REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission undert Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 concerning European statistics on permanent crops
Date: 2016-03-22
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, agricultural statistics, delegated legislation, orchard, permanent crop, vineyard

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

Brussels, 22.3.2016  
COM(2016) 158 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on the exercise of power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission undert 
Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 concerning European statistics on permanent crops 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission under 
Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 concerning  
European statistics on permanent crops 

1. 

BACKGROUND 

Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 of the European Parliament and of 
the  Council  of  13  December  2011  concerning  European  statistics  on  permanent 
crops1  confers  on  the  Commission  the  power  to  adopt  delegated  acts.  Under 
Article 11(2) of the Regulation, the power to adopt delegated acts is conferred for a 
period  of 
ends  on 
31 December 2016.  This  power  is  to  be  tacitly  extended  for  periods  of  five  years 
unless the European Parliament or the Council objects. 

from  31 December 2011.  The  period 

five  years 

The Commission is authorised to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 11 
to take into account economic and technical developments. The delegated acts may 
amend: 

•  the breakdowns of species by groups, density classes and age classes set out in 

Annex I to the Regulation; and 

•  the  variables/characteristics,  size  classes,  degree  of  specialisation  and  vine 

varieties set out in Annex II. 

However, the delegated acts may not change the optional nature of the information 
required. 

In exercising this power, the Commission must ensure that the delegated acts do not 
impose a significant additional administrative burden on the Member States and on 
the respondents. 

The  Commission  must  draw  up  a  report  on  the  delegation  of  power  not  later  than 
nine months before the end of the five-year period. 

This brief report fulfils this obligation. 

2. 

COMMISSION  EXERCISE  OF  DELEGATED  POWERS  UNDER  REGULATION  (EU) 
NO 1337/2011 

The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred 
on it by Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011. 

The Regulation covers the five-yearly collection of structural statistics on orchards 
and  vineyards.  The  first  data  on  orchards  were  collected  in  2012  and  these  were 
delivered  to  the  Commission  (Eurostat)  at  the  end  of  September  2013.  Data  on 

1 OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 7. 

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vineyards  were  first  collected  in  2015  and  these  are  to  be  delivered  to  the 
Commission (Eurostat) by the end of September 2016.  

At  the  time  of  delivering  this  report,  experience  of  collecting  data  under  the 
Regulation is limited to the single data collection on orchards. The Commission has 
therefore not yet deemed it necessary to exercise the delegated powers.  

3. 

CONCLUSIONS 

The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred 
on it by Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011. 

The Commission is of the view that it should continue to have the delegated powers 
conferred  by  Article 11  of  the  Regulation  as  in  the  future  it  may  need  to  issue  a 
delegated act to modify the points mentioned in Article 4(3) of the Regulation. 

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