L113/8 Official Journal of the European Union 20.4.2004 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 730/2004 of 19 April 2004 adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/ 82 (!) fixes per Member State the threshold of economic size of returning holdings falling within the field of survey of the farm accountancy data network. (2)  The number of returning holdings per Member State to be selected by division is fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82. (3) In view of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter ‘the new Member States’) the threshold for the new Member States, as well as the number of returning holdings by division for the new Member States should be fixed. (4)  The deadline for the delivery of the first approved selec- tion plan concerning the new Member States should be fixed. (5)  Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended accordingly, () OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regu- Jation (EC) No 659/2004 (OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 95). HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows: 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 For the 2004 accounting year (a period of 12 consecutive months beginning between 1 January 2004 and 1 July 2004) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation No 79/65/EEC in ESU shall be as follows: — Belgium: 16 ESU — Czech Republic: 4 ESU — Denmark: 8 ESU — Germany: 8 ESU — Estonia: 2 ESU — Greece: 2 ESU — Spain: 2 ESU — France: 8 ESU — Ireland: 2 ESU — Tltaly: 4 ESU — Cyprus: 1 ESU — Latvia: 2 ESU — Lithuania: 2 ESU — Luxembourg: 8 ESU — Hungary: 2 ESU — Malta: 8 ESU — Netherlands: 16 ESU — Austria: 8 ESU — Poland: 2 ESU — Portugal: 2 ESU — Slovenia: 2 ESU — Slovakia: 6 ESU — Finland: 8 ESU — Sweden: 8 ESU — United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland): 16 ESU — United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland): 8 ESU’