3.10.77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 252/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 September 1977 setting out the definitions relating to the list of characteristics for the 1977 survey of the structure of agricultural holdings {(77/613/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty. the European Economic Community, establishing Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3228/76 of 21 December 1976 on the organization of a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1977 (1), and in particular Article 4 (2) ‘and the second paragraph of Article 5 thereof, Whereas the definitions set out in Commission Decision 75/682/EEC of 2 October 1975 laying down for the purposes of a structures survey for 1975 as part of a programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings the definitions relating to the list of characteristics and the list of agricultural products {2) are, in principle, to be retained for the structures survey for 1977 in order to ensure the continuity of concepts and the comparability of the results; whereas Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3228/76 nevertheless provided for a change in the treatment of combined crops, but in some Member States only in certain regions and as an experiment; (1) OJ No'L 366, 31. 12. 1976, p. 1. (%) OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1975, p. 8. N Whereas . pursuant to Article 4 (2) of the said Regulation the Commission is to lay down the necessary detailed rules in . agreement. with the Member States in+ whose territories the regions Teferred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph ‘1-of that Article are situated; Whereas pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 5§ of Regulation (EEC) No 3228/76 the definitions relating to the list of characteristics set out in the Annex to that Regulation are to be laid down in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 8 thereof; 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. Member States shall carry out a survey of the characteristics listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3228/76 in accordance with the definitions and explanations set out in Commission Decision 75/682/EEC of 2 October 1975.