No L 65/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 3. 93 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 9 February 1993 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 807/89 for Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in the period 1996 to 1997 (93/156/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 807/89 of 20 ‘March 1989 ('), amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988 (%), on the organization of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings between 1988 and 1997, Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 571/88, changes in the list of characteristics for the 1993 to 1997 surveys shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 of the said Regulation, i.e. by a Commission Decision following the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics ; Whereas the workloads of the Member States and of the Statistical Office of the European Communities as regards the execution and processing of those surveys should be curtailed as far as possible, in particular where data collec- tion on the agricultural holdings and programming and computer processing in the Member States’ statistical departments and the Commission’s Eurofarm system are concerned ; Whereas for this reason, and for the sake of comparability of survey results, the structure and content of the list of characteristics laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 807/89, together with the relevant definitions and geographic units laid down by Commission Decision () OJ No L 86, 31. 3. 1989, p. 1. () OJ No L S6, 2. 3. 1988, p. 1. 89/651/EEC (®) and used for surveys during the period 1988 to 1991, should be retained, where at all possible ; Whereas those characteristics which, in the framework of the 1993 to 1997 surveys, appear not to be vital for Community purposes should be declared optional ; Whereas the measures provided for under the present Decision are in line with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 With a view to the execution of the 1993 to 1997 Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 807/89 shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.‘ Done at Brussels, 9 February 1993. For the Commission Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN Member of the Commission () OJ No L 391, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1.