Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/2008
of 16 December 2008
fixing the standard fee per farm return from the 2009 accounting year of the farm accountancy data network
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community1,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings2, and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 provides that a standard fee shall be paid by the Commission to the Member States for each duly completed farm return and forwarded to it within the period prescribed in Article 3 of that Regulation.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1453/20073 fixed the amount of the standard fee for the 2008 accounting year at EUR 151 per farm return. The trend in costs and its effects on the cost of completing the farm return justify a revision of the fee.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: