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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(83) 515 final
Brussels, 8th September 1983
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ESTIMATED CLEARINGS AND NEW 
PLANTATIONS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF FRUIT TREES
COM(83) 515 final

Explanatory Memorandum
1. Under A rtic le  8 of Council D irective 76/ 625/EEC, as amended by A rticle 1 of 
Council D irective 77/159/EEC, the Commission must present to the European 
Parliament and the Council from 1 January 1977 annual rep o rts on the estim ated 
clearin g s and plantings of c e rta in  types of f r u it tre e s  (apples, pears, peaches 
and oranges).
2. The six th  report presented by the Commission re fe rs to the estim ates by Member 
S tates of the clearin g s and plantings during the 1980/81 season.
3. The report in d icates the extent and d ire ctio n  of estim ated changes in the to ta l 
area under the four species of f r u it tre e s  w ithin individual Member S tates. 4
4. As Greece,which became a f u ll member of the Communities on I . I . I 98I, could 
not provide the required fig u res, i t  has been om itted from the present rep o rt.

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I. IN T R O D U C T IO N
1. The Council D irective 76/625/EEC] ^of 20 July 1976, as amended hy Council 
D irective 7 7 /ll  2  3 39/EEC2 3 ^  of 14 February 1977 and Council D irective 81/IO I5/EEC3)
of 15 December 1981, concerning the s ta tis tic a l surveys to be carried  out by 
Member Stares in order to determine the production poten tial of plantations of 
certain species of fru it tre e s, requires in A rticle 8 th at the Commission shall 
submit to the European Parliament and the Council from 1 January 1977 annual 
reports on the subject of A rticles 5 and 6.
2. The sixth report re la te s to estim ates made by Member States of the areas of 
fru it tre e s cleared and newly planted during the 1980/81 season.
3. The objective of A rticles 5 and 6 of the D irective is  to provide the Commission 
with annual estim ates of changes in the area of certain  species of fru it tre es
I I I . IN F O R M A T IO N  R E C EIV ED
4 . The D irective requires Member S tates to supply annual estim ates of the areas of 
fru it tre e s cleared and newly planted by species. The estim ates must distinguish 
between v a rie tie s "in so fa r as possible", but some Member States are unable to 
make th is  d istin c tio n . This report is  therefore re s tric te d  to changes in the total 
area of the four species.
IV. A R E A S  C L E A R E D  (Table l)
.5. The to ta l area of apple, pear, peach and orange tre e s cleared in I 980/ 8I was
6. Clearings of apple tre e s wei^^fc higher than the previous season. Increases occurred 
in Germany, Ita ly , Luxembourg, Ireland and, p a rtic u la rly , in France while 
decreases were reg istered  in a ll other Member S tates but mainly in the 
Netherlands.II. OBJECTIVE
(dessert apples, dessert pears, peaches and oranges). These estim ates give an 
indication of the trend in the area under f r u it tre e s between the quinquennial 
surveys on fru it tre e  plan tatio n s.
21107 ha, an increase of 1940 hectares (8fo) compared with the 1979/80 total.Most
of the increased clearings were of pear tre e s which, at 4949 hectares, were almost2 6 $  
higher than for the previous season. The increase occurred in a ll Member States
except Ita ly  and Netherlands, and was p a rtic u la rly  marked in Prance.
a.l mo
1) O.J. N° L 2lS, ll.O 8 . i 976, p. 10
2) O.J. N ° L  48, 19.02.1977, p. 31
3) O.J. N ° L  367, 23.12.198l, p. 31

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7. Clearings of peach trees were slightly above (3$) the previous season's level,
with a reduction in Italy being more than offset by an increase in Prance. Clearings 
of orange trees were about 13$ lower than in 1979/80.
V. AREAS PLANTED (Table 2)
8. New plantations of apple* pear, peach and orange trees in 1980/81 amounted to 
16881 hectares, which was about 4$ above the 1979/80 total. New plantations of 
apple and pear trees were only slightly higher than the last season's level while 
new plantations of peach trees marked an increase of about 20$ (llll hectares) from 
that of the last season. The main rate of these new plantations occurred in Italy.
9· During this period there was a new decline in the new plantations of orange 
trees.
VI. NET CHANGE IN AREA (Table 3)
10. Decreases in the area under apples, pears and oranges during I 980/8I have led to 
an estimated reduction of some /]c;00 hectares in the area under the four species in 
1981. However this represents a reduction of less than 1$ compared with the 
estimated total area of commercial orchards of these species in 1980.
VII. ESTIMATED AREA UNDER ORCHARD FRUIT - EUR-9 (Tables 4 and 5)
11. Table 4 and table 5 (which is presented for the first time) are self-explanatory.
Vl'II. CONCLUSIONS
12. At present EUROSTAT has not available annual estimates of clearings and plantings 
for the 1981/82 season and and has only partially received the results of 1982 
orchard fruit survey. Therefore EUROSTAT is not yet in a position to proceed with 
an overall analysis and evaluation of the reliability of the annual estimates.

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■n^bie I s Area end proportion"^ ^ of orchard fruit cleared in I 980/8I by country and
species
'
Count r.vÏ--------
Ap
ple3 Pears Peachfes Oranges
ha 1 ?ha.  3ha i t-ha 3T
BR Deutschland 98I3,7 45 1,8 _
Prance 2 130 3,52 575 10,7 2 220 5,7— -
Italia 2 6783,9 1 858 4,2 3 902 4,9 656 0,6
Nederland 1 6878,4 343 6
Be 1 gi que/Be 1 gi S 28I3,4 190,5— — — —
Luxembourg 152,3— — — — -
United Kingdom 1 0685,5 731,5— — — «
Ireland 6012,7_ _ _ — -
Danmark 4807,9 365 - - - -
EUR-9 9 3804,44 9495,86 122 5,1 656 0,6
Table 2 Area and proportion"^ of orchard fruit planted in 1980/81 by country 
and species
Count ryApples Pears Peaches Oranges
ha %ha haar/»ha °h
BR Deutschland 703 2,6 20 0,8 _
France 905 1,5435 1,8 1 585 4 - -
Italia 3 474 51 957 3,75 1926,5 410 0,4
Nederland 801 4 2264— _ —
Belgique/Belgiö 189 2,3 320,9— — --
Luxembourg 30,5 18,3— - --
United Kingdom 504 2,6 420,9- - - -
Ireland 51_ — — — —
Danmark 851,4 121,68 -- --
EUR-9 6 66 93,12 725 3,26 777 5,7 410 0,4
l) Areas cleared and planted as a proportion of the areas recorded at the 1977 
orchard fruit survey.

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Table 3 s Net change in area under orchard fruit in 1980/81
ha
Count ry Apples Pears Peaches Oranges
BR Deutschland 278 25 _
France - 122$ 2140 635—
Italia + 796 + 99 + 1290 246
Nederland _ 886 117
Belgique/Belgiö 92 + 13—
Luxembourg 12 + 1 — —
United Kingdom - 564 31_ —
Ireland 55
Danmark 395 24 - -
EUR-9 - 2711 - 2224 + 655 246
Table 4 : Estimated area under orchard fruit in 19811)
ha
Country Apples Pears Peaches Oranges
BR Deutschland 26 988 2 397 267__
France 61 015 20 837 36 866_
Italia 74 371 42 623 84 320 103 193
Nederland 16 321 4 996— —
Belgique/Belgiö 8 022 3 665— —
Luxembourg 611 15— -
United Kingdom 16 643 4 360— -
Ireland 357— — -
Danmark 4 642 $16 - -
EUR-9 208 970 79 409 121 453 103 193
l) Areas recorded at the 1977 orchard fruit survey adjusted by the net 
change in area in 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80 and 1980/81

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Table 5 : Trend in the estimated area under orchard fruit - EUR-9
ha
EUR-9 Apples Pears Peaches Orange s
1977 211 832 85 860 119 318 102 837
1978 213 056 84 311 120 568 102 879
1979 213 828 83 013 121 061 103 324
1980 211 681 81 633 120 798 103 439
1981 208 970 79 409 121 453 103 193