# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1469/2007

of 13 December 2007

amending the Annex to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions

## Preamble

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 Community [^1] , and in particular Article 2a thereof,

Having regard to the request of Portugal,

Whereas:

**(1)** A list of divisions within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation No 79/65/EEC is laid down in the Annex to that Regulation.

**(2)** According to that Annex, Portugal is divided into five divisions. For the purposes of Regulation No 79/65/EEC Portugal has requested to reduce the number of divisions by merging the divisions ‘Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral’ and ‘Trás-os-montes e Beira Interior’ into one division ‘Norte e Centro’.

**(3)** Regulation No 79/65/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(4)** 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:

## **Article 1**

The Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply from the 2008 accounting year.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOP_1965_109_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ( [OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_363_R_TOC) ).

In the Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC, the part concerning Portugal is replaced by the following:

‘Portugal 1. Norte e Centro; 2. Ribatejo-Oeste; 3. Alentego e Algarve; 4. Açores e Madeira.’

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ().