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EN    EN  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 28.6.2010 
SEC(2010)776 final 
  
COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 
accompanying document to the Report from the Commission to the European 
Parliament and the Council on the experience acquired from the statistical survey on 
plantations of certain species of fruit trees, carried out by  the Member States in 2007 in 
application of Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament  
and of the Council of 19 December 2001 
   
COM(2010)340 final  
 
EN 2   EN ANNEX 1  
2007 basic survey of fruit trees 
Member State Data transmitted (and accepted) 
BELGIUM 03/02/2009 
BULGARIA 25/08/2008 
CZECH REPUBLIC 16/05/2008 
DENMARK 04/03/2008 
GERMANY 23/09/2008 
ESTONIA 19/09/2008  
IRELAND 12/09/2008 
GREECE 01/12/2008 
SPAIN 01/10/2008 
FRANCE 29/05/2008 
ITALY 08/10/2008 
CYPRUS 20/10/2008 
LATVIA 02/09/2008 
LITHUANIA 14/12/2007 
LUXEMBOURG 13/02/2008 
HUNGARY 20/10/2008 
MALTA 06/02/2008 
NETHERLANDS 12/09/2008 
AUSTRIA 05/06/2008 
POLAND 17/04/2008 
PORTUGAL 27/08/2007 
ROMANIA 30/09/2008 
SLOVENIA 29/09/2008 
SLOVAKIA 04/09/2008 
FINLAND 30/09/2008 
SWEDEN 01/10/2008 
UNITED KINGDOM 08/01/2008 
 
EN 3   EN ANNEX 2  
SPECIES SURVEYED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES 
 
Apples Pears Peaches Apricots Oranges Lemons Small 
Citrus 
fruits 
Belgium x x      
Bulgaria x x x x    
Czech 
Republic x x x x    
Denmark x x      
Germany x x      
Estonia x       
Greece x x x x x x x 
Spain x x x x x x x 
France x x x x x x x 
Ireland x       
Italy x x x x x x x 
Cyprus x x x x x x x 
Latvia x x      
Lithuania x x      
Luxembourg x x      
Hungary x x x x    
Malta   x*     
Netherlands x x      
Austria x x x x    
Poland x x x* x*    
Portugal x x x x x x x 
Romania x* x* x* x*    
Slovenia x x x* x*    
Slovakia x x x* x*    
Finland x       
Sweden x x      
United 
Kingdom x x      
* Surveys are not conducted for: age of trees, density of plantation and variety. 
 
EN 4   EN ANNEX 3  
SURVEY METHODS USED BY THE MEMBER STATES  - BASIC SURVEY 2007 
 BELGIUM BULGARIA CZECH 
REPUBLIC DENMARK 
1. Coverage 
1.1 Species surveyed 
1.1.1 Based on Directive Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties)  Apple, pear, peach 
and apricot trees 
(dessert varieties)  Apple, pear, peach 
and apricot trees 
(dessert varieties)  Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties) 
1.1.2 Others None Cherry, morello, 
plum, walnut, almond Cherry, Sour cherry, 
Plum, other fruit and 
bushes (Walnut, Cob-
nut, Almond, Currant 
bushes, Gooseberry 
bushes, Bramble 
bushes, Raspberry 
bushes) None 
1.2 Holdings (minimum 
threshold of orchards) None All holdings 
complying with the 
thresholds for 
agricultural holdings 
in FSS that cultivated at least 500m² of 
orchards and having 
orchard parcels of at 
least 500m² Holdings have to 
respect two 
conditions: at least 15 
are of orchard and 
>50% of the fruit production for market All holdings with 
planted areas with 
apple and pear trees 
for commercial 
purposes 
2. Type of survey  Exhaustive survey Exhaustive survey 
(for holdings that 
cultivate more than 1 
dca orchards) and 
sample survey (for 
holdings that cultivate 
less than 1 dca 
orchards) Complete census, face 
to face interviews 
(3,069 holdings) Complete census, 
mail survey 
3. Reference period/date 1 November 2007 The crop year 
2006/2007 for the 
utilized agricultural 
area of survey 
holdings; 
The autumn 2006-
spring 2007 for newly 
planted orchards 1st May 2007 31st May 2007 
4. Survey date November 2007 16 June -31 August 
2007 Not mentioned June 2007 
5. Survey characteristics 
5.1 Based on Directive      
5.1.1 Orchard area 
considered  Net planted area  The fruit plantations 
in the agricultural 
holdings Gross area, covering 
net and mixed 
plantations Net area 
5.1.2 Varieties Exhaustive coverage of 
varieties Specified significant 
varieties and “others” Specified significant 
varieties and “others” Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" 
 
EN 5   EN  BELGIUM BULGARIA CZECH 
REPUBLIC DENMARK 
5.1.3 Age Actual year of planting Age classes 
determined from the 
year of planting Age of trees is 
counted from the year 
of planting Age classes 
determined since the 
year of planting 
5.1.4 Density Number of trees per 
hectare Calculated using the 
spacing between the 
rows and in the rows 
for each fruit species, 
and estimated as 
number of trees per ha Calculated on the 
basis of the number of 
trees and planted area Calculation based on 
planted area and the 
number of trees 
5.2 Others None Holdings cultivating 
fruit trees, areas of 
new plantations, 
grubbed and 
destination of fruit 
production Not mentioned Not mentioned 
5.3 Accuracy Census Not menti oned Not mentioned Not mentioned 
 
EN 6   EN  
 GERMANY ESTONIA IRELAND GREECE 
1. Coverage 
1.1 Species surveyed 
1.1.1 Based on Directive Apple and pear trees Apple trees (dessert 
varieties) Apple trees Apple, pear, peach, 
apricot, orange, small 
citrus fruit and lemon 
trees 
1.1.2 Others Plum and cherry trees None None Cherry trees 
1.2 Holdings (minimum 
threshold of orchards) Holdings with at least 
30 are of the defined 
species, producing fruit 
for sale All holdings which 
produce apples for 
sale  All holdings with 
commercial orchard 
area. All holdings 
with more than 0.10 
ha of apple, including 
cider Holdings with at least 
10 are (0.1 hectare) 
planted with the 
defined species 
2. Type of survey  Complete enumeration Survey conducted 
jointly with the FSS. 
This survey was a 
combination of 
complete enumeration 
for larger surveys and a sample survey for 
small ones: the 
number of holdings 
surveyed was 20,000.  Complete census, 
conducted by post 
with visit to the farm 
if needed Stratified sample by 
size classes of orchard 
with exhaustive 
survey to holdings 
with more than 10 ha 
3. Reference period/date  1st June 2007 31st March 2007  
4. Survey date January-June 2007 June-November 2007 August 2007 May-July 2007 
Reference period  
5. Survey characteristics 
5.1 Based on Directive      
5.1.1 Orchard area 
considered  Net area Net area Net area Net area of regular 
groves, separated on a 
pro rata  basis if 
mixed regular groves 
(more than 1 specie)  
5.1.2 Varieties Exhaustive coverage of 
varieties Pre-selected list of 
major varieties (4 
from EU list + 28 
local varieties), plus 
"others" Exhaustive coverage 
of varieties. 
Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
'others'  Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" 
5.1.3 Age The actual year of 
planting (autumn or 
spring) The actual year of 
planting  The actual year of 
planting The actual year of 
planting (autumn or 
spring) 
5.1.4 Density Calculation based on 
the number of trees per 
hectare or on tree 
spacing in and between 
rows Calculation based on 
the number of trees 
and of area Calculation based on 
planted area and the 
number of trees  Calculation based on 
planted area 
5.2 Others Not mentioned Not mentioned Significant amount of 
information on farms 
producing apples Not mentioned 
 
EN 7   EN  GERMANY ESTONIA IRELAND GREECE 
5.3 Accuracy Not mentioned Comprehensive 
number of tests. 
Sampling error:0,8% Census survey The coefficients of 
variation (%) of 
production zones for 
each variety of trees 
separately do not 
exceed 2% of total for 
country 
 
EN 8   EN  
 SPAIN FRANCE ITALY CYPRUS 
1. Coverage 
1.1 Species surveyed 
1.1.1 Based on Directive Apple, pear, peach, 
apricot, orange, small 
citrus fruit and lemon 
trees Apple and pear (dessert 
varieties), peach, 
apricot, orange, small 
citrus fruit and lemon 
trees Apple and pear 
(dessert varieties), 
peach, apricot, 
orange, small citrus 
fruit and lemon trees  Apple and pear 
(dessert varieties), 
peach, apricot, 
orange, small citrus 
fruit and lemon trees  
1.1.2 Others Not mentioned Plum, cherry, kiwi and 
nut trees Not mentioned Grapefruit trees 
1.2 Holdings (minimum 
threshold of orchards) Holdings with at least 
5 are producing fruit 
intended for sale Holdings with at least 
50 are of orchard area 
Orchard is a regularly 
maintained plantation 
(annual cut, regular 
treatments) of fruit trees 
(for human consumption 
or for industry), of a 
density of at least 100 
individuals per hectare, 
i.e. a maximum spacing of 10 to 10 metres  All holdings with an 
area planted with fruit 
trees, provided that 
the fruit produced is 
entirely or mainly 
intended for market 
during the 2007 
agricultural year 
No physical threshold Agricultural holdings 
with a minimum area 
of 0.1 ha planted with 
fruit trees (at least 
95% of the total area 
planted with fruit 
trees) 
2. Type of survey  Area frame sampling
(MAST – Marco de 
Áreas y Segmentos 
Territoriales), Random sampling 
(6,500 holdings 
surveyed for a universe 
of 24,444) Sample survey (to a 
stratified sample of 
20,744 holdings) 
Face to face 
interviews and paper 
questionnaires Sample survey based 
on a sample of 
holdings having at 
least 0.1 ha of 
cultivated area with 
fruit trees 
3. Reference period/date Not mentioned 1st April 2007-31st 
March 2008 1st November 2006-
31st October 2007) 1st October 2006 – 
30th September 2007 
4. Survey date February-December 
2007 January- June 2007 October 2007-June 
2008 
Simultaneously with 
FSS 2007 October 2007 – 
March 2008 
5. Survey characteristics 
5.1 Based on Directive      
5.1.1 Orchard area 
considered  Net area (calculated 
from gross area 
surveyed);  
including (pro-rata) 
areas of associated 
plantations. Trees in 
rows and isolated 
trees are not covered Net area Net area; including 
areas utilised for the 
agricultural 
machinery, excluded 
areas with windbreak 
plans or with border 
wooded crops or with 
walking paths Net area 
5.1.2 Varieties Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" Exhaustive list from 
Commission Decision Pre-selected list of the 
major varieties for 
each species of fruit, 
plus a group 'other' 
5.1.3 Age The actual year of 
planting The actual year of plan-
ting (autumn or spring) The actual year of 
planting or grafting Calculated from the 
time of their planting 
in the orchard 
 
