Recital 1

(1)Council Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production ² , Council Directive 93/24/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on bovine animal production ³ and Council Directive 93/25/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat stocks ⁴ have been amended several times. Further amendments and simplifications now being necessary, these acts should, for reasons of clarity, be replaced by one single act.