31. 3. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 86/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 807/8% of 20 March 1989 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 as regards the set-aside of arable land 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 (), Having  regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (), Whereas . Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 .on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (3), as-last amended by.Regulation (EEC) No 1137/88 (%), for which implementing rules are laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1272/88 (%), obliges Member States to introduce an aid scheme-designed to encourage the set-aside of arable land ; whereas at the same time the said Regulation creates new forms of land use, combining agricultural use and a legal status, depending on. whether or not the land qualifies for the aid instituted by the Regulation ; Whereas the structure of -agricultural holdings largely determines the potential income of farmers, making it necessary to monitor the effects of new common agricultural policy measures on land use, production and the economic potential of agricultural holdings ; Whereas the Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings to be held between 1988 and 1997 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (%) represent the main instruments for monitoring and analysing developments in statistical terms by relating the . set-aside of arable land to other structural characteristics () OJ No C 319, 12. 12. 1988, p. 48. () O No C 69, 20. 3. 1989. () OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 108, 29. 4. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 121, 11. 5. 1988, p. 36. () OJ No L 56, 2. 3. 1988, p. 1. such as the age of the holding manager, the technical and - economic type of farming and size of holdings, other- crops and livestock ; Whereas it is necessary to record the set-aside of -arable land on the basis of a suitable classification, which should be harmonized and compulsory in all Member States, in order to obtain statistical data which are comparable between Member States and over time; whereas it is therefore necessary to add to Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 a new characteristic for agricultural areas which' are subject tot the set-aside incentive scheme for arable land; Whereas the general structure of the list of characteristics should not be” ¢hanged and in consequence land subject to the set-aside incentive scheme for arable land must be classified in the category corresponding to its possible . agricultural ‘use as well as in a separate category; Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of this Regulation, close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission should continue, in particular via the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC (), HAS :ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This- Regulation shall enter into -force- on the day following its-publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. () OJ No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.