Article 1
1. For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/23/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 93/23/EEC shall cover: (a) agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of 1 ha or more; (b) agricultural holdings with a utilized agricultural area of less than 1 ha, if their production is to a certain extent intended for sale or if their production unit exceeds certain natural thresholds. 3. Member States wishing to apply a different survey threshold shall, however, undertake to determine that threshold in such a way that only the smallest holdings are excluded, and that together the holdings excluded account for 1 % or less of the total standard gross margin, within the meaning of Commission Decision 85/377/EEC ( 4 ) , of the Member State concerned.