L 4318 Official Journal of the European Union 18.2.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 296/2003 of 17 February 2003 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 of 5 April 1993 concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals (!), at last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2197/95 () and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas: (1)  To maintain the sum of two areas allocated to the two uses of cotton leads to a lack of data or to estimated data, or to a double count. Therefore, it is necessary to select only one area. (2) It is appropriate to know in a more precise manner the nature and the areas of industrial crops. (3) A clarification of the fodder statistics and updating of the classification are necessary to obtain quality statis- tics. accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, established by Council Deci- sion 72/279|CE (), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 Annexes II, II[, IV, V and VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 are replaced by Annexes I, II, II[, IV and V to this Regulation. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 February 2003. () OJL 98, 24.4.1993, p. 1. () OJ L 221,19.9.1995, p. 2. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission () OJL 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.