Definicija: zagotavlja podatke o finančnih in ekonomskih vidikih različnih vrst kmetovanja v državah članicah Evropske unije. Vsako leto se izbere vzorec kmetij, ki je reprezentativen za komercialne kmetije. Te kmetije predložijo podatke o svojih proizvodnih stroških, prihodkih od prodaje in drugih vidikih kmetijskih dejavnosti. Podatki Evropski uniji omogočajo, da spremlja prihodkovno stanje kmetov in preuči učinke skupne kmetijske politike.

Definicija: The Committee delivers its opinion on a draft of the measures to be taken under Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council 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. It is further consulted: (a) for the purpose of verifying that the selection of relevant returning holdings has been carried out properly; (b) for the purpose of analysing and evaluating the accountancy data furnished by the data network, while having regard in particular to data deriving inter alia from farm accounts and statistics generally and from national accounts.