EN 9   EN  SPAIN FRANCE ITALY CYPRUS 
5.1.4 Density Calculated on the 
basis of tree spacing 
in and between rows Calculated on the basis 
of tree spacing in and 
between rows giving the 
number of trees per ha Calculated on the 
basis of number of 
plants and planted 
area  Calculated on the 
basis of the area and 
the number of trees 
per 0.1 ha 
5.2 Others Not mentioned Volume of the 
production, trade 
circuits, Technical 
management of the 
plantations, 
permanent/temporary 
labour force, storage 
capacity, agricultural 
practices (irrigation, 
plant protection 
products, etc.) Not mentioned 
However, as the 
survey was carried 
out simultaneously 
with the FSS, it would 
be possible to cross 
orchard areas with the 
other characteristics 
of the holdings No 
5.3 Accuracy Not mentione d Thresholds respected 
with the exception of 
citrus fruit trees Estimated regional 
accuracy of 5% Not mentioned 
 
EN 10   EN  
 LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG HUNGARY 
1. Coverage 
1.1 Species surveyed 
1.1.1 Based on Directive Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties) Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties) Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties) Apple and pear 
(dessert varieties), 
peach and apricot 
trees 
1.1.2 Others Not mentioned Not menti oned Not mentioned None 
1.2 Holdings (minimum 
threshold of orchards) Members of Latvian 
Fruit Growers Ass. 
(production for sale) 
and all holdings with at 
least 100 are of orchard 
producing apples 
and/or pears for sale "Holdings with an 
area planted with 
dessert apple trees and 
dessert pear trees, 
provided that the fruit 
produced is entirely or 
mainly intended for 
the market" Holdings with at least 
15 are of fruit trees of 
the defined species 
producing fruit for 
sale. "Plantation (orchard) 
which is an area of at 
least 1500 m2 planted 
with the same fruit 
species in a 
continuous pattern 
and where the spacing 
is determined by 
taking into account 
the given fruit 
species/variety  
2. Type of survey  Complete enumeration 
(face to face interview 
or by post and/or telephone) Complete census (face 
to face interview, 157 
holdings) Not mentioned Random sampling 
(face to face 
interview, more than 12 thousand orchards 
in almost 750 
municipalities, with 
cadastre maps) 
3. Reference period/date Not mentioned  1st June 2007 Not mentioned 31st May 2007 
4. Survey date Not mentioned 1st to 29th June 2007 During 2007 1st June to 15th 
October 2007 
5. Survey characteristics 
5.1 Based on Directive      
5.1.1 Orchard area 
considered  Net area on regular 
plantation (isolated 
trees not included) Net area, i.e. the area 
solely occupied by 
trees without 
windbreaks driving 
paths of quarters Net planted area Net planted area 
5.1.2 Varieties All varieties with more 
than 3% of the total 
area (5 apple and 5 pear 
trees of local varieties) Pre-selected list of 
major varieties (19 
apple and 6 pear 
local), plus "others" Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" 
5.1.3 Age Number of trees by age 
classes Actual year of 
planting Actual year of 
planting (autumn or 
spring) Actual year of 
planting (autumn or 
spring) 
5.1.4 Density Calculated on the basis 
of area and number of 
trees Calculated on the 
basis of area and 
number of trees In accordance with 
the Commission 
Decision In accordance with 
the Commission 
Decision 
 
EN 11   EN  LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG HUNGARY 
5.2 Others No Number of farms with 
apple and/or pear trees
As the survey was 
carried out 
simultaneously with 
the FSS, it would be 
possible to cross 
orchard areas with the 
others characteristics 
of the holdings Not mentioned Productiveness and 
kilter of the orchard 
5.3 Accuracy Not mentioned Census, coherence 
tests Not mentioned The relative standard 
error is less than 2 % 
at 68.3°% confidence 
level 
 
EN 12   EN  
 MALTA NETHERLANDS AUSTRIA POLAND 
1. Coverage 
1.1 Species surveyed 
1.1.1 Based on Directive Peach trees Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties) Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties), 
peach, nectarine and 
apricot (dessert 
varieties) trees Apple and pear 
(dessert varieties), 
peach and apricot 
trees 
1.1.2 Others None Not mentioned Berry, elderberry, 
nut, cherry and plum 
trees Plum, sour and sweet 
cherry and walnut 
trees and apple trees 
by type of rootstock 
(dwarf, semi-dwarf 
and hard-growing) 
and a comprehensive 
number of fruit bushes 
and of berry 
plantations 
1.2 Holdings (minimum 
threshold of orchards) No thresholds were 
used and the entire 
population on the 
agricultural register 
were interviewed The minimum size is 
3 Dutch Size Units 
(NGE). 1 NGE 
corresponds to a SGM 
of 1400 euro. 3 NGE 
corresponds to about 
0.4 ha of pear trees or 
to about 0.6 ha of 
apple trees. Holdings with at least 
15 are of fruit trees of 
the defined species 
producing fruit for 
sale. 
Exclusives berries 
holding with at least 
10 are (not covered 
by the orchard 
directive) Holdings which are 
producing fruit 
entirely or mainly 
intended for the 
market. The surveyed 
population were all 
private farms 
possessing orchard 
(15,000 farms i.e. 
more than 5%of 
whole population) 
2. Type of survey  Random sampling by 
farm type, economic 
size and region (1.332 
agricultural holdings, 
response 88%). By telephone for holdings 
with an economic size 
class three and below 
(>0-<6 ESU) and face 
to face interview for 
holdings with an 
economic size of class 
four and above 
(>6ESU) Exhaustive annual 
farm structure census 
by postal mail 
(response 98%) for 
the total areas of apples and pears. A 
survey by postal mail 
(covering 88% of the 
area of apples and 
pears, response 42%) 
for the details on 
variety, planting 
density and planting 
year. Exhaustive survey. Random sampling 
survey of about 
15,000 farms, where 
all farms with more 
than 10 ha of orchard were included in the 
sample 
Face to face 
interviews for private 
farms and by post for 
cooperative farms and 
companies 
3. Reference period/date 1st September 2007 Not mentioned 1 June 2007 30th June 
4. Survey date September - November 
2007 December 2007 May 2007-September 
2007. October 2007 
5. Survey characteristics 
5.1 Based on Directive      
5.1.1 Orchard area 
considered  Not applicable Net planted area. 
Mixed cropping with 
apples and pears is 
negligible in the 
Netherlands. Net orchard area, 
calculated by 
multiplying the 
number of trees by 
the distance between 
trees. Net area, i.e. the area 
occupied by trees 
without paths 
 
EN 13   EN  MALTA NETHERLANDS AUSTRIA POLAND 
5.1.2 Varieties Not applicable Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" Exhaustive coverage 
of varieties. Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" 
5.1.3 Age Not applicable The farmers were 
asked to give the area 
by variety divided 
into the five age-
classes. (the age class 
0-4 means that the 
area was planted 
between the summer 
of 2002 and 2007; and 
so on) Actual year of 
planting (autumn or 
spring) Determined by 
number of years since 
planting to the orchard 
on a permanent place 
5.1.4 Density Not applicable The density was 
calculated by 
Statistics Netherlands  Number of trees per 
hectare in the 
plantation and trees 
separation. Based on the number 
of trees per hectare 
5.2 Others Not applicable Not menti oned Not mentioned The scope of the 
survey was extended 
by characteristics 
covering the needs of 
national users; other species of fruit trees, 
bushes, berry 
plantations and 
nurseries and 
information about the 
holder and the holding 
were also the subject 
of the survey, as were 
irrigated orchards and 
capacity of store 
houses and cold 
stores. 
5.3 Accuracy Not mentioned Not men tioned Not mentioned Not mentioned 
 
EN 14   EN  
 PORTUGAL ROMANIA SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA 
1. Coverage 
1.1 Species surveyed 
1.1.1 Based on Directive Apple and pear (dessert 
varieties), peach, 
apricot, orange, small 
citrus fruit and lemon 
trees Apple and pear 
(dessert varieties), 
peach and apricot 
trees Apple and pear 
(dessert varieties), 
peach and apricot 
trees Apple and pear 
(dessert varieties), 
peach and apricot 
trees 
1.1.2 Others Cherry trees and kiwi 
plants Sweet cherry and 
cherry and plum trees 
and walnut and other 
trees (hazelnut, 
chestnut and quince 
trees) Berries Not mentioned 
1.2 Holdings (minimum 
threshold of orchards) Holdings with at least 
15 are of fruit trees of 
the defined species 
producing fruit for sale All agricultural 
holdings having 
utilized agriculture 
areas with fruit tree 
plantations All agricultural 
holdings producing 
fruit for sale in 
intensive orchards 
(fruit tree plantations) 
and/or have at least 20 
are of fruit tree plantations or 10 are 
of berries  Not mentioned 
2. Type of survey  Random sampling 
(6,500 holdings, around 
16% of the universe) Sampling survey on 
crop production, 
based on a sample of 
80,000 agricultural 
holdings (face to face 
interview). For fruit 
trees survey a sample 
of circa 8,000 
holdings was used Census, complete 
enumeration Complete 
enumeration by mail 
3. Reference period/date Survey date (April-May 
2007) and crop year 
(2005/06) 1st October 2006 – 
30th September 2007 1st June 2007 Spring 2007 
4. Survey date April-May 2007 1st – 30th November 
2007 12th October 2007 May 2007 
5. Survey characteristics 
5.1 Based on Directive      
5.1.1 Orchard area 
considered  Net area, including pro-
rata areas of mixed 
plantations Net area Net and gross area by 
species, net area by 
varieties Not mentioned 
5.1.2 Varieties Pre-selected list of as 
many varieties as 
possible, plus "others" Not mentioned Exhaustive coverage 
of varieties settled at a 
later stage 
(determination of 
category 'other 
varieties') Pre-selected list of 
varieties, plus 
"others" 
 
EN 15   EN  PORTUGAL ROMANIA SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA 
5.1.3 Age Actual year of planting 
(autumn or spring) Not collected The actual year of 
planting The actual year of 
planting 
5.1.4 Density Calculation based on 
planted area Collected only for 
young plantations Calculation based on 
planted area and the 
number of tree Not mentioned 
5.2 Others Irrigated area, the 
production, the 
production system and 
some production 
techniques Average production  Not mentioned Not mentioned 
5.3 Accuracy The relative standard 
error is less than 2 % at 
68°% confidence level Not mentioned Census Census 
 
EN 16   EN  
 FINLAND  SWEDEN  UNITED 
KINGDOM 
1. Coverage 
1.1 Species surveyed 
1.1.1 Based on Directive Apple trees (dessert 
varieties) Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties) Apple and pear trees 
(dessert varieties) 
1.1.2 Others Not mentioned None Not mentioned 
1.2 Holdings (minimum 
threshold of orchards) Holdings with an area 
of at least 0.5 ha planted 
with apple trees 
intended for sale All holdings with 
plantations of apple 
and/or pear trees at a 
minimum 0.25 ha Orchard areas with at 
least 30 are of fruit trees 
producing fruit for sale 
2. Type of survey  Complete enumeration 
by post complemented 
by phone if necessary Complete 
enumeration by post 
(369 holdings) 
complemented with 
phone calls Complete enumeration  
3. Reference period/date Not mentioned 31 December 2007 Not mentioned 
4. Survey date March to May 2008 11th January to 26th 
Mach 2008 1st February 2007 
5. Survey characteristics 
5.1 Based on Directive     
5.1.1 Orchard area 
considered  Net area Net area Planted area 
5.1.2 Varieties Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" Pre-selected list of 
major varieties, plus 
"others" Pre-selected list of major 
varieties, plus "others" 
5.1.3 Age The actual year of 
planting The actual year of 
planting or grafting is 
recorded Age brands 
5.1.4 Density Calculation based on 
planted area and the 
number of trees Number of trees per 
hectare calculated 
from the number in 
the field Number of trees per 
hectare calculated from 
the number in the field 
5.2 Others Number of trees with 
"moderate" vigour Not mentioned Not mentioned 
5.3 Accuracy Census Census Census 
 
 
EN 17   EN ANNEX 4  
Main findings on the results of  the statistical survey on plantations of certain species 
of fruit trees,  
carried out by the Member States in 2007 in  application of Directive 2001/109/EC of 
the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001  
NB: Unless it is indicated the contrary the da ta only refers to dessert fruit production. 
 
EN 18   EN Table A: Breakdown of the various fruit species by Member State and for EU - 2002 and 
2007 (ha)  
Member 
State  Total Apple Pear Peach Apricot Orange LemonSmall 
citrus 
fruit 
EU-27 (2007) 1,364,662 485,044 111,878 206,95 8 67,370 279,048 62,855 151,510
EU-15 (2002) 1,065,929 226,558 109,250 201,32 5 59,069 252,117 68,034 149,576
  (2007) 1,028,308 200,589 95,391 189,94 2 52,959 277,494 62,190 149,744
Belgium (2002) 14,638 8,249 6,389 - - - - -
  (2007) 14,058 6,833 7,225 - - - - -
Bulgaria (2007) 10,518 4,121 298 3,488 2,610 - - -
Czech Republic (2007) 13,548 9,895 716 1,149 1,788 - - -
Denmark (2002) 1,797 1,398 400 - - - - -
  (2007) 1,907 1,507 401 - - - - -
Germany (2002) 29,735 28,050 1,685 - - - - -
  (2007) 29,469 27,888 1,581 - - - - -
Estonia (2007) 690 690 - - - - - -
Ireland (2002) 151 151 - - - - - -
  (2007) 149 149 - - - - - -
Greece (2002) 98,088 10,379 3,386 35,152 4,994 33,029 6,169 4,978
  (2007) 94,771 9,337 3, 127 34,127 3,929 32,440 5,180 6,632
Spain (2002) 445,616 36,293 31, 306 69,476 22,615 131,435 43,851 110,640
  (2007) 459,393 24,822 25,845 75,118 18,700 158,824 39,859 116,225
France (2002) 93,038 47, 593 9,039 19,691 14,924 29 37 1,725
  (2007) 76,638 40,113 6, 707 14,308 13,804 29 22.7 1,654
Italy (2002) 303,406 54,285 38,420 73,091 15,575 76,042 17,620 28,374
  (2007) 279,120 55,225 32, 075 63,754 15,649 73,786 16,634 21,998
Cyprus (2007) 5,939 925 146 614 269 1,554 665 1,766
Latvia (2007) 1,557 1,300 258 - - - - -
Lithuania (2007) 2,459 2,428 32 - - - - -
Luxembourg (2002) 981 914 67 - - - - -
  (2007) 54 46 8 - - - - -
Hungary (2007) 47,183 33,793 2,812 5,578 4,999 - - -
Malta (2007) 215 - - 215 - - - -
Netherlands (2002) 17,017 11,176 5,841 - - - - -
  (2007) 16,410 9,380 7,030 - - - - -
Austria (2002) 8,172 6,952 470 280 470 - - -
  (2007) 8,541 7,229 506 211 594 - - -
Poland (2007) 176,730 165,715 7,048 2,908 1,060 - - -
 
EN 19   EN Member 
State  Total Apple Pear Peach Apricot Orange LemonSmall 
citrus 
fruit 
Portugal (2002) 43,590 13, 631 10,035 3,636 491 11,582 357 3,859
  (2007) 39,792 11,711 9,228 2,424 283 12,416 494 3,235
Romania (2007) 70,659 60,494 4,834 1,897 3,434 - - -
Slovenia (2007) 3,089 2,438 196 431 23 - - -
Slovakia (2007) 3,765 2,656 148 734 227 - - -
Finland (2002) 516 516 - - - - - -
  (2007) 437 437 - - - - - -
Sweden (2002) 1,515 1,342 172 - - - - -
  (2007) 1,224 1,102 122 - - - - -
United  (2002) 7,669 5,628 2,041 - - - - -
Kingdom (2007) 6,346 4,810 1,536 - - - - -
In all the tables, the figures are rounded.  
The largest area of orchard occupied by the survey ed species in EU is located in Spain. Spain 
has one third of the EU-27 orchard area, and more  than 40% of the EU-15 area. Large areas of 
fruit tree orchards are also found in Italy (20% of  the total EU-27 area ), Poland (13%) and 
Greece (7%). Apple trees are the most common fruit trees grown in EU-27, covering around 
one third of the surveyed area. Citrus trees (o range, lemon and small ci trus fruit) together 
cover a further third of the EU-27 area. 
The enlargements to EU-27 produced a substantia l increase in the area under table apples and 
a smaller increase in the other areas surveyed. The area under apple trees increased more than 
2.4 times, mainly due to the addition of the Po lish and Romanian apple orchards. Pear and 
peach tree areas increased by 17%  and 13% respectively. The 27% increase of the apricot area 
was more significant. For citrus fruits, the increa se in area due to the last two enlargements is 
insignificant (around 1%). 
Between 2002 and 2007, most of the orchard areas  surveyed in EU-15 decreased. The two 
exceptions are the area under orange trees, whic h increased by 10%, and the area under small 
citrus fruit, which stayed more or less consta nt. The remaining fruit tree areas experienced 
decreases of between 5% and 13%. The following paragraphs detail the results by fruit tree 
specie. 
In the enlarged EU, the main growers of apple trees are Poland (165,715 ha1) and Romania 
(60,494 ha). Italy and France have the two larg est areas of apple trees in EU-15 (55,225 ha 
and 40,113 ha respectively). Between the two surveys the total EU-1 5 area of apple tree 
orchards decreased. The area in Italy increased slightly, while the area in France decreased 
significantly. In most of the ot her Member States, with the ex ception of Denmark and Austria, 
the total area under apple trees decreased. 
                                                 
1 A large part of this area produces apples that are pr ocessed and so includes not only "dessert apples" as 
requested in Directive 2001/109. This is due to th e impossibility of distinguishing between those areas 
planted for dessert and those areas pl anted for processing in Poland.  
 
EN 20   EN The largest areas of pear tree orchards in EU -27 are in Italy (32,075 ha ), Spain (25,845 ha), 
Portugal (9,228 ha) and Belgium (7,225 ha). Mo reover, the total EU- 15 area under pear trees 
actually decreased during the period 2002-2007. Th e areas in Belgium, the Netherlands and 
Austria increased, the area in Denm ark stayed constant and all th e pear tree orchard areas in 
EU-15 decreased between 2002 and 2007. 
In EU-27, the largest areas under peach trees ar e located in Spain (75,118 ha), Italy (63,754 
ha), Greece (34,127 ha) and France (14,308 ha). Am ong the New Member States, the largest 
area belongs to Hungary, which ranks fifth in EU -27. Spain and Italy toge ther account for two 
thirds of the total EU-27 area. Spain is the only EU-15 Member State where the peach tree 
orchard area increased.  
The largest area of apricot tree orchards is found in Spain (18,700 ha), followed by Italy (15, 
649 ha), France (13,804 ha) and Hungary (4,999 ha). Spain and Italy have more than half of 
the total EU-27 area of apricot tree orchards. The total area in Italy remained almost constant, 
and areas in all the other EU-15 Member St ates decreased, with the exception of the 
significant increase experienced by Austria. 
With 158,824 ha under orange trees, Spain is by far the largest ora nge tree grower in Europe. 
It has around 55% of the EU-27 area. The 73,786 ha area in Italy represents one quarter of the 
total EU area under orange tree orchards. The ot her Member States where orange orchards are 
surveyed are Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and Fran ce, which together account for only 20% of 
the orange tree orchards in EU- 27. Cyprus is the only New Member  State that has citrus fruit 
orchards, and its contribution to the total area for all citrus fruit species is very small. Between 
2002 and 2007 the total EU-15 orange tree orchar d area increased owing to the increase in 
Spain and Portugal. The other Member States experienced small decreases in their orchard 
areas. 
The 39,859 ha of lemon tree orchards in Spain make up more than 60% of the EU-27 area. 
The second largest area of lemon tree orchards  belongs to Italy (16,634 ha); it represents 
around one quarter of the EU-27 area. The th ird largest area is found in Greece, which 
accounts for only 8% of the total area. The area s in Cyprus, Portugal an d France represent a 
very small share of the EU-27 area (1% or le ss in each Member State). As only the area in 
Portugal increased, while all the others decrease d, the total effect in EU-15 was a decrease in 
the total area under lemon trees. 
The largest area of small citrus fruit trees is in Spain. Its ar ea of 116,225 ha accounts for three 
quarters of the EU-27 small citrus fruit tree orch ard area. The next grower is Italy, with only 
21,998 ha, which represents around 15% of the to tal EU-27 area. The area increased in Spain 
and Greece, and decreased in Italy by approximately the same amount; hence the total effect was that the small citrus fruit orchard area remained more or less constant between 2002 and 
2007. 
 
EN 21   EN Table B: 2007 orchard area as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-15)  
Member 
State Total Apple Pear Peach Apricot Orange Lemon Small- 
citrus 
fruit  
EU-15 96.47 88.54 87.31 94.35 89.66 110.07 91.41 100.11
Belgium 96.04 82.84 113.08 ----  -
Denmark 106.11 107.79 100.22 ----  -
G e r m a n y  9 9 . 1 0 9 9 . 4 2  9 3 . 8 2----  -
Ireland 99.17 99.17 -----  -
Greece 96.62 89.96 92.34 97.08 78.66 98.22 83.98 133.21
Spain 103.09 68.39 82.56 108.12 82.69 120.84 90.90 105.05
France 82.37 84.28 74.20 72.67 92.50 98.58 61.62 95.89
Italy 91.99 101.73 83.49 87.23 100.48 97.03 94.40 77.53
L u x e m b o u r g  5 . 5 2 5 . 0 6  1 1 . 8 4----  -
Netherlands 96.43 83.93 120.36 ----  -
Austria 104.52 103.98 107.78 75.52 126.43 - - -
Portugal 91.28 85.91 91.97 66.68 57.62 107.20 138.39 83.84
Finland 84.69 84.69 -----  -
S w e d e n  8 0 . 8 0 8 2 . 0 8  7 0 . 8 6----  -
United 
Kingdom 8 2 . 7 5 8 5 . 4 7  7 5 . 2 7----  -
 
Table B presents the change in the EU-15 or chard area by Member State and by fruit type. 
Between 2002 and 2007, the total area of orchards  in EU-15 decreased by around 4% (37, 621 
ha in absolute value). Most of the fruit tree orchard areas experienced declines, ranging from 
only 6% in the case of peach trees to 13% for p ear trees. The two exceptions to this downward 
trend are the areas under orange trees, which in creased by 10%, and those under small citrus 
fruit, which stayed more or less constant. 
In several Member States, the total surveyed area increased. The total surveyed orchard area 
increased in Denmark (by 6%), Austria (by 4%) and Spain (by 3%). In Denmark, all the areas 
surveyed (apple and pear trees) increased. In Au stria, the peach tree orchard area decreased by 
one quarter, while all the other areas surveyed  saw an increase. There was also a sizeable 
increase in the apricot orchard area (26%). In Spain, there was a significant increase in the 
area under orange trees (21%), and a less importa nt increase in the areas under peach tees and 
small citrus fruit trees. The other surveyed ar eas declines, and the decline was especially 
significant in the area under apple tr ees (a decrease of one third).  
Some other Member States expe rienced a decrease in the total surveyed area, as well as a 
decline for all of the species of fruit tree surv eyed. The total area declined quite significantly 
in France, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom (by between 15 and 20%), while in 
Luxembourg the plantations of fruit trees pr oducing for the market disappeared almost 
entirely. In Germany and Ireland, there was only a very small de crease (of less than 1%) in 
the total area. 
 
EN 22   EN In the remaining Member States, the total orch ard area occupied by the surveyed species 
decreased, although there was an increase for so me of the species surveyed. In Greece, for 
example, the area under small citrus fruit trees  increased by one third, whereas all the other 
areas decreased. In Italy the total area decreased by 8%. It experienced a s light increase in the 
apple and apricot orchard areas, and declines in  the other types of orchard areas. The fall was 
quite large in the areas under small citrus fruit trees (22%), pear trees  (17%) and peach trees 
(13%). Portugal experienced a large increase in the area under lemon trees, while all other areas decreased, some of them substantially (p each and apricot). In Be lgium and Netherlands, 
the total area decreased by around 4%, due to the combined effect of the decrease in the apple 
tree orchard area and the increase in the pear tree orchard area. 
Table C: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-15) 
Table C.1: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 or chard area (EU-15) - 
Apple trees  
Member 
State Total Less than 
5 years Between 5 
and 9 
years Between 
10 and 14 
years Between 
15 and 24 
years 25 years 
and over 
EU-15 88.54 91.97 89.35 81.07 95.90 81.59
Belgium 82.84 61.73 98.06 70.60 181.52 204.87
Denmark 107.79 127.31 159.62 67.87 110.84 73.98
Germany 99.42 94.17 83.06 82.23 165.25 118.34
Ireland 99.17 57.77 104.87 67.06 229.81 186.81
Greece 89.96 141.11 72.60 131.37 78.19 39.43
Spain 68.39 51.44 95.18 58.36 62.72 84.10
France 84.28 79.08 66.61 72.85 115.86 98.08
Italy 101.73 146.48 110.29 97.85 78.02 78.78
Luxembourg 3.28 24.61 5.17 6.76 14.02 0.27
Netherlands 83.93 63.08 122.34 68.99 95.89 70.15
Austria 103.98 93.31 99.25 107.48 129.64 101.37
Portugal 85.91 62.00 72.09 72.87 145.44 105.48
Finland 84.69 93.13 117.71 80.21 52.67 88.11
Sweden 82.08 85.99 81.58 54.59 171.44 58.52
United  
Kingdom 85.47 167.69 56.93 97.22 83.31 59.94
 
The breakdown of the orchard areas by the age of the trees is important, because a large 
proportion of “young” trees is an indicator of good prospects for fruit production in the future, 
while a high proportion of relatively “old” trees areas might enda nger future production.  
The total EU-15 area under apple trees decreas ed by more than 10% between 2002 and 2007, 
and the decrease was felt across all age classes.  
 
EN 23   EN Between 2002 and 2007, the tota l apple trees area in Italy increas ed slightly due to an increase 
in the area of "young" apple tree orchards (i.e. le ss than 5 years old and between 5 and 9 years 
old). The areas of "old" apple trees orchar ds in Italy decreased during this period.  
At the same time, the total area of apple tree orchards in France decreased significantly. The 
"young" apple tree areas showed a marked decr ease, and the only increase was in the area 
under "old" apple trees (between 15 and 24 years ol d). This shows that the apple tree orchards 
in France are getting older.  
In several Member States, only the areas under  "old" apple trees increased (for example, 
Belgium, Germany, Austria, Portugal), while in  other Member States such as Denmark, Italy, 
Netherlands, Finland and United Kingdom, ther e was a bigger increa se in "young" apple 
orchards. The increase in the pl anting of "very young" apple trees was particularly significant 
in the United Kingdom (68%). 
Table C.2: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 or chard area (EU-15) - 
Pear trees  
Member 
State Total Less than 
5 years Between 5 
and 9 
years Between 
10 and 14 
years Between 
15 and 24 
years 25 years 
and over 
EU-15 87.31 100.17 94.82 66.79 93.01 92.71
Belgium 113.08 82.54 95.21 113.05 160.75 133.78
Denmark 100.22 100.93 105.92 98.74 149.86 57.32
Germany 93.82 82.92 63.41 121.96 134.19 89.18
Greece 92.34 109.39 72.87 93.21 95.26 119.32
Spain 82.56 106.62 83.50 48.51 116.86 108.75
France 74.20 54.84 58.07 42.97 132.73 74.79
Italy 83.49 113.20 107.83 70.47 71.69 86.87
Luxembourg 11.84 44.57 25.58 13.17 27.87 3.30
Netherlands 120.36 104.14 143.49 139.88 118.73 104.25
Austria 107.78 192.27 62.23 103.62 99.43 115.02
Portugal 91.97 82.29 106.18 99.06 76.86 101.70
Sweden 70.86 68.44 52.09 78.73 272.64 57.47
United  
Kingdom 75.27 114.98 42.18 66.56 94.88 71.30
 
The total EU-15 area under pear trees also de creased during the period 2002-2007. The areas 
in all age classes decreased, with the exception  of the area under trees below 5 years old, 
which remained more or less constant.  
The largest growers of pear tr ees in EU-15 are Italy (32,075 ha) and Spain (25,845 ha). In 
both of these Member States, the total ar ea under pear trees de creased by around 17%, 
although there was some increase in some of th e age classes. In Italy, only the area under 
"old" pear tree orchards decr eased, while the area under "young"  trees increased. In Spain, 
 
EN 24   EN there was an increase in the area under pear tr ees less than 5 years old, but also in the area 
under trees older than 15 years.  
The total pear tree orchard area increased only in  three Member States: Belgium, Netherlands 
and Austria. It remained more or less the same  in Denmark and decreased in all of the other 
Member States.  
In Member States like France, Sweden and Un ited Kingdom, it decreased by more than 20%.  
In some Member States, like Greece, Spain, Neth erlands and Austria, there was an increase in 
the age categories of both "young" and "old" trees. In Member St ates such as Italy or the 
United Kingdom, there was an increase in the area of "young" pear tree orchards, while in 
Member States like Belgium, France or Germ any, the area of "old" orchard areas increased, 
while the area under “yo ung” trees decreased.  
Table C.3: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 or chard area (EU-15) - 
Peach trees  
Member 
State Total Less than 
5 years Between 5 
and 9 
years Between 
10 and 14 
years Between 
15 and 19 
years 20 years 
and over 
EU-15 94.35 95.61 111.05 78.45 79.64 109.81
Greece 97.08 128.70 98.64 80.79 84.42 174.73
Spain 108.12 111.74 128.62 91.57 78.71 121.07
France 72.67 57.42 86.81 57.58 104.97 100.73
Italy 87.23 83.22 108.81 73.37 70.10 69.64
Austria 75.52 86.79 75.60 41.79 108.90 110.53
Portugal 66.68 60.74 74.38 50.80 102.84 91.26
 
The total peach trees orchard area in EU- 15 decreased slightly between 2002 and 2007. The 
areas under very "old" trees (20 years and above) and under relatively "young" peach trees 
increased, while the areas under trees in other age classes decreased.  
The largest areas under peach trees are found in Spain (75,118 ha) and Italy (63,753 ha). In 
Spain, the total peach trees orchard area increas ed by 8%. Both the “young” tree areas (below 
10 years old) and the very "old" peach trees orchard area (20 years ol d and above) increased, 
while the area of trees in the “middle ag e” range decreased quite significantly.  
In Italy, all age class areas, except for trees aged between 5 and 9 years, experienced a 
significant decrease, and the combined effect was a 13% fall in the total area under peach 
trees.  
In all other Member States, the total area under peach trees decr eased. The largest decrease in 
the total area occurred in Portugal, France and Austria.  
With respect to the change in the age distribution, Italy is the only Member States where the 
area of relatively “young” peach trees orchar ds (between 5 and 9 years old) was the only 
category to increase. In all the other Member States, there was an increase in both some 
 
EN 25   EN “young" and "old" trees orchard areas, as in Sp ain and Greece, or the increase was seen only 
in the areas under “old” trees, such as  in France, Austria and Portugal.  
Table C.4: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 or chard area (EU-15) - 
Apricot trees  
Member 
State Total Less than 
5 years Between 5 
and 9 
years Between 
10 and 14 
years Between 
15 and 19 
years 20 years 
and over 
EU-15 89.66 109.99 101.39 69.89 104.10 76.34
Greece 78.66 68.71 88.82 95.49 60.05 74.45
Spain 82.69 122.16 82.90 77.71 114.04 59.00
France 92.50 85.26 88.87 61.32 153.71 114.73
Italy 100.48 133.63 128.51 62.13 74.55 105.06
Austria 126.43 120.19 150.18 104.28 193.65 107.15
Portugal 57.62 112.44 95.19 64.51 128.68 20.27
 
Between 2002 and 2007, the EU-15 area cultivated  with apricot trees  decreased by 10%. 
There was a strong decrease in the areas of "m iddle-aged" (between 10 and 14 years old) and 
very "old" (20 years and above ) apricot trees, while  the areas with orchards of young trees 
(below 10 years old) increased, although to a lesser extent.  
The largest area of apricot orchards is found in Spain (18,700 ha), followed by Italy (15, 649 
ha). The total area in Spain decreased, although  there was a relatively large increase in the 
areas under trees below 5 years old and between 15 and 19 years old.  
In Italy the total area stayed almost constant, but there was a substantial increase in the area 
under young apricot trees (les s than 10 years old).  
Of the remaining Member States, only Austria ex perienced an increase in the total areas under 
apricot trees orchards, and this increase was seen in all age classes. In France, the areas of 
"old" trees (i.e. at least 15 year s old) increased, while the rest  of the age class areas saw a 
significant decrease. In Greece, the areas under trees of all age classes decreased. Portugal 
experienced the largest decrease  (more than 40%) in the total area under apricot trees, but 
during the same period young plantations  also saw a small increase.  
 
EN 26   EN Table C.5: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 or chard area (EU-15) - 
Orange trees  
Member 
State Total Less 
than 5 
years Between 
5 and 9 
years Between 
10 and 
14 years Between 
15 and 
24 years Between 
25 and 
39 years 40 years 
and over 
EU-15 110.07 117.95 122.06 90.90 106.05 123.21 102.47
Greece 98.22 359.34 52.58 76.71 147.70 69.48 93.05
Spain 120.84 121.59 130.79 107.95 112.78 155.83 87.42
France 98.58 - - 206.10 43.89 22.40 -
Italy 97.03 86.22 109.74 61.84 79.63 125.98 108.11
Portugal 107.20 49.21 109.70 96.23 116.08 141.74 144.13
 
Orange trees were the only fru it tree area in the EU-15 that r ecorded an increase between 
2002 and 2007. The increase was in both the "young"  and the "old" orange tree areas.  
The largest orange tree orchard areas are in Spain (158,824 ha) and Italy (73,786 ha).  
In Spain, there was an increase in the areas for all age classes, except for "40 years and over"; 
the total orange tree orchard ar eas also increased. This is a sign of good production potential 
for the years to come. During the last 5 years the increase was smaller than during the previous 5 years (age class 5 to  10 years old), which shows that  new planting of orange trees 
in this Member State is  progressing less rapidly. 
In Italy, the total area cultivated with orange trees decreased, although there was an increase 
in the area of "old" trees (above 25 years old) and in  the area of trees be tween 5 and 9 years 
old. 
In Greece, the total area decrea sed, but there was a strong incr ease in the area of trees younger 
than 5 years old, which shows a renewal of the or ange tree plantations of this Member State.  
Portugal experienced an increase in the total area,  mainly due to the increase of “old” orange 
tree areas.  
Table C.6: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 or chard area (EU-15) - 
Lemon trees  
Member 
State Total Less 
than 5 
years Between 
5 and 9 
years Between 
10 and 
14 years Between 
15 and 
24 years Between 
25 and 
39 years 40 years 
and over 
EU-15 91.41 56.01 185.77 131.72 69.14 98.76 93.30
Greece 83.98 364.48 133.03 118.17 94.13 51.70 61.57
Spain 90.90 48.95 219.36 177.34 66.44 92.26 116.23
France 61.62 - - 30.89 62.17 89.65 -
Italy 94.40 104.16 80.41 28.79 67.67 124.46 96.03
Portugal 138.39 135.73 165.40 83.98 85.74 249.63 133.04
 
 
EN 27   EN The total area under lemon trees  in EU-15 decreased by around 9% between 2002 and 2007. 
As in the case of orange trees, the largest Eu ropean growers of lemon trees are Spain and 
Italy, with total areas of 39,859 ha and 16,634 ha respectively.  
In both Member States, the total area decreased. However, in Italy there was a slight increase 
in the area of trees under 5 years old, while in Spain the area of “young” tree orchards 
decreased by more than 50%.  
Greece experienced a decrease in the total area, whereas the orchard ar eas for “young” trees 
increased substantially.  
Portugal is the only Member Stat e where there was an increase in the total area under lemon 
trees.  
Table C.7: 2007 orchard area by age class as a percentage of 2002 or chard area (EU-15) - 
Small citrus fruit  
Member 
State Total Less 
than 5 
years Between 
5 and 9 
years Between 
10 and 
14 years Between 
15 and 
24 years Between 
25 and 
39 years 40 years 
and over 
EU-15 100.11 53.85 134.92 129.44 105.29 96.20 71.33
Greece 133.21 266.10 231.35 82.49 138.73 184.92 53.96
Spain 105.05 50.56 145.26 154.44 120.00 86.04 47.36
France 95.89 44.61 81.43 57.91 163.82 81.68 678.59
Italy 77.53 93.45 59.99 64.30 63.46 100.25 83.37
Portugal 83.84 66.53 44.70 50.07 111.08 138.11 311.11
 
The total EU-15 area cultivated with small citrus fruit trees remained more or less constant 
between 2002 and 2007 (an increas e of only 0.11%). The areas of "old" trees (25 years old or 
above) and "very young" trees (below 5 years old) decreased, but th is was offset by an 
increase in the areas of trees in the age classes between 5 and 25 years old.  
The largest orchard areas of these fruits are found in Spain (39,859 ha) and Italy (16,633 ha). 
The total area in Spain increased by 5%. Th e age classes between 5 and 25 years old are 
increasing in Spain, whereas th e area under trees younger than 5 years old has fallen by half.  
In Italy, the total area decreased by almost 25%, and the decrease was marked across almost 
all age classes.  
The total area in Greece increased by one third, and the increase was particularly marked in 
the areas under trees that ar e younger than 10 years old.  
The other Member States experienced a decrease in the total area and the "ageing" of their 
small citrus fruit tree plantations (a decrease in the area of “young” trees and an increase in 
the area of “old” trees). 
 
EN 28   EN Table D: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15) 
Table D.1: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15)-Apple trees  
Member 
State Total <400 400 
and 
<799 >800 
and 
<1,599 >1,600 
and 
<2,399 >2,400 
and 
<3,199 >3,200 
and 
<3,999 >4,000 
EU-15 88.54 53.33 112.75 85.36 75.61 104.95 126.60 112.19
Belgium 82.84 5.55 40.38 76.86 83.53 93.30 61.85 168.30
Denmark 107.79 85.72 75.52 64.09 105.87 277.36 1519.64 225.89
Germany 99.42 79.20 68.84 75.79 95.81 130.20 139.32 82.05
Ireland 99.17 134.18 53.23 81.30 270.20 18.01 - - 
Greece 89.96 44.92 76.59 2044.33 - - - - 
Spain 68.39 22.47 39.58 69.17 98.26 140.53 5.61 5.16
France 84.28 341.63 446.14 86.60 23.92 14.18 29.76 0.00
Italy 101.73 71.70 63.96 75.66 98.87 123.95 180.03 158.13
Luxembourg  3.28 0.00 - 12.14 - - - - 
Netherlands 83.93 0.00 342.46 197.71 73.31 83.55 90.15 63.35
Austria 103.98 54.56 58.49 63.98 73.75 125.75 139.62 122.42
Portugal 85.91 81.16 61.03 77.55 128.76 159.76 50.10 1570.83
Finland 84.69 83.13 43.85 229.49 90.10 - - - 
Sweden 82.08 40.35 83.46 89.31 91.18 223.70 110.72 73.97
United 
Kingdom 85.47 34.24 55.96 161.73 89.56 133.30 51.78 34.69
 
In EU-15, there was an increas e in the areas of high densit y for apple trees (above 2,400 
trees/ha), while the areas in most of the other density classes decreased.  
In Italy, which is the largest apple tree grower in EU-15, there was a cons iderable increase in 
the more densely cultivated areas (above 2,400 trees/ha).  
France, on the other hand, experienced a large increase in the less dense orchard areas (below 
800 trees/ha), and a very large decrease in  the relatively dens e orchard areas.  
In Germany and Spain (respectively the third and fourth largest growers of apple trees in EU-
15), there was some increase in the more dense ar eas and a decrease in th e areas of lower tree 
density.  
In most of the other Member States, there wa s an increase in the hi gh density areas and a 
decrease in the rest of the density classes. The exceptions are the Netherlands, where the 
increase was in the relatively low density classes (between 400 and 1,599 trees/ha), and 
Ireland, where the increase was in the low dens ity and some medium density class orchard 
areas. 
 
EN 29   EN Table D.2: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15)-Pear trees  
 Total <400 400 
and 
<799 >800 
and 
<1,599 >1,600 
and 
<2,399 >2,400 
and 
<3,199 >3,200 
and 
<3,999 >4 000  
EU-15 87.31 73.50 91.47 77.01 96.17 125.25 138.50 174.24
Belgium 113.08 20.72 56.28 105.97 115.98 205.40 93.46 348.23
Denmark 100.22 60.55 49.15 80.70 205.78 199.06 104.34 2760.00
Germany 93.82 63.32 103.32 82.61 112.20 132.96 117.62 81.83
Ireland - - - - - - - - 
Greece 92.34 62.02 53.88 4384.51 - - - - 
Spain 82.56 52.48 69.33 79.39 99.41 123.00 28.25 25.49
France 74.20 935.10 554.02 39.13 12.86 24.80 29.92 - 
Italy 83.49 126.19 68.65 69.21 100.85 124.31 268.82 235.24
Luxembourg  11.84 1.29 - 61.52 - - - - 
Netherlands 120.36 41.14 185.70 111.93 104.70 144.11 156.03 125.72
Austria 107.78 65.11 77.90 139.27 110.25 121.20 83.26 57.99
Portugal 91.97 82.06 68.07 92.19 145.40 236.55 - 31.55
Finland - - - - - - - - 
Sweden 70.86 34.74 70.25 88.01 61.87 231.77 131.88 98.88
United 
Kingdom 75.27 21.53 95.20 100.97 63.23 42.65 61.16 63.29
 
Between 2002 and 2007, there was a significant increase in the relatively dense pear tree 
orchard area (above 2,400 trees/ha)  in EU-15. In these Member States the trend towards the 
intensification of the new plantations has continued during the last 5 years. 
In Italy, there was a decrease in the middl e-range density areas (between 400 and 1,600 
trees/ha), and an increase in all other density classes.  
Spain noted an increase in the orchard ar eas with a density of between 2,400 and 3,199 
trees/ha and a decrease in all the other density classes.  
In Portugal (which has the third largest area of pear tree orchards in EU-15), there was a large 
increase in medium density orchard ar eas (between 1,600 and 3,199 trees/ha), and a 
significant decline in most of  the other density areas.  
In the Netherlands, orchard areas increased in all density classes except the lowest. 
The experience of the other Member States is variable, with increases in the more densely 
planted areas and decreases in the less dense areas, such as Belgium or Denmark, or vice 
versa, as in France. 
 
EN 30   EN Table D.3: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15)-Peach trees  
Member 
State Total <300 300 
and 
<599 >600 
and 
<899 >900 
and 
<1,199 >1,200 
and 
<1,499 >1,500  
EU-15 94.35 91.83 86.54 99.76 90.67 164.40 104.31 
Greece 97.08 139.55 94.14 87.59 167.89 824.08 - 
Spain 108.12 52.07 104.22 118.17 95.53 174.24 49.04 
France 72.67 50.35 76.82 71.27 59.76 53.86 87.17 
Italy 87.23 134.10 70.09 88.20 92.25 170.05 190.87 
Austria 75.52 154.59 61.94 80.75 119.79 105.14 106.81 
Portugal 66.68 134.45 58.51 69.51 61.34 72.22 41.02 
 
In EU-15, there was an increase in the peach tr ee orchard areas with a density of more than 
1,200 trees/ha, and a decrease in the orchard ar eas of lower density. Most Member States 
experienced some increase in both the relatively  dense orchards and th e less dense peach tree 
orchard areas, and a decrease in some middle- density classes. The only exception to this 
pattern is France, where all density areas  decreased, some of them substantially. 
Table D.4: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15)-Apricot trees  
Member 
State Total <300 300 
and 
<599 >600 
and 
<899 >900 
and 
<1,199 >1,200 
and 
<1,499 >1,500 
EU-15 89.66 78.15 96.44 80.72 89.19 205.92 128.02 
Greece 78.66 70.12 74.68 209.14 3198.15 - - 
Spain 82.69 70.85 118.41 50.94 77.73 412.07 - 
France 92.50 64.60 94.42 86.81 195.60 69.32 37.84 
Italy 100.48 174.47 92.75 101.78 71.57 168.75 97.56 
Austria 126.43 97.92 115.71 111.49 227.53 212.44 137.80 
Portugal 57.62 115.54 67.62 30.45 300.38 371.01 75.00 
 
In EU-15 as a whole, the only increase was in the apricot trees orchard areas of a density 
above 1,200 trees/ha. As with other species, this points to the substitution of less dense 
plantations by intens ive new plantations. 
The pattern of change is mixed in most of the Member States, with increases and decreases in 
both high density and low density  orchard areas. A notable exception is Austria, where 
orchard areas of all density classes increased, ex cept for those with the lowest density (fewer 
than 300 trees/ha). 
 
EN 31   EN Table D.5: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15)-Orange trees  
Member 
State Total <250 250 and 
<499 >500 
and 
<749 >750 
and 
<999 >1,000 
and 
<1,499>1,500 
and 
<1,999 >2,000 
and 
<2,499 >2,500 
and 
<2,999 >3,000
EU-15 110.07 332.32 107.49 117.70 93.55 45.79 29.31 4.54 59.71 8.78
Greece 98.22 200.90 95.03 92.18 81.86 445.54 - - - -
Spain 120.84 397.36 129.90 126.28 94.23 30.41 27.29 4.41 61.51 6.02
France 98.58 - 57.06 471.72 - - - - - -
Italy 97.03 1858.72 92.04 107.44 70.71 202.78 38.16 5.64 - 28.05
Portugal 107.20 290.62 84.61 112.05 142.81 119.18 13.27 - - -
 
Between 2002 and 2007 the total area under orange trees in EU-15 increased; this was due to 
an increase in the low density or chard areas (below 749 trees/ha).  
Spain had the same pattern of ch ange as the total EU-15 area. Th is is easily explained by the 
fact that Spain accounts for more than ha lf of the EU-15 area under orange trees.  
In the other Member States where orange tree orchards are surveyed, the increases in area 
tended to be in the low and middle density orchards, while the high density orchard areas 
were seen to decrease. 
For this specie the "intensive" pattern with high density plantations does not seem to be 
economically sustainable. 
Table D.6: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15)-Lemon trees  
Member 
State Total <250 250 and 
<499 >500 
and 
<749 >750 
and 
<999 >1,000 
and 
<1,499 >1,500 
and 
<1,999 >2,000 
and 
<2,499 >2,500 
and 
<2,999 >3,000 
EU-15 91.41 89.47 99.98 74.06 20.86 139.25 174.52 522.81 - 20.38
Greece 83.98 155.78 71.75 89.83 100.71 3528.57 - - - -
Spain 90.90 77.94 96.74 110.59 3.10 69.00 - - - -
France 61.62 - 43.48 330.72 - - - - - -
Italy 94.40 629.56 126.91 56.69 66.64 190.03 174.91 903.03 - 21.37
Portugal 138.39 538.17 113.10 120.74 154.93 195.19 - - - - 
 
EU-15 as a whole experienced a large increase in orchard areas  of middle density (between 
1,000 and 2,499 trees/ha) for lemon trees. In some of the other density cl asses, the decrease 
was very marked (for example, an 80% decr ease in the 750-999 trees/ha density class).  
In Spain, only the area of density between 500 and 749 trees/ha increased, while the areas of 
other densities decreased.  
 
EN 32   EN In Italy and Greece, some high density and low density orchard areas increased, whereas the 
orchard areas of intermed iate density decreased.  
Portugal is the only Member Stat e where there was an increase in  the areas of all densities, 
especially the very low density class. 
Table D.7: 2007 orchard area by density class as a percentage of 2002 orchard area (EU-
15)-Small citrus fruit  
Member 
State Total <250 250 and 
<499 >500 
and 
<749 >750 
and 
<999 >1,000 
and 
<1,499 >1,500 
and 
<1,999 >2,000 
and 
<2,499 >2,500 
and 
<2,999 >3,000 
EU-15 100.11 658.04 121.56 101.91 98.82 53.47 27.68 39.39 34.82 151.25
Greece 133.21 401.24 135.22 122.39 38.19 188.93 - - - -
Spain 105.05 981.43 188.14 106.30 100.27 51.61 28.34 38.77 33.81 148.36
France 95.89 22.67 104.22 85.57 13.28 - - - - -
Italy 77.53 656.84 80.74 63.10 62.97 105.84 14.97 - 76.70 191.38
Portugal 83.84 270.13 53.51 93.18 147.10 224.65 56.64 738.78 42.73 -
 
In EU-15, the total area of sma ll citrus fruit trees orchards re mained almost constant between 
2002 and 2007, but its distribution according to the density of the trees underwent a major 
transformation. There was an increase in th e very high density orchard areas (above 3,000 
trees/ha) and in the low dens ity orchard areas (below 749 trees/ha). The increase was 
particularly pronounced in the area of density  below 250 trees/ha, which increased by more 
than six times. The areas of orchards in ot her density classes decreased, most of them 
significantly.  
Spain followed the same pattern of change as  the EU-15, given that around three quarters of 
the EU-15 area of small citrus fruit trees orchards belongs to Spain.  
Italy experienced a significant increase in the very low and very high density orchard areas 
(below 250 and above 3,000 trees/h a), and large decreases in mo st of the middle-density 
orchard areas.  
In Greece, there was a large increase in the low density orchard areas (below 749 trees/ha) 
and in the areas of density between 1,000 and 1,499 trees/ha. 
 
EN 33   EN Table E.1.a: The EU-15 apple tree orchard by variety. 2002and 2007  
Variety 2002 area Variety 2007 area Variety 2007 area 
as a % of 
2002 area
All varieties (EU-15) 226,558 All varietie s (EU-15) 200,589 All varieties (EU-15) 88.54
1.Golden Delicious& 
Golden Spur 66,040 1.Golden Delicious& 
Golden Spur 52,5481.Golden Delicious& 
Golden Spur 79.57
2.Groupe Gala 23,420 2.Groupe Gala 23,138 2.Groupe Gala 98.79
3.Red Delicious$ 
Starking Delicious 15,729 3.Red Delicious$ 
Starking Delicious 15,3283.Red Delicious$ 
Starking Delicious 97.45
4.Jonagold 14,377 4.Elstar  12,106 4.Elstar 96.45
5.Elstar 12,552 5.Jonagold 10,532 5.Jonagold 73.25
 
Table E.1.b: The most important table a pple varieties in EU-15 and EU-27 in 2007 
Variety EU-15 
area % Variety EU-27 
area % 
All varieties 200,589 100.00% All varieties 485,044 100.00%
1.Golden Delicious& 
Golden Spur 52,548 26.20% 1.Golden Delicious& Golden Spur 61,659 12.71%
2.Groupe Gala 23,138 11.53% 2.Idared 47,209 9.73%
3.Red Delicious& 
Starking Delicious 15,328 7.64% 3.Jonagold 32,076 6.61%
4.Elstar 12,106 6.04% 4. Groupe Gala 27,812 5.73%
5.Jonagold 10,532 5.25% 5.Red Delicious& Starking 
Delicious 18,433 3.80%
 
Table E.1.a shows the trend in the main a pple tree varieties in EU-15. The most common 
varieties are Golden Delicious and Golden S pur, which represent approximately 26% of the 
total EU-15 table apple orchard areas, follo wed by Group Gala (12%), Red Delicious and 
Starking Delicious (8%), Jonagold (6%) and Elstar (5%). Between 2002 and 2007, the areas 
cultivated with all these varieties decreased, bu t they kept the same ranking according to their 
area. The exceptions were Jonagold and Elstar, which swapped places. 
After the 2004 and 2007 enlargements, the orde r of importance of the different varieties 
changed (see Table E1b). The Golden Delicious and Golden Spur variety is still the most 
cultivated, but now accounts for only 13% of the total table apple area. The second variety is 
now Idared, with 10% of the area. The next three varieties in EU-27 are Jonagold (7%), 
Group Gala (6%) and Red Delicious and Starking Delicious (4%). 
 
EN 34   EN Table E.2.a: The EU-15 pear trees orchard by variety. 2002and 2007  
Variety 2002 area Variety 2007 area Variety 2007 area 
as a % of 
2002 area 
All varieties (EU-15) 109,250 All varieties (EU-
15) 95,391All varieties (EU-
15) 87.31
1.Conference 26,240 1.Confer ence 26,929 1.Conference 102.63
2.Abate Fetel 12,399 2.Abate Fetel 12,531 2.Abate Fetel 101.07
3.William's 11,000 3.William's 9,496 3.William's 86.33
4.Blanquilla 10,671 4.Rocha 8,728 4.Rocha 94.23
5.Rocha 9,263 5.Blanquilla 5,783 5.Blanquilla 54.19
 
Table E.2.b: The most important table pear  tree varieties in EU-15 and EU-27 in 2007 
Variety EU-15 
area % Variety EU-27 area % 
All varieties (EU-15) 95,391 100. 00% All varieties  111,878 100.00%
1.Conference 26,929 28.23% 1.Conference 29,178 26.08%
2.Abate Fetel 12,531 13.14% 2.Abate Fetel 12,568 11.23%
3.William's 9,496 9.95% 3.William's 10,332 9.24%
4.Rocha 8,728 9.15% 4.Rocha 8,728 7.80%
5.Blanquilla 5,783 6.06% 5.Blanquilla 5,783 5.17%
 
The main varieties of table pear tree in EU -15 were the same in 2002 and 2007. There was an 
increase in the area under the Conference and Ab ate Fetel varieties duri ng this period. These 
two varieties account for 28% and 13% respectively  of the table pear orchards in EU-15. The 
next three varieties are William's (10%), Roch a (9%), and Blanquilla (6 %), and the area under 
all of these varie ties decreased in the period between the two surveys. The huge decrease for 
Blanquilla, which was much greater than for Roch a, has meant that the former is now only the 
fourth most important variety of  pear tree plantation in EU-15.  
In EU-27, the main pear varietie s are the same as in EU-15, but generally the EU-27 area that 
is cultivated with each variety accounts for a lo wer share of the total area under pear trees. For 
example, the Conference variety represents 28% of the EU-15 pear tree  orchard area, and only 
26% of the total area fo r EU-27. Abate Fetel covers 13% of  the total EU-15 area, and only 
11% of the total EU-27 area under table pear tree s. The ranking order of the most important 
varieties is still the same. This shows that succ essive enlargements have not altered the pattern 
of distribution of the different varieties. 
 
EN 35   EN Table E.3.a: The EU-15 peach trees orch ard by groups of varieties. 2002and 2007  
Variety 2002 area Variety 2007 
area Variety 2007 area 
as a % of 
2002 area  
All varieties 201,325 All vari eties 189,942 All varieties 94.35
Nectarines (yellow 
flesh) 27,257 Nectarines (yellow 
flesh) 21,192Nectarines (yellow 
flesh) 77.75
Group Cresthaven 18,154 Group Cresthaven 17,333 Group Cresthaven 95.48
Group 
Pavie/Percoche 17,409 Group 
Pavie/Percoche 16,299Group 
Pavie/Percoche 93.63
Group Springcrest  16,149 Group Springc rest  11,858 Group Springcrest  73.43
Group Stark Red 
gold  13,479 Group Stark Red 
gold  10,925Group Stark Red 
gold  81.05
 
Table E.3.b: The most important peach tree gr oups of varieties in  EU-15 and EU-27 in 
2007 
Variety EU-15 % Variety EU-27 % 
All varieties 189,942 100.00% All varieties 206,958 100.00%
Nectarines yellow 211,922 11.16% Nectarines yellow 21,700 10.49%
Group Cresthaven 17,333 9.13% Group Cresthaven 18,468 8.92%
Group 
Pavie/Percoche 16,299 8.58%Group 
Pavie/Percoche 17,003 8.22%
Group Springcrest 11,858 6.24% Group Springcrest 11,965 5.78%
Group Stark Red 
gold 10,925 5.75%Group Stark Red 
gold 11,092 5.36%
 
For peach tree orchards, the anal ysis is conducted for groups of varieties, as each individual 
variety covers only a very small share of the total EU area. The most cultivated varieties of 
peach trees in EU-15 were the same in 2002  and 2007, but their share of the total has 
decreased. The decline was significant for the Springcrest group (27%), yellow flesh 
nectarines (13%) and the Stark Red Gold group (29%).  
The main groups of varieties are the same in  both EU-15 and EU-27, but  they account for a 
slightly smaller share of the EU-27 total than of the EU-15 total. As the new Member States 
have only 8% of the total EU-27 peach tree orchar d area, the difference in percentage terms is 
quite small. 
 
EN 36   EN Table E.4.a: The EU-15 apricot trees orchard by variety. 2002and 2007 
Variety 2002 area Variety 2007 area Variety 2007 area as 
a % of 2002 
area  
All varieties 59,069 All variet ies 52,959 All varieties 89.66
1.Bulida 11,522 1.Bulida 7,923 1.Bulida 68.77
2.Bergeron 4,930 2.Bergeron 4,474 2.Bergeron 90.74
3.Bebecou 3,864 3.Bebec ou 2,893 3.Bebecou 74.87
4.Precoce de 
Tyrinthe 2,510 4.Galta Ro cha 2,315 4.Galta Rocha 122.16
5.Polonais 2,047 5.Precoce de 
Tyrinthe 1,7595.Precoce de 
Tyrinthe 70.09
 
Table E.4.b: The most important apricot tree varieties in EU-15 and EU-27 in 2007  
Variety EU-15 
area % Variety EU-27 area % 
All varieties 52,959 100.00%All varieties of 
apricots 67,370 100.00%
1.Bulida 7,923 14.96% 1.Bulida 7,923 11.76%
2.Bergeron 4,474 8.45% 2.Bergeron 5,106 7.58%
3.Bebecou 2,893 5.46% 3.Bebecou 2,893 4.29%
4.Galta Rocha 2,315 4.37% 4.Galta Rocha 2,315 3.44%
5.Precoce de 
Tyrinthe 1,759 3.32%5.Precoce de 
Tyrinthe 1,760 2.61%
 
In both 2002 and 2007 the three most important ap ricot varieties in EU- 15 were Bulida (15% 
of the area), Bergeron (8%) and Bebecou (5%).  
All of these varieties saw significant decreases in terms of cultivated area.  The variety Precoce de Tyrinthe  was the fourth most important  in 2002, but th e 30% decline 
in terms of its area placed it in fifth po sition in 2007, with only 3% of the area.  
The Polonais variety also decreased in importa nce, while the Galta Rocha variety experienced 
a significant increase in cultivated area. It b ecame the fourth most important variety, covering 
4% of the EU-15 area under apricot trees. 
The most cultivated apricot tree varieties in EU-27 are the same as in EU-15. Most of the 
areas did not change in absolute value with  enlargement. This is because, although the 
varieties cultivated in the new Member States are generally diffe rent, their share of the total 
apricot area has obviously decreased. This is the case for Bulida, Bebecou, Galta Rocha and 
Precoce de Tyrinthe.  
 
EN 37   EN Only the area cultivated with the Bergeron vari ety increased as a result of the enlargement to 
EU-27, although its share of the total area fell by almost 1 percentage point. 
Table E.5.a: The EU-15 orange tree orchard by variety. 2002and 2007 
Variety 2002 Variety 2007 Variety 2007 area as 
a % of 2002 
area  
All orange varieties 252,117 All orange varieties 277,494 All orange varieties 110.07
1.Sweet, Navels 
Group, Navelina or 
Dalmau 69,081 1.Sweet, Navels 
Group, Navelina or 
Dalmau 74,4331.Sweet, Navels  
Group, Navelina  
Or Dalmau 107.75
2.Sweet, Navels 
Group, Merlin or Washinton Navel 34,125 2.Sweet, Valencia 
Late 31,8842.Sweet, Valencia 
Late 
101.88
3.Sweet, Valencia 
Late 31,294 3.Sweet, Navels 
Group, Lane Late 30,3213.Sweet,  
Navels Group,  
Lane Late 183.86
4.Blood, Tarocco 24,554 4.Sweet, Navels 
Group, Merlin or 
Washinton Navel 28,1854.Sweet, Navels 
Group, Merlin or 
Washinton Navel 82.59
5.Sweet, Navels 
Group, Lane Late 16,492 5.Blood, Taro cco 22,243 5.Blood, Tarocco 90.59
 
Table E.5.b: The most important oran ge tree varieties in EU-15 in 2007 
Variety Area % 
All orange varieties 277,494 100.00%
Sweet, Navels Group, Navelina or Dalmau 74,433 26.82%
Sweet, Valencia Late 31,884 11.49%
Sweet, Navels Group, Lane Late 30,321 10.93%
Sweet, Navels Group, Merlin or Washinton 
Navel 28,185 10.16%
Blood, Tarocco 22,243 8.02%
 
The most common variety of oranges in EU-15 is the Navelina or Dalmau, which accounts for 
approximately 27% of the area under orange s. Between 2002 and 2007, the area cultivated 
with this variety increased by almost 8%.  
The Merlin or Washington Navel variety was the second most cu ltivated variet y in 2002, but 
dropped to fourth place in 2007, when its area decreased by 17%. It accounts for 10% of the 
orange area in EU-15.  
 
EN 38   EN The Valencia Late variety covers  11% of the area and it experi enced a slight increase in area 
between 2002 and 2007. In 2002, it was the third most cultivat ed variety and in 2007 it 
became the second most important.  
The Lane Late variety saw a large increase in area (84%), to become the third most cultivated 
variety. It accounts for around 11% of the orange orchard area.  
The area cultivated with the Tarocco variet y shrank by almost 10%, and in 2007 it accounted 
for 8% of the total area. 
The report does not show a comp arison between the EU-15 a nd EU-27 citrus trees areas. 
Cyprus, the only New Member State that has citr us fruit orchards, has only around 1% of the 
corresponding EU-27 area; therefore the differe nce between EU-15 and EU-27 citrus tree 
areas is very small.  
Table E.6.a: The EU-15 lemon tree orchard by variety. 2002and 2007 
Variety 2002 Variety 2007 Variety 2007 area as 
a % of 2002 
area  
All lemon varieties 68,034 All lemon va rieties 62,190 All lemon varieties 91.41
1.Group Mesero 21,976 1.Group Mesero 22,252 1.Group Mesero 101.25
2.Group Berna 17,838 2.Group Berna 12,998 2.Group Berna 72.86
3.Comune 9,265 3.Comune 8,496 3.Comune 91.69
4.Maglini 3,613 4.Maglini 2,285 4.Maglini 63.24
5.Monachello 2,442 5.Siagara bian ca 1,712 5.Siagara bianca 84.26
 
Table E.6.b: The most important le mon tree varieties in EU-15 in 2007 
Variety Area % 
All lemon varieties 62,190 100.00%
Group Mesero 22,252 35.78%
Group Berna 12,998 20.90%
Comune 8,496 13.66%
Maglini 2,285 3.67%Siagara bianca 1,712 2.75%
 
The main varieties of lemon tr ees in 2007 were the same as in 2002. The Group Mesero is the 
most cultivated; it accounts fo r 36% of the lemon tree area and is the only one among the top 
five whose total area increased.  
The next most popular varietie s are Group Berna (21%), Com une (14%), Maglini (4%) and 
Siagara Bianca (3%). The areas under all these four varieties decreased in the period 2002 -
2007. 
 
EN 39   EN Table E.7.a: The EU-15 small citrus fr uit tree orchard by variety. 2002and 2007 
Variety 2002 Variety 2007 Variety 2007 area as 
a % of 2002 
area  
All Small-fruited citrus varieties 149,576 All Small-fruited 
citrus varieties 149,744All Small-fruited 
citrus varieties 
100.11
Clementines, 
Clémenules or 
Clémentine de Nules 37,477 Clementines, 
Clémenules or 
Clémentine de Nules 47,687Clementines, 
Clémenules or 
Clémentine de Nules 
127.24
Clementines, 
Comune 18,227 Clementines, 
Comune 15,894Clementines, 
Comune 87.20
Clementines, Marisol 9,545 Clementines, 
Clemenvilla o nova 8,072Clementines, 
Clemenvilla o nova 99.19
Clementines, Clemenvilla o nova 8,137 Clementines, 
Marisol 7,272Clementines, 
Marisol 76.19
Clementines, 
Hernandina 7,204 Clementines, 
Hernandina 6,442Clementines, 
Hernandina 89.42
 
Table E.7.b:  The most important small citrus fr uit tree varieties in EU-15 in 2007  
Variety Area % 
All small citrus fruit varieties 149,744 100.00%
Clementines, Clémenules or 
Clémentine de Nules 47,687 31.85%
Clementines, Comune 15,894 10.61%
Clementines, Clemenvilla o nova 8,072 5.39%
Clementines, Marisol 7,272 4.86%
Clementines, Hernandina 6,442 4.30%
 
The first variety of small citrus fruit trees is th e Clémenules or Clémentine de Nules. It covers 
32% of the total EU-15 small citrus fruit trees area, following a considerable increase in area between 2002 and 2007.  
The second most popular variety is  the Clementine Comune. Its ar ea decreased in the period 
between the two surveys and its share of  the total fell from 12% to under 11%.  
The Clementine Marisol variety experienced a 25%  decrease in cultivated area, dropping from 
third to fourth most cultivated variety. It accounts for around 5%  of the total area. 
The area under Clemenvilla o nova was the four th most important variety in 2002. It too 
covers around 5% of the total area. Although the area decreased s lightly in the period between 
the two surveys, it was the third mo st cultivated variety in 2007.  
The fifth variety in both 2002 and 2007 was the Clementine Hernandina, which accounts for 
4% of the total area of the orchar ds for small citrus fruit trees.