CHAPTER II STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS

Article 9 Transmission
1 Member States shall transmit to the Commission validated survey data for the farm structure survey for 2010 by 31 March 2012.
2 For the farm structure surveys in the survey years 2013 and 2016, Member States shall transmit validated survey data to the Commission within 12 months of the end of the survey year.
3 Data relating to the rural development measures referred to in Annex III, and based on administrative records, may be transmitted to the Commission separately within 18 months of the end of the survey year.
4 The farm structure survey data transmitted to the Commission shall be in electronic form and at the level of individual agricultural holdings.
5 The Commission shall determine the format for the transmission of the survey data.
6 The farm structure survey data shall not be used by the Commission for drawing samples or for carrying out surveys.