest for achieving the  objectives defined in Article 39 (1) (a) of the Treaty, including the (1) O] No C 40, 8. 4. 1974, p. 72 and O] No C 155, 9. 12. 1974, p. 49. () OJ No 112, 24. 6. 1966, p. 2065/66. (®) O] No 33, 24. 2. 1967, p. 524/67. (Y) OJ No L 288, 17. 11. 1969, p. 1. - functioning of the common market; whereas these measures thus constitute a common action within the meaning of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 () of 21 April 1970 concerning the financing of the common agricultural policy, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2788/72 (%); Whereas the scope of the survey should, so as to take account of current developments in certain methods or fields of production, include holdings with an area of at least one hectare and smaller holdings of a certain economic importance due to the fact that they market a certain proportion of their production or if their standard gross production exceeds certain physical units; Whereas in order to ensure uniform analysis of the results obtained and to satisfy information requirements in this sector, the data collected in the survey by the statistical services of the Member States must be centralized; Whereas a Member State may be particularly interested in having available results on the situation within its territory and whereas the possibility for analysis and - publication at national level should therefore be provided; Whereas the farmers taking part in the survey should be assured that individual information about them will be treated as confidential; Whereas in order to facilitate implementation of the provisions specified, there should be close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, within the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision No 72/279/EEC (7), (%) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. (% OJ No L 295, 30. 12. 1972, p. 1. (") O] No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.