1. Item 6 Harmonised questionnaire for data collection
Elisabeth Rohner-Thielen
Food safety statistics
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Task Force "Organic farming statistics"-Luxembourg, 4-5-May 2009

2. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Background
Revision of the questionnaire proposed to the Working Group ‘Food safety statistics’ in December 2007
Why?
To put it in line with the data collection in the conventional agricultural statistics
To take into account the new Regulation 834/2007 and the Implementing Regulation 889/2008
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3. Revised harmonised questionnaire
1st step:
Consultation of DG AGRI
Eurostat Units
E1 ‘Farms, agro-environment and rural development’ and
E2 ‘Agricultural and fisheries statistis’
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Task Force "Organic farming statistics"-Luxembourg, 4-5-May 2009

4. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Next steps:
Proposal of the questionnaire was sent for comments to the members of the Working Group « Food safety statistics » and to the members of the SCOF (Standing Committee for Organic farming)
Comments received from CZ, FR, DE, IT, LT, NL, AT, PT, SI, SE
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5. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Main comments/questions (1)
What is the purpose of the data collection?
Administrative burden: justified by the respected results?
Financial burden: influence on the data quality?
Cooperation between national authorities will be necessary
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6. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Main comments/questions (2)
Coordination of data collections wherever it is possible
Need of a methodological guide
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7. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Main comments/questions (3)
Form D (Operators):
- no data on new/withdrawn operators during the
year
- only number of operators at the end of the
reference year
- distinction of ‘Aquaculture producers’ not
necessary
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Task Force "Organic farming statistics"-Luxembourg, 4-5-May 2009

8. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Main comments/questions (4)
Form E (Organic area and production):
- list too detailed
- no breakdown by crops not always available
- why data on area under conversion?
If needed, total and no breakdown by crops
- no data on production
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9. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Main comments/questions (5)
Form F (Organic livestock and livestock products):
- list too detailed
- no data on production
- problems to report on the number of live
aquaculture animals;
suggestion to report on the production (slaughtered
animals) or the area of aquaculture
- problems with the collection of production data in
kilograms and litres
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10. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Main comments/questions (6)
Form G (Processors and production by type of economic activity):
- no data on the production value
- industrial production should be transmitted in
volume and not in value
- simplification is welcomed
- adaptation to Nace Rev.2 is welcomed
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11. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Proposed timetable for the use of the questionnaire (1)
Data collection 2009 (data reference year 2008)
Revised questionnaire as presented to the Task Force (Questionnaire 2008) – Try-out
Grants 2009
Revised questionnaire as presented to the Task Force (Questionnaire 2008) taking into account the results of the meeting of the Task Force (Questionnaire 2009)
Data collection 2010 (data reference year 2009)
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12. Revised harmonised questionnaire
Proposed timetable for the use of the questionnaire (2)
Next meeting of the Task Force: 2nd half 2010
Discussion on the questionnaire taking into account the results of the grants 2009 and the data collection 2010 (Questionnaire 2010)
Meeting of the Working Group ‘Food safety statistics’: end 2010
Final approval
Data collection 2011 (data reference year 2010)
Questionnaire as approved by the Working Group (Questionnaire 2010)
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13. Revised harmonised questionnaire
The Members of the Task Force are invited to express their views on the revised harmonised questionnaire by end of June 2009.
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14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
For further information:
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