Land prices and rents (apri_lpr)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMSAL)

Compiling agency: Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation


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1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
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Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Service de la Statistique et de la Prospective (SSP)

Sous Direction des Synthèses Statistiques et des Revenus (SDSSR)

Bureau des Synthèses Statistiques et Conjoncturelles (BSSC)

 
1.5. Contact mail address

Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation

Service de Statistique et de la Prospective

Sous-Direction des Synthèses Statistiques et des Revenus

3 rue Barbet de Jouy

75 349 Paris 07 SP

FRANCE


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 21/12/2020
2.2. Metadata last posted 21/12/2020
2.3. Metadata last update 21/12/2020


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description
  Land prices  Land rents 
Data description

— Price calculated on the basis of the notifications database (notaries) and handovers of Societies for land management and rural settlement (SAFER)

— Current prices in EUR per hectare

— Price calculated at the level of administrative regions (NUTS 2) using a hedonic model (see attachment)

— Price common to arable land and permanent grassland (no distinction between both types of land)

— National price calculated using a weighted average of regional prices

—— Prices calculated at national level only with the support of the rent index, calculated every year from the evolution in the gross farm income (RBEA) per hectare. This calculation is based on the average income evolution of FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) and the index of the general level of prices (see attachment)


Annexes:
Description of calculation of the rent index used for the calculation of rent price
Description of the methodology for calculation of land prices at regional level. This note provides information on the method for calculating prices at sub-regional level (prices also published nationally)
3.2. Classification system
  Land prices  Land rents 
Classification system

— Price calculated at national and regional level (administrative region)

— Price calculated for arable land and permanent grassland together (no distinction)

— Distinction between free and rented land (two different prices)

National level
3.3. Coverage - sector
  Land prices  Land rents 
Coverage - sector

Agricultural sector

Agricultural sector
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Definition of the land price values

  Land prices  Land rents 
Definition of the land price values

The same definition as under 3.1.

The same definition as in the common methodology
The costs of transferring ownership (therefore lawyer's fees, registration taxes and real estate) are excluded from collected selling/purchase price of agricultural land? Yes Not applicable. 
The value of deductible VAT is excluded from the price of agricultural land? Yes Yes
The entitlements related to the land are excluded from the collected selling/purchase/renting price of agricultural land? Yes Yes
The value of any buildings or dwellings situated on it and any other expenses related to other assets except the agricultural land (current maintenance expenditure on buildings, buildings insurance, depreciation of buildings, rents paid for the professional use of non-residential buildings etc.) are excluded from the price of agricultural land? Yes Yes
The value of any monetary compensation received by farmers for the sales/acquisition of the Utilized Agricultural Area is excluded from the collected selling/purchase price of agricultural land? Yes Not applicable. 
The value of any inheritances transfers related to the sold/purchased land is excluded from the collected selling/purchase price of agricultural land? Yes Not applicable. 
If you have replied NO to any of the above questions explain the reason why. 

Not relevant

Not relevant


EU Target Methodology

  Land prices  Land rents 
Does the data collection observe the land categories as specified in the EU Target Methodology?  No No
If not, please describe the differences. 

A single price for arable land and permanent grassland.

No distinction between the both types of land.

Distinction between free and rented land (two different prices)

Price calculated only at national level


Other UAA categories

  Land prices  Land rents 
Does the price information provided to Eurostat include information on other UAA categories?  No No
If yes, specify which categories. 

Not relevant

Not relevant
3.5. Statistical unit
  Land prices  Land rents 
Reporting unit 

Notaries

Society for land management and rural settlement (SAFER)

Service de la Statistique et de la Prospective (SSP) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN)
Observation unit 

One hectare of agricultural land sold/purchased for agricultural use

One hectare of land rented for agricultural use
3.6. Statistical population
  Land prices  Land rents 
Does any kind of physical, economical or other threshold apply for data collection on land prices and rents? 

Agricultural land keeping agricultural use after sale.

There is no area threshold at the data collection level. On the other hand, at a later stage, the price calculation considers only land with more than 70 ares. This 70-are threshold is going to be revised soon.

Agricultural land - No threshold
3.7. Reference area
  Land prices  Land rents 
Reference area

Metropolitan France, excluding Corsica but with some overseas departments

Metropolitan France
3.8. Coverage - Time
  Land prices Land rents
Time coverage 

1997 to 2019

2009-2019 (new methodology) The time series on rents is quite old.

The calculation method changed in 2009: calculation, previously at department level, became national.
When was the first survey/data collection on land prices and rents in line with common Target Methodology organised? 

First calculation based on the common methodology from 2011 on, with back-calculation on older data get comparable data from 1997 to 2019.

Not relevant
3.9. Base period

Not available.


