Amongst other reasons, for the purposes of updating the basic registers of agricultural holdings and the rest of the information required for the stratification of samples, a census of agricultural holdings should be carried out in the Union at least every 10 years.
I measc cúiseanna eile, chun críocha na cláir bhunúsacha de ghabháltais talmhaíochta agus an fhaisnéis eile is gá le haghaidh srathú samplaí a thabhairt cothrom le dáta, ba cheart móráireamh gabháltas talmhaíochta a chur i gcrích san Aontas gach 10 mbliana ar a laghad.