No L 353/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.12. 90 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3570/90 of 4 December 1990 on derogations in respect of agricultural statistical surveys in Germany in connection with the unification of Germany THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Whereas the requirements laid down in Community legislation on agricultural statistics cannot be fulfilled immediately - in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic because extensive changes and adjustments will have to be made in that territory; Whereas it also appears advisable to raise the estimate of expenditure contained in Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 of 26 March 1990 concerning statistical information to be supplied by the Member States on cereals production (3), i HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Derogations from the legal instruments set out in the Annex shall be authorized until 31 December 1992 with respect to agricultural statistics in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic as regards reporting periods, reference dates, survey deadlines, transmission deadlines and coverage. ‘ 2. The derogations provided for in paragraph 1 shall be determined in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 4, (1) O] No C 248, 2. 10. 1990, p. 9, as amended on 25 October 1990 and 28 November 1990. (2) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) O] No L 88, 3. 4. 1990, p. 1. Article 2 The following subparagraph is added to Article 1 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 of § February 1979 on statistical surveys of areas under vines(4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 490/86 (5): “The first intermediate survey to be carried out in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic shall take place not later than two years after the first basic survey.’ ‘ Article 3 The amount of ‘ECU 3 200 000 specified in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 is replaced by ‘ECU 3520 000 Article 4 1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a () OJNo L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 124, (%) O] No L 54, 1. 3. 1986, p. 22.