4. Unit of measure Top
  Land prices  Land rents 
Is the price provided in national currency?  Yes Yes
Is the data on area provided in hectares?  Yes Yes


5. Reference Period Top
  Land prices Land rents
Is the reference period used for rental price the calendar year?  Not applicable.  No
If not, specify the reference period used Not applicable. 

The land rent for year N at national level isa calculation based on the rent-index for year N. Nevertheless this index refers provisionally to the period from September N to August N + 1 (up to the annual release of the new index in July).


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
  Land prices Land rents
Legal acts and other agreements 

1) Agricultural Law: annual publication of a detailed prices table in the Official Journal

2) Agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the National Federation of societies for land management and rural settlement (FNSAFER)

1) Agricultural Law (Decree)
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not available.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Not available.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
  Land prices Land rents
Confidentiality - data treatment 

No issue on confidentiality of the data transmitted.

The data are also published in France

However, the individual data used for price calculation are owned by the regional and national of the SAFER and are confidential.

No issue on confidentiality of the data transmitted


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Not available.
8.2. Release calendar access

Not available.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Not available.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

once a year


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

2 kinds of national dissemination by the ministry :

- by the Official Journal of the french Republic, every year in summer. Tables of detailed prices are disseminated.

- by the web site of the statistical service of the ministry. All the tables are disseminated : detailed prices by small regional areas, regional prices at NUTS2 level and national price.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Publications of detailed prices in the official Journal of the french Republic

Statistical publications on the statistical website : Figures and Data
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Tables available on the web site "Agreste"
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not available.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not available.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

Avaible on the statistical website of the ministry, "Agreste"
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not available.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Not available.
11.2. Quality management - assessment

Not available.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
  Land prices Land rents
Are the data on land prices and rents collected for national purposes (by NSI or any other national administration) in your country? 

Yes

Yes
Are there any differences between the current EU Target Methodology and the national methodology?  Yes Yes
If yes, please describe the differences. 

— No distinction between arable land and permanent grassland

No calculation of the rents at regional level (only at national level)
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not available.
12.3. Completeness

Not available.


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

Not available.
13.2. Sampling error

Not available.
13.3. Non-sampling error

Not available.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness
  Land prices Land rents
Timeliness 

5 months

1 year
When were data first released to the public? 

In late May (between the 27th and the 30th, every year) following the holding of the press conference of the FNSAFER

Annual release of the rent index in July at the Agricultural Accounts Commission
14.2. Punctuality

Not available.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical
  Land prices Land rents
Comparability - geographical (regional) 

No data comparability issue for the regional prices as the common methodology for calculation is applied at central government level (centralised computing is not carried out by the regions)

No comparability issue as no regional rent
15.2. Comparability - over time
  Land prices Land rents
Comparability - over time 

No data comparability issue for the time series of prices as back-calculation was run when updating the methodology.

Once the updating has been completed, the time series are quite comparable over time.

The average at level NUTS 1 is the average of the available NUTS 2 regions. This impacts comparability of region FRA (oversea) over time.

No data comparability issue for the time series of prices as back-calculation was run when updating the methodology.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not available.
15.4. Coherence - internal

Not available.


16. Cost and Burden Top

The statistical service of the ministry of Agriculture and food has an agreement with the National Federation of societies for land management and rural settlement (FNSAFER) which makes available its prices data. The cost of the informations provision is of about 20 000 € every year.

One employee is in charge of this calculation for 2 months.

 


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not available.
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not available.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data
  Land prices Land rents
Source data 

See 3.5

See 3.5
18.2. Frequency of data collection
  Land prices Land rents
Are the data collected on the regular, annual, basis?  Yes Yes
If yes, since when? If not, what is the frequency of data collection? 

1997

2010 (new methodology)
18.3. Data collection
  Land prices Land rents
Primary data collection method 

Notifications to notaries and SAFER return

Data from the FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) and agricultural accounts.

The FADN is an annual survey of 120 farm accountancy holders who transmit 7600 individual statements.
18.4. Data validation
  Land prices Land rents
Data validation 

Double calculation of prices by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the FNSAFER

Validation by local SAFER

Rent- index validated by the

National Agricultural Accounts Commission (CCAN)
18.5. Data compilation
  Land prices Land rents
Data compilation process 

Regional prices using a hedonic model

The national price is calculated as an average price weighted by regional areas drawn from the last available census results (currently the 2010 agricultural census)

National rent calculated using the change in rents, itself calculated at national level
Is the aggregation at country level carried out in accordance with the EU Target Methodology?  Yes Yes
How the aggregation at country level is carried out? 

The national price is calculated as an average price weighted by regional areas drawn from the last available census results (currently the 2010 agricultural census)

No aggregation, as there is only the national level is calculated
18.6. Adjustment
  Land prices Land rents
Adjustment

No adjustment

No adjustment


19. Comment Top

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