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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(82)699final
Brussels5November1982
Annualreportontheestimatedclearingsandnew
plantations ofcertaintypesoffruittrees
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Explanatory Memorandum CcH£^J
UnderArticle8ofCouncilDirective76/625/EEC,asamendedbyArticle1of
CouncilDirective77/159/EEC,theCommissionmustpresenttotheEuropean
ParliamentandtheCouncilfrom1January1977annualreportsontheestimated
clearingsandplantingsofcertaintypescffruittrees(apples,pears,peaches
andoranges).
Thefifthreportpresented "bytheCommissionreferstotheestimatesbyMember
Statesoftheclearingsandplantingsduringthe1979/80season.
Thereportindicatestheextentanddirectionofestimatedchangesinthetotal
areaunderthefourspeciesoffruittreeswithinindividual MemberStates.

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I.INTRODUCTION
1.TheCouncil Directive of20July 1976 ,76/625/EEC ,asamended "byCouncil
Directive 77/l59/EEC~ of14February 1977 andCouncil Directive Ql/lOl^/FUSC J
of15December 1981 ,concerning thestatistical surveys tobecarried outby
Member States inorder todetermine theproduction potential ofplantations of
certain species offruit trees ,requires inArticle 8that theCommission shall
submit totheEuropean Parliament andtheCouncil from 1January 1977 annual
reports onthe subject ofArticles5 and 6.
2.This fifth report relates toestimates made byMember States ofthe areas of
fruit trees cleared andnewly planted during the1979/80season .
II.OBJECTIVE
3.Theobjective ofArticles 5and 6oftheDirective istoprovide theCommission
with annual estimates ofchanges inthe area ofcertain species offruit trees
(dessert apples ,dessert pears ,peaches andoranges ).These estimates give an
indication ofthetrend inthe area under fruit trees between the quinquennial
surveys onfruit tree plantations ,the last onehaving been conducted in1977 *
III .INFORMATION RECEIVED
4.TheDirective requires Member States tosupply annual estimates ofthe areas of
fruit trees cleared andnewly planted byspecies .Theestimates must distinguish
between varieties "insofaraspossible ",but some Member States areunable to
make this distinction .This report istherefore restricted tochanges inthetotal
area ofthe four species .
IV.AREAS CLEARED (Table l)
5.Thetotal area ofapple ,pear ,peach andorange trees cleared in1979/8owas
19567 hectares ,anincrease of3716 hectares (2jfo)compared with the1978/79
total .Most oftheincreased clearings were ofapple trees which ,at8973 hectares ,
were almost 50/&higher than theprevious season .Theincrease oocurred inall
Member States except France andLuxembourg ,andwasparticularly marked inthe
Netherlands .
6.Clearings ofpear trees were 25%higher than theprevious season ,with increases in
Italy ,theNetherlands andtheUnited Kingdom being only partially offset by
decreases inother Member States .
1)O.J. N°L218 ,11.8.1976 ,p.10
2)O.J. NoL48,19.2.1977 ,p.31
3)O.J. NoL367 ,23.12.1981 ,p.31

7.Clearingsofpeachtreeswereslightlyabovethepreviousseason'slevel,with
areductioninFrance "beingmorethanoffset "byanincreaseinItaly.Clearings
oforangetreeswereabout8%lowerthanin1978/79.
V.AREASPLANTED(Table2)
8.Newplantationsofapple,pear,peachandorangetreesin1979/80amountedto
15892hectares,whichwasslightlybelowthe1978/79total.Newplantationsof
appletreeswereonlymarginallylower,whilstplantingsofpeartreesweresome
700hectareshigherduemainlytoanincreasedrateofplantinginItaly.
9.NewplantationsofpeachtreeswereatalowerlevelinItaly,andplantingsof
orangetreesalsodeclinedslightly.
VI.NETCHANGEINAREA(Table3)
10.Decreasesintheareaunderapples,pearsandpeachesduring1979/80hasledto
anestimatedreductionofsome3700hectaresintheareaunderthefourspeciesin
1980.Howeverthisrepresentsareductionoflessthan1%comparedwiththe
estimatedtotalareaofcommercialorchardsofthesespeciesin1979•
VII.CONCLUSIONS
11.Asaresultofdiscussions withtheMemberStates,ithasbeendecidedtowait
untiltheresultsofthe1982Communitysurveyoforchardfruittreeshavebeen
analysedbeforeassessingthereliabilityoftheestimatesandtheirsuitability
forusewithasimplifiedforecasting modeldevelopedbyEUROSTAT.Meanwhile,
necessarystepscouldbetakenbytheservicesoftheCommissionincollaboration
withnationalexpertstoup-date,ifnecessary,theyieldcurvesrequiredfor
forecastingproductionpotentialandtotakeafinaldecisiononthemostsuitable
forecasting modelforthispurpose.

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TableIsAreaandproportion "^'oforchardfruitclearedin1979/80
bycountryandepecies
Country Apples Pears Peaches Oranges'
haiha%haι.ha–y
BRDeutschland 8343.1200.8 82.8 _
France 8211.39343-915554>0 – –
Italia 22793.323655-343665-5 .7530.7
Nederland 250012.53856.7
Belgique/België 3634.4240.7 – – ■
Luxembourg 13.2.0 – – – –■' – –
UnitedKingdom 14847.71342.8 – '– –
Ireland 5912.5 _ – >_ '*.· _
Danmark 61510.250 ■6.9 - - » -
EUR-9 89734.239124.659295.07530.7
Table2:Areaandproportion''''oforchardfruitplantedin,1979/80
bycountryandspecies
Apples Pears Peaches Oranges
ha %haihaiha*
BRDeutschland 7522.8220.9 1.1.
France 19013.15802.420255.2_ _
Italia 31894.616323.736384.68680.8
Nederland 5202.61903.3 –
Belgique/België 1401.7611.7 – – –
Luxembourg 30.5 18.3 - – – –
UnitedKingdom 2431.3370.8 – – – –
Ireland 40.8 – – _ – – _
Danmark 741.2 .91.2 - - - -
EUR-9 68263.225322.956664,78680.8
l)Areasclearedandplantedasaproportionoftheareasrecordedatthe1977
orchardfruitsurvey

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Table3:Netchangeinareaunderorchardfruitin1979/80
ha
Country Apples Pears Peaches Oranges
BRDeutschland 82 +2 5
France +IO80 -354 +470Italia +9IO-733-728 +115
Nederland -I98O -195
Be1gique/Be1gië-228 +37
Luxembourg 10 +1 _
UnitedKingdom -1241 -97.
Ireland.-55 – •_
Danmark -241-41· - -
EUR-9 -2147-1380,-263 +115
Table4:Estimatedareaunderorchardfruitin1980^
ha
Country Apples Pears Peaches Oranges
BRDeutschland 27266 2422 267
Prance 62240 22977 37501 –
Italia 73575 42524 83030103439
Nederland 17207 5113 _ _
Belgique/België 8114 3652 – –
Luxembourg 623 14 - -
UnitedKingdom 17207 4391 - -
Ireland 412 - - -
Danmark 5037 540 - -
EUR-9 211681 81633120798103439
l)Areasrecordedatthe1977orchardfruitsurveyadjustedbythenetchange
inareain1977/78,1978/79and1979/80.