L 230/44 Official Journal of the European Union 16.9.2003 COMMISSION DECISION of 8 September 2003 laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to intermediate statistical surveys of areas under vines (notified under document number C(2003) 3191) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/654/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor- Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 of 5 February 1979 on statistical surveys of areas under vines ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2329/98 (3, and in parti- cular Article 5(6) and Article 6(7) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Decision 80/765/EEC of 8 July 1980 laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to intermediate statistical surveys of areas under vines (°) has been substantially amended several times (¥); in the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified. (2)  Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 requires the Member States to submit to the Commission the information collected in the framework of intermediate surveys of areas under vines in the form of a schedule of tables broken down by geographical units which shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the said Regulation, i.e. by a Commission Decision following an opinion from the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics. (3)  Member States which process their survey results elec- tronically are required to submit these results to the Commission in a machine-readable form. The codes for transmitting survey results are also determined in accor- dance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation 357/79 (EEC). (4)  For practical reasons the Member States should forward the data referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 357(79 also in machine-readable form. 1 OJ L 54, 5.3.1979, p. 124. ?) OJ L 291, 30.10.1998, p. 2. OJ L 213, 16.8.1980, p. 34. %) See Annex IIL () () () () dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 The machine-readable form for submission of the data provided for in Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 by those Member States which process their survey results electronically shall be magnetic tape. Article 2 The code and rules governing the transcription onto magnetic tape of the data provided for in Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 shall be as set out in Annexes I and II hereto. Article 3 Decision 80/765/EEC is repealed. The references made to the said repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV. Atrticle 4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 September 2003. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission