Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning crop statistics
Date: 2008-04-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural statistics, crop production, land use, permanent crop, regulation of agricultural production, vegetable

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 21.4.2008 
COM(2008)210 final 

2008/0079 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

concerning crop statistics 

(presented by the Commission) 

EN 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

(1) 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

120 

•  Grounds for and objectives of the proposal 

Statistics  on  crops  are  essential  for  management  of  the  EU  markets.  It  is  also 
considered essential that vegetable and permanent crop statistics be covered in addition 
to  statistics  on  cereals  and  remaining  crops  from  arable  land  currently  governed  by 
legislation. 

•  General context 

This  proposal  is  in  line  with  the  objectives  of  better  legislation,  simplification,  and 
reduction of the burden on respondents. 

•  Existing provisions 

This proposal is designed to simplify the current provisions and adapt them to the new 
needs of the European Union. The existing legislation, Council Regulation (EEC) No 
837/90  of  26  March  1990  concerning  statistical  information  to  be  supplied  by  the 
Member  States  on  cereals  production  and  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  959/93  of  5 
April 1993 concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop 
products other than cereals, should therefore be repealed. 

•  Consistency with the other policies and objectives of the Union 

The  statistics  to  which  this  proposal  relates  are  essential  for  management  and 
evaluation of the common agricultural policy. 

The proposed Regulation ties in with the Commission's new political approach to the 
simplification of legislation and better regulation as referred to in the Communication 
of  14  November  2006  on  "a  strategic  review  of  Better  Regulation  in  the  European 
Union"1  and  the  Communication  of  24  January  2007  on  an  "action  programme  for 
reducing administrative burdens in the European Union"2. 

1 

2 

Communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  Council,  the  European  Parliament,  the  European 
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions COM(2006) 689 final: "A strategic 
review of Better Regulation in the European Union". 
Communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  Council,  the  European  Parliament,  the  European 
Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  the  Committee  of  the  Regions  COM(2007)  23  final:  "Action 
Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the European Union". 

EN 

2 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
                                                 
(2) 

CONSULTATION OF INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT 

•  Consultation of interested parties 

Consultation methods, main sectors targeted and general profile of respondents 

The proposal has been discussed with data producers (representatives of the National 
Statistical  Institutes)  and  Commission  services  (DG  AGRI,  JRC)  through  Working 
Groups and the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics (SCAS). 

Summary of responses and how they have been taken into account 

This proposal is the result of in-depth negotiations between all interested parties. 

•  Collection and use of expertise 

Expertise concerned 

The  national  representatives in  the  meetings  of  DG  Eurostat's  Working  Group  "Land 
use  and  Crop  Statistics"  were  experts  with  knowledge  of  the  existing  legislation  and 
the  national  systems  for  collecting  and  compiling  crop  product  statistics.  The 
Commission officials included experts on policy analysis. 

Main organisations/experts consulted 

The  experts  were  from  the  National  Statistical  Institutes,  DG  AGRI  and  JRC.  The 
Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics and its Working Group "Land use and 
Crop Statistics" were heavily involved and consulted. 

Summary of advice received and used 

A very positive and supportive response was noted. The existence of potentially serious 
risks with irreversible consequences was not mentioned. 

Since this proposal represents a major simplification of the existing legislation, no risks 
were identified. 

Means used to make the expert advice publicly available 

The  working  documents  and  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  SCAS  and  the  working 
group are available through CIRCA. 

(3) 

LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

•  Summary of the proposed action 

The objective of this Regulation is the provision by the Member States of statistics on 
land use and crop products. 

EN 

3 

   EN 

 
 
Legal basis 

Article  285  of  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community  provides  the  legal 
basis for Community statistics. The Council, acting in accordance with the codecision 
procedure,  adopts  measures  for  the  production  of  statistics  where  necessary  for  the 
performance of the activities of the Community. This Article sets out the requirements 
relating  to  the  production  of  Community  statistics,  stating  that  they  must  conform  to 
standards  of  impartiality,  reliability,  objectivity,  scientific  independence,  cost-
effectiveness and statistical confidentiality. 

•  Subsidiarity principle 

The objectives of this proposal, namely the establishment of a common framework for 
the  systematic  production  of  Community  statistics  on  land  use  and  crop  products, 
cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States. 

They can be better achieved at Community level on the basis of a Community legal act, 
because only the Commission can coordinate the necessary harmonisation of statistical 
information  at  Community  level,  whereas  the  collection  of  data  and  compilation  of 
comparable statistics on land use and crop products can be organised by the Member 
States.  The  Community  may  therefore  take  action  to  this  end  in  accordance  with  the 
principle of subsidiary as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. 

•  Proportionality principle 

The proposal complies with the proportionality principle for the following reasons: 

In  accordance  with  the  principle  of  proportionality,  this  Regulation  confines  itself  to 
the  minimum  required  to  achieve  its  objective  and  does  not  go  beyond  what  is 
necessary  for  that  purpose.  This  Regulation  does  not  specify  the  data  collection 
mechanisms for each Member State, but merely defines the data to be supplied so as to 
ensure a harmonised structure and timing. 

There is no obligation for the Member States to make any changes to the production of 
statistics  on  land  use  and  crop  products,  currently  governed  by  Council  Regulations 
(EEC)  No  837/90  and  (EEC)  No  959/93.  The  only  new  items  proposed  in  this 
Regulation  are  vegetables  and  permanent  crops,  for  which  data  are  already  being 
collected at EU level under gentlemen’s agreements. 

The requirement for statistics instead of survey results, the reduced frequency of data 
submission in some instances and the possibility to make greater use of sources other 
than  surveys  (e.g.  administrative  sources)  should  reduce 
the  financial  and 
administrative burden on national authorities. 

•  Choice of instruments 

Proposed instrument: Regulation. 

Other means would not be adequate for the following reasons: 

EN 

4 

   EN 

 
Selection  of  the  appropriate  instrument  depends  on  the  legislative  goal.  Given  the 
information needs at European level, the trend for Community statistics has been to use 
regulations  rather  than  directives  for  basic  acts.  A  regulation  is  preferable  because  it 
lays down the same law throughout the Community, leaving the Member States with 
no leeway to apply it incompletely or selectively. It is directly applicable, which means 
that it does not need to be transposed into national law. In contrast, directives, which 
aim  to  harmonise  national  laws,  are  binding  on  Member  States  as  regards  their 
objectives, but leave it to the national authorities to choose the methods of achieving 
these  objectives.  They  also  have  to  be  transposed  into  national  law.  The  use  of  a 
regulation is in line with other statistical legal acts adopted since 1997. 

(4) 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS 

The proposal has no implications for the Community budget. 

(5) 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

•  Simplification 

The  proposal  provides  for  the  simplification  of  legislation,  the  simplification  of 
administrative procedures for public authorities (EU or national), and the simplification 
of administrative procedures for private parties. 

The reduced breakdown of data by regions, the exemptions granted to Member States 
with  crop  areas  under  certain  thresholds,  and  the  harmonised  transmission  deadlines 
will simplify the work for EU and national administrations. 

The  use  of  administrative  sources  instead  of  surveys  will  reduce  the  burden  on 
respondents. 

The proposal is included in the Commission's Work and Legislative Programme under 
the reference 2007/ESTAT/029. 

•  Repeal of existing legislation 

The adoption of the proposal will lead to the repeal of existing legislation. 

•  European Economic Area 

The proposed act concerns an EEA matter and should therefore extend to the European 
Economic Area. 

EN 

5 

   EN 

 
 
 
2008/0079 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

concerning crop statistics 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
285(1) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission3, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament4, 

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty5, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  837/90  of  26  March  1990  concerning  statistical 
information to be supplied by the Member States on cereals production6 and Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 of 5 April 1993 concerning statistical information to be 
supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals7 have been amended 
several times. Since further amendments and simplifications are now necessary, these 
acts should, for reasons of clarity, be replaced. 

Statistics  on  crops  are  essential  for  management  of  the  EU  markets.  It  is  also 
considered  essential  that  vegetable  and  permanent  crop  statistics  be  covered  in 
addition  to  statistics  on  cereals  and  remaining  crops  from  arable  land  currently 
governed by legislation. 

In  order  to  ensure  that  the  common  agricultural  policy  is  properly  administered,  the 
Commission  requires  that  data  on  areas,  yields  and  production  of  crops  is  regulary 
provided. 

OJ C […], […], p. […].  
OJ C […], […], p. […].  
OJ C […], […], p. […].  
OJ  L  88,  3.4.1990,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1791/2006  (OJ  L  363, 
20.12.2006, p. 1). 
OJ  L  98,  24.4.1993,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1791/2006  (OJ  L  363, 
20.12.2006, p. 1). 

EN 

6 

   EN 

 
                                                 
(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  571/88  of  29  February  1988  on  the  organisation  of 
Community  surveys  on  the  structure  of  agricultural  holdings8  provides  for  a 
programme of Community surveys to provide statistics on the structure of agricultural 
holdings up to 2007. 

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of 
the  Council  of  26  May  2003  on  the  establishment  of  a  common  classification  of 
territorial units for statistics (NUTS)9, all Member States’ statistics transmitted to the 
Commission  which  are  broken  down  by  territorial  units  should  use  the  NUTS 
classification.  Consequently,  in  order  to  establish  comparable  regional  statistics,  the 
territorial units should be defined in accordance with the NUTS classification. 

In order to limit the burden on Member States, the regional data requirements should 
not  exceed  the  requirements  under  previous  legislation  (unless  new  regional  levels 
have appeared in the meantime). 

In  order  to  facilitate  the  implementation  of  this  Regulation,  close  cooperation  is 
necessary  between  the  Member  States  and  the  Commission,  in  particular  via  the 
Standing  Committee  for  Agricultural  Statistics  set  up  by  Council  Decision 
72/279/EEC10. 

In  order  to  ensure  a  smooth  transition  from  the  regime  applicable  under  Council 
Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93, this Regulation should allow for 
a  transitional  period  of  up  to  one  year,  to  be  granted  to  Member  States  where  the 
application of this Regulation to their national statistical systems would require major 
adaptations and would be likely to cause significant practical problems. 

Since  the  objective  of  the  proposed  action,  namely  the  establishment  of  a  common 
legal framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on areas under 
cultivation, yields  and  production of cereals and crops other than  cereals  in Member 
States,  cannot  be  sufficiently  achieved  by  the  Member  States  and  can  therefore  be 
better  achieved  at  Community  level,  the  Community  may  take  action  in  accordance 
with the principle  of subsidiarity  as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance 
with  the  principle  of  proportionality,  as  set  out  in  the  same  Article,  this  Regulation 
does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve its objective. 

(10)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  322/97  of  17  February  1997  on  Community  statistics11 
provides a reference framework for the provisions of this Regulation. In particular, it 
requires  conformity  to  standards  of  impartiality,  reliability,  objectivity,  scientific 
independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality. 

8 

9 

10 
11 

OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1890/2006 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 12). 
OJ  L  154,  21.6.2003,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  176/2008  (JO  L  61, 
5.3.2008, p.1). 
OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1. 
OJ  L  52,  22.2.1997,  p.1.  Regulation  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1882/2003  (OJ  L  284, 
31.10.2003, p.1). 

EN 

7 

   EN 

 
                                                 
(11)  The  measures  necessary  for  implementation  of  this  Regulation  should  be  adopted  in 
accordance  with  Council  Decision  1999/468/EC  of  28  June  1999  laying  down  the 
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission12. 

(12) 

In particular, powers should be conferred on the Commission to adapt the transmission 
tables  Since  such  measures  are  of  general  scope  and  are  intended  to  amend  non-
essential elements of this Regulation or to supplement it by adding new non-essential 
elements,  they  must  be  adopted  in  accordance  with  the  regulatory  procedure  with 
scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. 

(13)  The Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics has been consulted, 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Subject matter 

This  Regulation  establishes  a  common  framework  for  the  systematic  production  of 
Community statistics on land use and crop production. 

Article 2 

Definitions 

1. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 

a) 'harvest year' is the calendar year in which the harvest begins; 

b) 'utilised agricultural area' is the area as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88. 

2.  Definitions  set  out  in  Annex  I  to  this  Regulation  shall  only  apply  for  the  purpose  of  the 
Annex II to this Regulation. 

Article 3 

Coverage 

1. Member States shall produce statistics on the crops listed in the Annex II produced on the 
utilised agricultural area within their territory. 

2. Statistics shall be representative of at least 95% of the following areas (as indicated in the 
Annex II): 

a) area under cultivation of crops from arable land (Table 1); 

b) harvested area of vegetables, melons and strawberries (Table 2); 

12 

OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 1). 

EN 

8 

   EN 

 
                                                 
c) production area of permanent crops (Table 3); 

d) utilised agricultural area (Table 4). 

3.  Variables  with  a  low  or  zero  prevalence  in  a  Member  State  may  be  excluded  from  the 
statistics,  provided  the  Member  State  informs  the  Commission  of  all  such  crops  in  the 
calendar year immediately preceding each of the reference periods. 

Article 4 

Frequency and reference period 

Member States shall provide annually to the Commission the data referred to in Annex II. The 
reference period shall be the harvest year. The first reference year shall be 2010. 

Article 5 

Precision 

Member States conducting sample surveys shall take the necessary steps to ensure that table 1 
data meet the precision requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 

In regard to sources other than surveys, Member States shall ensure this information is of at 
least equal quality to that of information obtained from statistical surveys. 

Article 6 

Transmission to the Commission 

Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the data set out in Annex II within 
the time limits specified for each table. 

The transmission tables as set out in the Annex II may be adapted by the Commission (with 
the  exception  of  the  precision  requirements).  Measures  designed  to  amend  non-essential 
elements of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with 
scrutiny referred to in Article 9(3). 

Article 7 

Regional statistics 

1. 

2. 

The data marked with "R" in Annex II shall be provided by the NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 
territorial  units  defined  in  Regulation  (EC)  No  1059/2003.  By  exception,  they  may 
be provided by NUTS 1 territorial units only for Germany and the United Kingdom. 

Variables with a low or zero prevalence may be excluded from the regional statistics, 
provided the Member State informs the Commission of all such crops in the calendar 
year immediately preceding each of the reference periods. 

EN 

9 

   EN 

 
Article 8 

Quality assessment and report 

1. 

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following quality assessment dimensions shall 
apply to the data to be transmitted: 

(a) 

'relevance'  refers  to  the  degree  to  which  statistics  meet  current  and  potential 
needs of users; 

(b) 

'accuracy' refers to the closeness of estimates to the unknown true values; 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

'timeliness'  refers  to  the  time  lag  between  the  availability  of  the  information 
and the event or phenomenon it describes; 

'punctuality' refers to the time lag between the date of release of the data and 
the target date when it should have been delivered; 

'accessibility' and 'clarity' refer to the conditions and modalities by which users 
can obtain, use and interpret data; 

'comparability'  refers  to  the  measurement  of  the  impact  of  differences  in 
applied  statistical  concepts  and  measurement  tools  and  procedures  when 
statistics  are  compared  between  geographical  areas,  sectoral  domains  or  over 
time; 

(g) 

'coherence'  refers  to  the  adequacy  of  the  data  to  be  reliably  combined  in 
different ways and for various uses. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Every three years, and for the first time eighteen months after the date of application 
of this Regulation , Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a 
report on the quality of the data transmitted. 

Member States shall inform the Commission of any methodological or other change 
which would considerably influence the quality of the statistics, not later than three 
months after this change is effected. 

If sources other than surveys are used, Member States shall inform the Commission 
in advance about methods used and data quality.  

The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the data transmitted. 

Article 9 

Committee procedure 

1.  The  Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the  Standing  Committee  for  Agricultural  Statistics 
established by Council Decision 72/279/EEC. 

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall 
apply, having regard to Article 8 thereof.  

EN 

10 

   EN 

 
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of that Decision shall be set at three months. 

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a (1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 
1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. 

Article 10 

Transitional period 

1. Full calendar year transitional periods for implementation of this Regulation ending no later 
than one year after the date from which it applies may be granted to Member States, in so far 
as  the  application  of  this  Regulation  to  their  national  statistical  systems  requires  major 
adaptations  and  is  likely  to  cause  significant  practical  problems,  in  accordance  with  the 
procedure laid down in Article 9(2). 

2. To this end, a Member State shall present a duly justified request to the Commission not 
later than three months after the entry into force of this Regulation. 

Article 11 

Repeal 

1.  Without  prejudice  to  paragraph  3,  Council  Regulations  (EEC)  No  837/90  and  (EEC)  No 
959/93 are hereby repealed as from 1 January 2010. 

2.  References  made  to  the  repealed  Regulations  shall  be  construed  as  being  made  to  this 
Regulation. 

3.  By  way  of  derogation  from  Article  12  (2),  a  Member  State  having  been  granted  a 
derogation  in  accordance  with  Article  10  shall  continue  to  apply  the  provisions  of  Council 
Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93 for the duration of the transitional period 
granted. 

Article 12 

Entry into force 

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Union. 

2. It shall apply from 1 January 2010. 

3. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

EN 

11 

   EN 

 
ANNEX I 

DEFINITIONS 

For the purposes of the Annex II of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 

.A) Tables 1, 2 and 3 of Annex II 

–  'area  under  cultivation':  until  the  harvest,  the  area  under  cultivation  corresponds  to  sown 
area excluding ruined area; after the harvest, the area under cultivation corresponds to the 
harvested area; 

–  'harvested  area'  corresponds  to  the  part  of  the  developed  area  that  is  harvested.  It  can, 

therefore, be equal to or less than the developed area; 

–  'production area" for the purposes of permanent crops refers to the area that potentially can 
be harvested in the reference harvest year. It excludes all the non-producing areas, such as 
new plantations that have not yet started to produce;  

–  'harvested  production'  includes  on-holding  losses  and  wastage,  quantities  consumed 
directly  on  the  farm  and  marketed  quantities,  indicated  in  units  of  basic  product  weight. 
The harvested production for cereals, dried pulses and protein crops, and oil plants (rape, 
sunflower,  linseed,  soya,  cotton  seed  and  other  oil  seeds)  will  be  provided  in  dry 
equivalent; 

–  'yield' corresponds to the harvested production per area under cultivation; 

–  'successive cropping' refers to a parcel of arable land that is used more than once during a 
given crop year and the area each time has only one crop. Both areas shall be considered as 
area  under  cultivation  for  each  crop  (the  concepts  of  main  and  secondary  areas  are  not 
applicable in this context); 

–  'combined cropping' applies to a combination of crops that occupy a parcel of agricultural 
area  at  the  same  time.  The  area  under  cultivation  in  this  case  is  distributed  between  the 
crop products proportionately to the area of ground they occupy (the concepts of main and 
secondary areas are not applicable in this context); 

–  'dual-purpose crops' are by convention considered for their primary use and as secondary 

crops for their supplementary use. 

–  'crops under glass or high (accessible) cover' refers to crops which, for the whole of their 
period of growth or for the predominant part of it, are covered by greenhouses or fixed or 
mobile  high  cover  (glass  or  rigid  or  flexible  plastic).  This  excludes  sheets  of  plastic  laid 
flat  on  the  ground,  as  well  as  land  under  cloches  or  tunnels  not  accessible  to  man  or 
movable  glass-covered  frames.  Areas  of  crops  which  are  grown  temporarily  under  glass 
and temporarily in the open air are reported as entirely under glass, unless the period under 
glass is of extremely limited duration. 

B) Table 4 of Annex II 

–  Items are defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88. 

EN 

12 

   EN 

 
–  "Main and secondary areas" are classified as follows: 

1. 

General use: The main area of a given parcel is, in the general case, where the parcel 
has  only  one  occupation  during  a  crop  year,  unequivocally  defined  by  that 
occupation. (In this case the secondary area of that parcel will be zero). 

2. 

Special cases 

2.1. 

Successive cropping 

'Main  area':  If  the  parcel  of  arable  land  is  used  more  than  once  during  a  given  crop  year 
(successive cropping), and the area each time has only one crop, then the main area is the crop 
with the highest value. If the value of the production does  not determine  which  is the main 
crop, then the main crop is taken as the one which occupies the ground for the longest period 
of time. 

'Secondary area': All other occupations are then regarded as secondary areas. 

2.2. 

Combined cropping 

'Main area': If the parcel of arable land is used throughout the growing season of a given crop 
year for the same fixed combination of crops (combined cropping), then the main area is split 
pro rata between the crops concerned. 

'Secondary area': In this case there will be no secondary area. 

2.3. 

Combination of successive and combined cropping 

'Main area': If the parcel of arable land is used more than once during a given crop year and 
with  a  combination  of  successive  and  combined  crops,  then  each  combination  of  crops 
occupying the land during the same period of time is valued separately, and the combination 
or the single crop with the highest value is taken as the main area. Where that area is used for 
combined cropping, the main area is split pro rata between the crops concerned. 

'Secondary area': All other occupations are then regarded as secondary areas. 

EN 

13 

   EN 

 
ANNEX II 

TRANSMISSION TABLES 

X: data to be provided at national level 

R: data to be provided at regional and national level 

-: data not to be provided 

n.e.c.: not elsewhere classified 

EN 

14 

   EN 

 
Transmission deadlines

Cereals for the production of grain (including seed)*
Cereals (excluding rice)
Common wheat and spelt of which:
Winter wheat
Durum wheat 
Rye and maslin  
Barley of which:
Winter barley
Oats 
Mixed grain other than maslin
Grain maize and corn cob mix 

Rice of which:

Indica

Table 1 Crops from arable land

31-Jan
year n
estimates
1

31-May
year n
estimates
2

Area under cultivation
(1000 hectares)
31-Aug
year n 
estimates
4

30-Jun
year n
estimates
3

30-Sep
year n
estimates
5

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
-
-

-

-

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

31-Jan
year n +1
estimates
6

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X

X

30-Sep
year n+1

7

R
X
R
X
R
R
R
X
X
X
R

X

X

Harvested production
(1000 tonnes)

30-Sep
year n 
estimates
8

31-Oct
year n
estimates
9

31-Jan
year n +1
estimates
10

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X

X

Yield
(100 kg/ha)

30-Jun
Year n
estimates
12

31-Aug
year n
estimates
13

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X

X

-

30-Sep
year n+1

11

R
X
R
X
R
R
R
X
X
X
R

X

X

-

X

X

X

-
-
X
X
-

-
-
-
X
-

-
-
X
X
-

-
-
X
X
-

-
-
X
X
-

-
-
X
X
-

-
-
X
X
-

-
-
X
X
-

-
-
X
X
-

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
X
X
-
-
-
X
X
-
-

-
X
X
-
-
-
X
X
-
-

-
X
X
-
-
-
X
X
-
-

-
X
X
-
-
-
X
X
-
-

-
X
X
-
-
-
X
X
-
-

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

R
X
X
X
X
X
X
R
X
X

Japonica
Other cereals n.e.c  of which:
       Sorghum
       Triticale 
       Millet, buckwheat,canary seed
Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain *
(including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)
Field peas
Broad and field beans
Sweet Lupins
Other dried pulses n.e.c
Root crops
Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)
Sugar beet (excluding seed)
Other root crops n.e.c.
Industrial crops
Rape and turnip rape *
Sunflower seed *
Linseed (oil flax)  *
Soya  *
Cotton seed  *
Other oil seeds crops *
Fibre Flax
Hemp 
Cotton fibre
Other fibre crops
Hops
Tobacco
Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants
Other industrial crops n.e.c of which:
       Energy crop n.e.c
Plants harvested green 
Annual plants harvested green 
Green maize 
Other annual plants harvested green of which:
       Cereals harvested green
Leguminous plants
Temporary grasses and grazing
 * Production for these products shall be given in dry equivalent
Columns 1,3,4 and 13 are optional if the average national production (in dry equivalent) in the last 3 years was less than 2 580 000  tonnes for common wheat,  860 000 tonnes for durum wheat, 770 000 tonnes for barley, 80 000 tonnes for rye and meslin, 1 290 000 tonnes for grain 
maize, 170 000 tonnes for triticale, 130 000 tonnes for oat, sorghum and rice, 60 000 tonnes for field peas, 40 000 tonnes for field beans, 270 000 tonnes for rape, 180 000 tonnes for sunflower, 50 000 tonnes for soja per year.
Columns 1,3,4 and 13 are optional if the average national production in  the last 3 years was less than  700 000 tonnes of potatoes, 2 500 000 tonnes for sugar beet,  and  4 500 000 tonnes for green maize per year.
Columns 2 and 12 are optional
Precision requirements

X
R
X
R
X
X
R
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
R
X
X
X
-
X
X
X
X
-
-

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X
X
X
X
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
R
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The coefficient of variation of the data to be provided by 30 September of year n + 1 shall not exceed (at national level) 3% for the total area under cultivation for each of the following groups of main crops: cereals for the production of grain (including seed), dried pulses and protein crops 
for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses), root crops, industrial crops and plants harvested green.

EN 

15 

EN 

 
  
EN 

16 

EN 

 
  
EN 

17 

EN 

 
  
 
EN 

18 

EN