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Brussels,19December1977
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Annualreportonthe
estimatedclearingsandnewplantations ofcertain
typesof'fruittrees
(Submitted "bytheCommissiontotheEuropeanParliament
andtheCouncil)
CQM(77)685final

Explanatory Memorandum
1.UnderArtiole8ofCounoilDireotive76/625/EECasamendedbyArticle1of
CouncilDirective77/l59/ESCftheCommissionmustpresenttotheEuropean
ParliamentandtheCouncilfrom1January1977annualreportsontheestimated
olearingsandplantingsofcertaintypesoffruittrees(apples,pears,peaches
andoranges).
2.ThefirstreportpresentedbytheCommissionreferstotheestimatesbyMember
Statesoftheolearingsandplantingsduringthe1975/76season.Itisbased
uponinformation duetobesubmittedtotheCommissionby31December1976.
Difficulties encountered inmakingtheseestimatesdelayedthenotifications
bycertainMemberStatestotheCommissionandhenoethepresentation ofthis
report.
3.Thereportindioatestheextentanddireotionofestimatedchangesinthetotal
areaunderthefourspeoiesoffruittreeBwithinindividual MemberStates,and
mentions,whereparticularly significant,changesinrespectofoertainmajor
varieties.

I.INTRODUCTION
1,TheCouncilDireotiveof20July1976,76/625/EEC*',oonoerningthestatistical
surveysto"beoarriedoutTagrtheMemberStatesinordertodeterminethe
produotionpotentialofplantationsofoertainspeoiesoffruittrees,asamended
"byCouncilDireotive77/l59/EEC^of14February19771requiresinArtiole8that
theCommissionshallsubmittotheEuropeanParliamentandtheCouncilfrom
1January1977annualreportsonthesubjectofArticles5and6.
2.TheCommission nowsubmitstotheEuropeanParliamentandtheCouncilthefirstwhich
annualreportontheseArtioles/oonoemtheannualestimatestobemadeby
MemberStatesoftheareasoffruittreesclearedandnewlyplanted.This
firstreportrelatesprimarilytothe1975/76seasonandinoludesinformationdue
tobenotifiedtotheCommissionby31Deoember1976,butinfactnotified
somewhatlaterbyoertaincountrieswhiohenoountereddifficulties ininitiating
thesestatistical returns.
II.OBJECTIVES
3.TheobjectiveofArtioles56theDireotiveistoprovidetheCommission
withregularinformation ontheohangesinareawhiohooourintheintervals
betweenthequinquennial surveysonplantations ofoertainspeoiesoffruittrees
(dessertapplestdessertpears,peachesendoranges).Suohchangescaneffectthe
medium-termforecastsofproduotionpotentialwhioharemadebycombiningthe
purveydataontheareaunderthefourspeoieswithdataonyieldperheotare.
III.INFORMATION RECEIVED
4«The"VegetableProducts"WorkingPartyoftheAgricultural StatisticsCommittee
oftheStatisticalOffioeoftheEuropeanCommunitiesin1976discussedandogresd
uponastandardformtobeusedbyMemberStatestoreporttheirestimatesof
theareasoffruitorchardannuallyclearedandplanted.Theestimatesarereporte <
byspeoiesforeachMemberState(Tables1and2)and"asfaraspossible"by
varieties.
5.Thereportsindicateadeolineof5500heotaresinthe1975/6seasonir.tunoverall
areaofcommercialfruitorchardswhiohnowtotalBorne526543ha.Pears,pcaohes
andapplesareallreportedtohavedecreasedinareawhilstalonethe -under
orangeshasincreasedslightly(Table3)»Thedeoreaseisgreatestinpearorohard ^
inabsoluteterms(-3660ha),inrelativetermsincomparisonwiththeareaunder
(1)O.J.N*L218,11.8.1976,p.10
(2)D,J.N*L48,19.2.1977 »P.31

this speoiea reported atthelast survey (-3,9peroeat )andisreported innearly -
allMember States .Inpeaoh orchards ,theoverall deoline (-1187 ha)represents
about 1percent ofthearea reported atthelast survey (in1974 }and 4.sconcentra­
tedinFrenoe ,whereas inItaly thearea under peaohes hasincreased *Inapple
orchards ,thesmall deoline reported overall (-735ba)oocurred principally in
Italy (-771ha),Franoe (-365ha)andNetherlands (-367ha)butwaspartly offset
byincreases inDenmark (+378ha)andB.R. Deutsohland (+305ha).
6.Information inrespect ofindividual varieties ofthevarious species isincomplete
since notallMember States found itpossible toprovide estimates ofclearings
varieties .For themost importantandplantings ineuoh detail ,especially for theless important /variety ofapples
intheCommunity ,Golden Delioious ,there wasanetfall of323ha.,largely dueto
1424 habeing cleared inFranoe where only 768hawere planted .InItaly and
Belgium ,however ,plantings ofthis variety (421and83harespectively )
exoeeded olearings (140and31ha).Olearings ofRedDelicious apples inFranoe
and Italy exoeeded plantings by330ha*Clearings ofMorgenduft orImperatore
apples (525hs,)andAbbondanaa apples (205ha)were reported inItaly ,without any
corresponding plantings .Forpear orchards .,theclearing of2000 ha.ofthe
Passa Crass anavariety inItaly represented nearly half ofthetotal olearings
ofpears intheCommunity (4128 ha)and almoBt twothirds ofthepear-tree olearings
inItaly .Noimportant varietal changes arereported inrespeot ofpeaohes and
oranges ;inallfour species ,incomplete data from Member States prevents full
tabular presentation .
7.Theestimates ofclearings andplantings during the1975/76season reoeived from
Member States have been combined with those forprevious years inorder toadjust
theareas reported atthemost recent previous orohard fruit surveys and arrive
atanestimate oftheareas under cultivation attheendofthe1975/76season
(Table 4).
8.Inthesecond annual report tobesubmitted bytheCommission onannual estimates
ofclearings andplantings ,itwill benecessary totake into acoount thestatistics
available inrespeot ofthe1976^7 olearings inapplication ofCouncil Regulation
(EEC)N*794/76of6April 1976 *Itwould beunrealistic nottoassume that tHe
commercial fruit orchard industry has also taken these measures into aooount
andthat inconsequenoe ,theclearings ofcertain varieties ofapples and pears
otherwise dueforclearing in1975/6mayhave been postponed .
9.Itishoped that improved estimates ofolearings andplaivtinge will "beavailable
from Member States infuture years toallow thetotal orchard erea tobeestimated
more accurately intheintervals between the5yearly Cou.murv.i'V surveys (theresults
ofthe1977 Community orohard fruit survey areduetobosent *0theCommission in
1978).
1)0.J,N*L93,8.4.1976 .P.3.

Table3tNetohangeinareaunderorchardfruitsincelastsurvey(newplantationsminusolearings)
ha
Dateof
lastsurvey
>Apples Pears_Peaches Oran«es I
CountryTotal
change
since
last
surveyorwhichi
1975/76Total
ohange
since
last
surveyofwhioht
1975/76Total
ohange
since
last
surveyofwhiohi
1975/76Total
ohange
sinoe
last
surveyofwhiohi
1975/76
IBRDeutsohland1972+702+305-75-25 3-7
IFranoe 1974/75-365-365-222-222-1660-1660
IItalia 1974-1045-771-4715-3139+972+480^307'+84
INederland 1974-394-367-458-278
IBelgique/Belgi'ë 197241602'+101♦382)+22-51
SLuxembourg 1973
IUnitedKingdom 1974-845-6-8+7
IIreland 1973-5-10
IDanmark 1974+756+378-50-25
IEUR-9
1-1036-735-5490-3660-742-1187+307+84
1)1971/72fororanges
2)1974/75and1975/76only

Table1tAreaand.proportionoforohardfruitclearedin1975/76Vcountryendspeoies
CountryApples Pears Peaohes Oranges
ha ha\% ha1ha£
IBRDeutschland 3621.3401»7 153,6
IFrano* 23734,27153,233578,0
IItalia 19742,733276,226023,15810,6
INederland 10234,74697,2 I**I
IBelgique/Belgie 650,8 100,3
ILuxembourg
IUnitedKingdom 5062,4761,5
IIreland 142,5mmI""I
IDanmark 2223,1 252,9iJ_^J
EUR-9 65393,046704,959744,85810,61
Table2tAreaandproportionoforoh&rdf*uitplantedin1975/76countryandspecies
CountryApples Pears Peaohes Oranges
Iha •I\J ha %ha£haE1
IBRDeutschland 6672,4 230,8 81,9am
{France 20083,64932,216974,0
Italia 12031,71880,430823,76650,7
1Noderland 6563,01912,9
JBelgique/Belgie1662,0 320.9
ILuxembourgII
IUnitedKingdom 5002,4831,6I*"*I
IIreland 40,7
!Dnnmark uQQa^3L- I
IEUR-9 |[5804 12,710101.147873,86650,7

Table4tEstimatedareaunderorohardfruitin1975/76
(Arearecordedatlastsurveyadjustedbyannualestimatesofclearingsandplantings)
ha
Countrv Apples Pears Peaohes Oranges Total
!BRDeutschland 28796 2679 415 31890
SFranoe 55994- 22257 40374 241 118.866'I
JItalia71017 48866Ό
84108 96995 300986
!Hederland 21529 6029 27558
IBelgiqae/Belgie 8561 3591 25 12177
ILuxembourg 390 10 400
IUnitedKingdom 20141 5128 25269
iIreland 556 38 594
IDanmark 7979 824 8803
EuR-9 214963 89422 124922 97236 526543