The programme of European surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, which has been carried out in the Union since 1966, should be continued in order to examine the trends in the structure of agricultural holdings at the Union level and to provide the statistical knowledge base necessary for the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review of related policies, in particular the common agricultural policy (CAP), including rural development measures, as well as environmental, climate change adaptation and mitigation and land use policies of the Union and some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Clár na suirbhéanna Eorpacha ar struchtúr gabháltas talmhaíochta, atá á chur i gcrích san Aontas ó 1966 i leith, ba cheart leanúint de chun scrúdú a dhéanamh ar na treochtaí atá ann maidir le struchtúr gabháltas talmhaíochta ar leibhéal an Aontais agus chun an bonn eolais staidrimh is gá a sholáthar le haghaidh dearadh, cur chun feidhme, faireachán, meastóireacht agus athscrúdú a dhéanamh ar na beartais ghaolmhara, go háirithe an Comhbheartas Talmhaíochta (CBT), lena n-áirítear bearta forbartha tuaithe, chomh maith leis na beartais maidir leis an gcomhshaol, le hoiriúnú don athrú aeráide agus le maolú ar an athrú aeráide agus le bearta talamhúsáide an Aontais agus roinnt Spriocanna Forbartha Inbhuanaithe (SFInna).