L 337/64 Official Journal of the European Union 13.11.2004 COMMISSION DECISION of 26 October 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/24/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on cattle population and production (notified under document number C(2004) 4091) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/761[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 93/24/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on bovine animal production (!), and in particular Articles 1(2) and (3), 2(2), 3(2), 6, 8(1) and (2), 10(3) and 12(2) thereof, Whereas: Commission Decision 94/433/EC of 30 May 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/24/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on cattle population and production () has been amended several times. Precise definitions are required in order to carry out the surveys provided for in Directive 93/24/EEC. This requires the definition of the agricultural holdings covered by the survey. The different categories for the breakdown of the survey results, and the herd size classes and the territorial subdivisions according to which the Member States draw up the survey results at regular intervals must also be precisely defined. A standard defi- nition of carcass weight is necessary for drawing up slaughtering statistics. Under Directive 93/24/EEC, the Member States may, at their request, be authorised to carry out the May/June or November/December ~ surveys in selected regions, provided that these surveys cover at least 70% of the bovine population. Member States whose bovine popu- lation makes up only a small percentage of the overall livestock population of the Community may also, at their request, be authorised to dispense altogether with either the May/June or the November/December survey or to () OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). ( O] L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 27. Decision as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/547/EC (O] L 209, 7.8.1999, p. 33). use the regional breakdown for the final results of the May/June survey. Finally, the Member States may, at their request, be authorised to conduct the prescribed breakdown by herd size classes for the results of the May/June survey. Applications have been made by the Member States for the various types of derogation. By reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, it is necessary to make certain technical adaptations and to extend certain dero- gations to these new Member States. Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council (%) establishes a common clas- sification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) for the Member States; the new NUTS nomenclature must therefore replace the previously defined regional levels. Decision 94/433/EC should therefore be repealed. This Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 1. Article 1 For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/24/EEC, ‘agricultural holding’ means any technical and economic unit under single management which produces agricultural products. 2. The survey referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 93/24/[EEC shall cover: (a) agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of 1 ha Oor more; () O] L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.