31.12.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 379/61 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 December 1985 supplementing and modifying Decision 83/461/EEC laying down, for the purposes of a structure survey for 1983 as part of the programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, the definitions relating to the list of characteristics and the list of agricultural products ‘ (85/643/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1463/84 of 24 May 1984 on the organization of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1985 and for 1987 (*) especially to paragraph 1 of Article 6, Having regard to Commission Decision 83/461/EEC of 4 July 1983 laying down, for the purposes of a structure survey for 1983 as part of the programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, the definitions relating to the list of characteristics and the list of agri- cultural products (%), Whereas if the findings of the surveys for 1985 and for 1987 on the structure of agricultural holdings provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1463/84 are to be in concordance throughout the European Economic Community, the terms contained in the list of char- acteristics must be understood and applied in a uniform manner; whereas standard definitions should therefore be laid down for these terms wherever necessary; Whereas it is necessary to achieve the stated aims while reducing as far as possible the burden of work on the Member States and the Commission; (*) OJ No L 142, 29. 5. 1984. (*) OJ No L 251, 12. 9. 1983, p. 100. Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1. Annex I of Decision 83/461/EEC is supplemented according to Annex I of the present Decision. 2. Annex II of Decision 83/461/EEC is modified according to Annex II of the present Decision. Article 2 Only the definitions relating to the list of .characteristics set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1463/84 shall be taken into consideration in connection with the 1985 and 1987 structure surveys. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 December 1985. For the Commission Alois PFEIFFER Member of the Commission