ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III MODELS AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SELECTION PLAN (ARTICLE 3(1)) The data referred to in Article 5a(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be notified to the Commission on the basis of the following structure: A. FACT-SHEET 1. General information 1.1. Accounting year 1.2. Member State 1.3. Name of the liaison agency 1.4. Is the liaison agency part of the public administration (yes/no)? 2. Basis of the selection plan 2.1. Source of the total population of holdings 2.2. Year of the population of holdings used 2.3. Standard output year 2.4. Definition of the field of survey 3. The procedures for stratifying the field of survey 3.1. Clustering by type of farm 3.2. Clustering by size class of farm 3.3. Additional national criterion used for the stratification of the field of survey 3.3.1. Is there any additional stratification criterion applied? 3.3.2. Is the additional national criterion used in the national selection of the sample? 3.3.3. Is the additional national criterion used in national weighting of the population data? 3.3.4. Is the additional national criterion used in selection of returning holdings for EU FADN? 3.3.5. If you use it for EU selection, please explain your choice and detail the implications for the representativeness of the EU FADN field of survey. 3.4. Clustering rules 3.5. Coverage of the sample 4. The methods for determining the selection rate and sample size chosen for each stratum — Proportional allocation — Optimal allocation — Proportional and optimal allocations combined — Other method 5. The procedures for the selection of returning holdings — Random selection — Non-random selection — Random and non-random selections combined — Other method 6. The procedures for the possible later updating of the selection plan 7. The probable period of validity of the selection plan 8. The breakdown of holdings in the field of survey classified in accordance with the Union typology for agricultural holdings (corresponding at least to the principal types) 9. The number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the strata adopted 10. Additional information not covered in previous points 11. The selection plan was approved at the national committee, date B. SELECTION PLAN TABLES Details on the reference population and on the sample designed for the related accounting year shall be provided on the basis of the models of the following tables which are integral part of the selection plan documentation. Table 1 Clustering rules applied for EU FADN sample farm selection Table structure Column number Column description 1 FADN division code (see Annex II) 2 Clusters of types of farming (see Annex IV) 3 Clusters of economic size classes (see Annex V) Table 2 Coverage of the sample Table structure Column number Column description 1 Economic size classes (as set out in Annex V) 2 Lower limits of the economic size classes (in EUR) 3 Upper limits of the economic size classes (in EUR) 4 Number of holdings of the population represented 5 Inverse cumulative percentage of number of holdings of the population represented 6 Utilised agricultural area (ha) of the population represented 7 Inverse cumulative percentage of utilised agricultural area represented 8 Total standard output of the population represented 9 Inverse cumulative percentage of total standard output represented 10 Number of livestock units of the population represented 11 Inverse cumulative percentage of number of livestock units represented Table 3 Distribution of farms in the population Table structure Column number Column description 1 Code — principal type of farming 2 Designation — principal type of farming 3 Economic size class — 1 4 Economic size class — 2 5 Economic size class — 3 6 Economic size class — 4 7 Economic size class — 5 8 Economic size class — 6 9 Economic size class — 7 10 Economic size class — 8 11 Economic size class — 9 12 Economic size class — 10 13 Economic size class — 11 14 Economic size class — 12 15 Economic size class — 13 16 Economic size class — 14 17 Economic size class — total Table 4 Selection plan Table structure Column number Column description 1 FADN Division — EU FADN code 2 FADN Division — Name 3 Type of farm — national code 4 Type of farm — EU FADN code 5 Economic size class — national code 6 Economic size class — EU FADN code 7 Economic size class — description (size in EUR) 8 Number of holdings to be selected (A) 9 Number of holdings in the population (B) 10 Average weight (B)/(A)