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ANNUALREPORTONTHEESTIMATED CLEARINGS AND
NEWPLANTATIONS OFCERTAINTYPESOFFRUITTREES
SubmittedbytheCommissiontotheEuropeanParliament andtheCouncilin
conformitywithArticle8oftheCouncilDirectiveof20July1976(76/625/EEC)
asamendedbyArticleIoftheCouncilDirectiveof14February1977(77/159/EEC)
C0M(80)46final

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I.INTRODUCTION
1.TheCouncilDirectiveof20July1976,76/625/EEC,asamendedbyCouncil
Directive77/l59/E2C^of14February1977tconcerningthestatisticalsurveys
tobecarriedoutbyMemberStatesinordertodeterminetheproduction .
potentialofplantationsofcertainspeciesoffruittrees,requiresin
\ArticleCthattheCommissionshallsubmittotheEuropeanParliamentand
theCouncilfrom1January1977annualreportsonthesubjectofArticles5
and6.
.2.Thisthirdreportrelatestoestimates ,madebyMemberStatesoftheareasof
fruittreesclearedandnewlyplantedduringthe1977/78season.
II.OBJECTIVE • •<:
3.TheobjectiveofArticles5and6oftheDirectiveistoprovidetheCommission
withannualestimatesofchangesintheareaofcertainspeciesoffruittrees
(dessertapples,dessertpears,peachesand'oranges).Theseestimatesgivean
indicationofthetrendintheareaunderfruittreesbetweenthequinquennial
surveyson.fruittreeplantations ,thelastonehavingbeenconductedin1977•
IIIéINFORMATION RECEIVED
4*TheDirectiverequiresMemberStatestosupplyannualestimatesoftheareasof
fruittreescleared.andnewlyplantedbyspecies.Fornewplantations the
estimatesmustdistinguishbetweenvarieties"ins'pfaras-possible",butin
.factmostt'emberStatessub-dividebothclearingsandplantingsintomajor
varietiesorvarietalgroups.However,twocountriesareonlyabletosupply
globalestimate'sinthecaseofnewplantations,andthreecountriesinthe
caseofclearings. , ■_
IV.AREASCLEARED(Tablel)"
5.Thetotalareaofapple,pear,peachandorangetreesclearedin1977/78was
17019hectares,onlysome60$oftheareaBlearedin1976/77*Withinthis
total,reductionsintheclearingsofappleandpeartrees(approximately 55<f0
and50forespectivelyofthe1976/77totals)occurredmainlyinFrance,Italy
andtheNetherlands.Theareaofpeachtreesclearedwas25$belowthe1976/77
level.
1)O.J.N°L218,11.8.1976,p.10.
2)O.J.N°L48,19.2.1977,P.31.

6.Theinformationavailableonvarietiesoffruitclearedindicatesthatthere
werenosignificantchangescomparedwithlastseason,clearingsbeingmainly
ofthemajorvarietiesineachcountry.
AREASFLATTED(Table2)
7.Newplantationsamountedto179&0hectaresin1977/78,anincreaseof30$
comparedwith1976/77.Theincreasewasreflectedinallthespecieswith'the
exceptionoforanges,whereplantingswereonlytwo-thirdsoftheprevious
season'slevel.The1977/78totalwas,honever,onlyabout10$abovetheaverage
leveloftheprevious5yearssinceincreasedplantingsofapplesandpearswere
offsetbylower-thar.-averageplantingsoforanges(seetable2A).ASinthecase
ofclearings,therewerenosignificant developments inthevarietiesoffruit
plantedin1977/73.
I."ETCHAKGBIifAR3A(Table3)
8.Slightincreasesintheoverallareasunderapple,peachandorangetrees
during1977/78wereoffsetbyadecrcr.seintheareaunderpears.Thetotal
areaofcommercialorchardsofthefourspeciesthereforeremainedvirtually
stable,thenetchangebeinganincreaseofonly9^1hectares.
9.Inthecaseofapplesnomajorchangesinanyparticularvarietywererecorded,
buttheinformation availableindicatesthatfortheCommunities asawhole,
slightdecreasesoccurredintheareasofMorgenduft ,Cox'sOrangePippinand
WorcesterPearmain,whiletheareasunderRedDeliciousandGoldenDelicious
showedslightincreases.
10.Forpears,slightincreasesintheareaunderDoyenneduCorniceandWilliams
inItalyweiemorethanoffset .bydecreasesintheareasofPasseCrassane,
CosciaandJule3GuyotinItalyandConferenceintheU.K.InFrance,thearea
underalltypesofpear(summer,autumnandwinter)wasslightlyreduced..
11<InFrance,theareaofbothwhiteandyellow–fleshpeachvarietiesshowedanet
reductioninarea,whileinItaly,slightreductionsintheareaofthevarieties
Dixired,Cardinal,RedhavenandJ.H»Haleweremorethanoffsetbyincreases
intheareaofothervarieties.

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12.Ashasalreadybeenmentionedinparagraph8,therewasnosignificantchangeinthe
totalareaunderapples,pears,peachesandorangesduring1977/78.
13.Asforthequestionofaccuracyandlevelofdetailoftheestimates,themethodo­
logyusedandproblemsencounteredwerediscussedatameetingofthe"Vegetable
ProductsStatistics"("Orchardfruitsurveys)WorkingPartyheldinLuxembourgin
October1?7?.Theerodes!ensirsra "thedisenssina VETSasfollov?;
fi)thethreeMemberStateswhoarecurrentlyunabletosub-divide'areascleared
intomajorvarieties,andtwoofthesethreeMemberStateswhoarealsounable
tosub-dividenewplantations byvariety,agreedtoexaminethepossibility of
providingthesedetailsinthefuture; '
(ii)moreaccurate-estimatescouldbeprovidedifthedeadlinedatefortheir
submission(31December)waspostponed.Analternativedateof"31Marchof
thefollowingyear"wasagreed; ".
(iii).itwasnotpossibletoestimatetheageoftreescleared. .
14.Asaresultofthesediscussions ,3URC3TATwillnowinvestigate waysofmaking
medium-term productionforecastswhicharemoresuitedtothelevelofdetailof
thedataavailable.Inaddition,thepostponement ofthedeadlinedate(mentioned
inpara.13(ii)above)willbeincludedinadraftDirectiveamendingCouncil
Directive76/625/EEC.Itiahopedthatthesemeasureswillenableareasonable
assessmentoftrendsinorchard-fruit productiontobemadeinfuturebetweenthe
quinquennial surveys.

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_%lJ&t«A•I•t■mMHM/Mrt»•' Ì:TableItAreaandproportion'oforchardfruitclearedin1977/78" I
.bycountryandspecies jj
' ' • i\-
CountryApples Pears Peaches Oranges I
ha I•ha ha• |.ha i$i
I3RDeutschland Γ4211,6 351,4 113,9
France2) 1874.2,98463,4 ■33868,4|
IItalia 22103,217764,024553,17750,8
INederland 9674,8 2824,9
IBelgique/België 1C41,2 230,6 6 3
ILuxembourg 3o,5
UnitedKingdom 12826,6 .2625,6
Ireland 61,3
IDanmark' 225.3,7L-709,6 L_-J
EUR-9 70923,3 ,32943,858584,97750,8
• ■ : \
~ • i
i).Tabl-e2tAreaandproportion'oforchardfruitplantedin1977/79 .I
bycountryandspecies jj
CountryjApples
in i
Pears Peaches IOran/res
hasha ha ha
IB3Deutschland 8223,1 !170,7 !■■72,5
IFrance2) 19743,13861,518564,6Italia 39165,6.11332,552396,68170,8
Nederland 712.3.6 821.4
IBelgique/Belgie 1632,0-361,0
..uxembourg 20,3 ■ 1!8,3
UnitedKingdom 6103,2.821.7
IIreland 194,0
1Banr.arï ;L-t-JLm.1« !
S.-3-9b3163,91745i2,071026.0817Γ--"1
0,8
1)Areaaclearedand.plantedasaproportionoftheareasrecordedatthe1977
orchardfruitsurvey.
2)ForFrance,estimatesofaieasclearedandplantedarebasedontheannual"Evolution
desvergers"survey(OrchardTrendsSurvey).Theseresultsshouldbeusedin"
relativetermsonly(asapercentageofthecorresponding areainthesame
"Evolutiondesvergers"survey)whencomparisonsaremadewiththequinquennial
'.'Structuredesvergers"survey(OrchardStructureSurvey)..

Table24si*changein"theareaoforchardfruitplantedin1977/78comparedwiththeaveragearea*'
plantedinthepreviousfiveyears
>
Country
t\
Apples!
IPears Peaches Oranges
BKDeutschland ^'
France
Italia s
.>
ttederland
Belgique'/Belgie
Luxembourg
UnitedKingdom
Ireland
DanmarkV
+39
+22
+65
-7
-57
-33
-14
+19
-30-21
+1
+97
-17
-67
0
-,6
-20+9
+10..
+-1-55
SJR-9- +26 +36 +3-55
IjAverageoftheareasoftreesagedfrom0to4yearsoldrecordedatthe1977orchardfruitsurvey.

Table3j'letchangeinareaunderorchardfruitin1977/78
ha
Country/ Apples .Pears Peaches Oranges
IBRDcutschland +.401 18. •4
IFrance ^ +100-460-1530
IItalia , +1706-643+2784+42
INederland -255 200
IBslgique/Beigie +59+13 6
Luxembourg 1+1
!UnitedKingdom --672-.180
Ireland .+13
IDanmark -1271*62-j
sra-9 +1224-1549+1244+42
ITable4«Estimatedareaunderorchardfruitin1978^
1
1 ,
j ." ha
Country Apples Pears Peaches Oranges
JBRDeutschland27"121 2437 277
IFrance 609722356637621
Italia 71Co34398382670102879
INederland .19757 55Co
Belgique/Belgie 8383 3602
Luxembourg■648 13-
IUnitedKingdom 186a04538
IIreland 436
jDanmark5928.664 !
HJR-9 Iι
213056 I84311120568102879
l)Areasrecordedatthe1977orchardfruitsurveyadjustedbythenet
changeinareagiveninTable3above.
tDatanotavailable(Belgiumwasnotrequiredtorecordtheareaunder
peachesatthe1977survey).