Annual report from the Commission to the Council on the implementation of the programme for restructuring the system of agricultural surveys in Greece (1995)
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 05. 12. 1997 COM(97) 667 final ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME FOR RESTRUCTURING THE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS IN GREECE 1995 (Article 5, Council Decision 85/360/EEC of 16 July 1985) X nrmomjcTioN î The plan for,restructuring,. B^ricukur&l statistics in Greece was adopted in 1985 (Council Decision 85/360/EEC of 16 July Î985, as last amended by Council Decision 92/582/EEC of 14 December 1992 - see Annex 1) with the following aims: - - - - to. set up a technical acd administrative structure at central, regional and province: level, capable of running all operations connected with agricultural statistics In both the present and the future; the improve the sairplmg frames, above all by compiling a register of farm holdings; to install at eenfea*, regional and sub-regional level a computer system to input, cheek and\process ëàîa; to put into practice, on a progressive basis, the Community programme of agricultural surveys and statistics in order to provide the Community with the information it-requires for implementing the CAP. As laid down in Article 5 of Council Decision 85/360/EEC, the Commission submits to the Council an annual progress report on the programme, setting out all the applications pist into practice, the action taken and the measures adopted during 1995 by the competent authorities (Statistical Office and Ministry of Agriculture) in order to complete the programme. 1. 1995, the last year in which the the programme was applied, saw the new system established throughout Greece by the agreed deadline (see Annex 1). 2. Some of the delays experienced in 1994 were made up in 1995. 3. All surveys an 1995 were designed on the basis of the new farm register, taking the agricultural holding as the sampling unit. 4. The farm register was updated with the help of data from all the surveys, but this affected only about 1 d % of the register. Since it was not possible to use administrative sources for updating purposes, it was cbeided to conduct a special survey or micro-census in 1996. 5. A pilot survey was carried out to this end in 1995 in nine municipalities in the Larisa area. The results enabled us to draw -up the timetable for the special updating survey to be conducted in 1996. 6. The 1955 pTO^mrae o. : statistical applications included the following surveys: wL - farm structure survey; - survey of fruit trees (apple, pear, peach, apricot, cherry, lemon, orange, small citrus fruit); - wine-growing survey; - livestock survey (cattle, pigs, goats, sheep); - cereals survey; - slaughtering survey; - survey of other crop products and - the annual agricultural statistics survey. MINAQ - estimates by geographical sampling; - milk and milk products; - crop production; - production and sales of eggs by incubation (monthly survey); - structure and use of hatcheries (annual survey); - FADN; - animal production: slaughterings and forecasts (meat - monthly survey). in conclusion, much progress was made during 1995. Next year, however, those responsible must also concentrate on developing databanks and drawing up a general plan for interconnection and communications between the computer systems of the Ministry of Agriculture ana ESYE. 3 ANNEX 1 TIMETABLE REMINDER The plan was initially to have been completed in five years (1986-1990), with geographical dissemination starting in Thrace-Macedonia in 1986 and finishing on the Island of Crete in 1990. Following two extensions granted to Greece by Council Decisions 90/386/EEC and 92/582/EEC, however, the deadline for completing the plan was put back to 1996. The new timetable is as follows: 1986 1987 1988 first year second year third year 1989 fourth year 1990 fifth year 1991 sixth year 1992 993 seventh year eighth year 994 ninth year 1995 1996 tenth year eleventh year Macedonia; Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus; Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus, Central Greece and Ionian Islands; Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus, Central Greece, Ionian Islands and Péloponnèse; Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus, Central Greece, Ionian Islands, Péloponnèse and Crete; Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus, Central Greece, Ionian Islands, Péloponnèse, Crete, Aegean Islands (North and South); First trial of the new system throughout Greece; Creation of a sampling frame based on the 1991 general agricultural census; Extension of remote sensing to the whole of mainland Greece and the Island of Crete; Synergies set up between the central and regional technical and administrative infrastructures installed by the Statistical Office and the Ministry of Agriculture respectively to manage the programme of surveys conducted by the Statistical Office; New system established throughout Greece; Monitoring and critical analysis of the results achieved during the first year of proper application. In November 1997 the Commission will submit to the Council a report on the implementation of the programme, including the results achieved. W ANNEX 2 1995 EXPENDITURE Ministry of the National Economy ESYE Secretariat General Ministry of Agriculture Expenditure category Amount in DR ECU 1. INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS F. Development of computer system a) ESYE SECRETARIAT GENERAL i) Purchase of equipment and software ii) Software support iii) Auxiliary equipment and consumables iv) Maintenance v) Network fees vi) VAT at 18 %on i, ii, iii, iv and v 282 979 310 233 439 490 49 539 820 b) MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 86 412 972 i) Purchase of equipment and software ii) Software support iii) Auxiliary equipment and consumables iv) Maintenance v) Network fees vi) VAT at 18 %on i. ii, iii, iv and v 2. Premises (i) ESYE Secretariat General (ii) Ministry of Agriculture 3. Office equipment (i) ESYE Secretariat General (ii) Ministry of Agriculture 4. Training equipment (i) ESYE Secretariat General (ii) Ministry of Agriculture 5. Miscellaneous expenditure (i) ESYE Secretariat General (ii) Ministry of Agriculture II. EXPENDITURE ON STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS a) ESYE SECRETARIAT GENERAL 86 412 972 38 197 000 31 994 310 68 000 000 29 226 800 20 454 516 1. Animal and crop surveys (cattle, pigs, sheep, 96 608 5IS goats, fruit trees, wine-growing, cereals) 2. Annual survey of agriculture 3. Farm structure survey 4. Restructuring of agricultural statistics b) MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE I. Statistical applications Remote sensing 97 145 319 53 824 260 811298 61 005 185 54 379 454 369 392 282 557 191 375 1913 675 38 197 000 31 994 310 68 000 000 49 681 316 248 389 398 115 384 639 363 774 037 1206 091 G R A ND TOTAL (DRACHMAS) 921 038 946 3 053 700 1 ECU = 301,614 GRD 5" ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 667 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 01 13 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-684-EN-C ISBN 92-78-28687-7 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg