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Eurostat calculates the values of Standard Output using the farm structure data. Standard output is in turn used to determine the "farm type" and "economic size".

Farm type

Once again the FADN legislation

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Recall that FADN legislation<a href="#" aria-describedby="footnote-label" id="footnotes-ref"></a>.  is the base for the rules for calculating the farm types, but the processing is done by Eurostat. The typology is used as a variable for dissemination of data (for example: area, livestock, labour force and standard output per type of farming).

Scientific use files

According to Commission Regulation (EU) No 557/2013 regarding access to confidential data for scientific purposes, scientific use files are files to be used for scientific purposes, to which methods of statistical disclosure control have been applied, in order to reduce the risk of identification of statistical unit to an appropriate level, in accordance with the current best practices. According to this definition, the risk of identification of a single unit is reduced, but not completely eliminated. Farm Structure Survey data is specific because the identification of the holdings on the basis of its production is relatively easy. The type of production is usually visible (crops growing, elevation of cows etc.). The focus of anonymisation is on limiting the additional information that the researchers will get on holdings in scientific use files. On the other hand agricultural production change over time (especially crops production) and the identification of holdings after 2, 3 or 5 years can be difficult or even misleading. The users of the scientific use files are researchers. They do not use the data to get information about individual holdings but to draw general conclusions. The researchers go through the eligibility procedure to get access to the data. Their organisations have to be recognized as research entities and their projects validated by Eurostat and national statistical institutes. The researchers sign several commitments where it is stated that "they will not attempt to identify any individual record (individual, household, business etc.) in the dataset, or claim to have done so". They also commit to "preserve the confidentiality of information pertaining to identifiable individuals, households and/or organisations that are recorded in the dataset". Additional safeguards are signed at the level of research entities. The approach for treatment was agreed in the FSS WG 2018.

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      <li id="">Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/220 lays down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Union and it is supplemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1198/2014 of 1 August 2014 (namely the thresholds, reference period, types of farming and collection of accountancy data.<a href="#footnotes-ref" aria-   label="Back to content">↩</a></li>
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