No L 47/52 Official Journal of the European Communities 18.2.77 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 1976 laying down the standard code and rules governing the transcription into a machine- readable form of the data of the surveys of plantations of certain species of fruit trees, and laying down the boundaries of the production areas for these surveys (77/144/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 76/625/EEC of 20 July 1976 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, and in particular Article 4 (2) and (4) thereof, Whereas the equipment which the Commission has available for analyzing the results of the surveys of plantations of certain species of fruit trees and the need for its rational use require that the machine- readable forms compatible with the equipment be specified and that a standard format be prescribed for the transcription of the data into a machine- readable form; Whereas within certain production areas homo- geneous climatic and agronomic conditions exist which are associated with more or less uniform yields of fruit per hectare; whereas the use of survey results for each production area improves the accuracy of medium-term estimates of production; whereas the boundaries of such production areas shall be fixed; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, (1) O] No L 218, 11. 8. 1976, p. 10. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The machine-readable forms for submission of the data provided for in Article 2 of Directive 76/625/EEC by those Member States which process their survey information electronically shall be either magnetic tape or 80-column punch cards. Article 2 The standard format, codes and rules governing transcription on to magnetic tape or 80-column punch cards of the data provided for in Article 2 of Directive 76/625/EEC  and the administrative procedure governing the transmission of the magnetic tape files to the SOEC shall be as set out in the Annexes hereto. Article 3 The boundaries of the production areas to be adopted shall be as set out in the Annexes hereto. Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1976. For the Commission Guido BRUNNER Member of the Commission