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 (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 concerning livestock and meat statistics and repealing Council Directives 93/23/EEC, 93/24/EEC and 93/25/EEC
Date: 2018-01-12
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, European Commission, agricultural census, delegated legislation, livestock, meat, powers of the institutions (EU), transfer of competence

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 12.1.2018  COM(2018) 18 final  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 (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 concerning livestock and meat statistics and repealing Council Directives 93/23/EEC, 93/24/EEC and 93/25/EEC  
 
 
1. 

BACKGROUND 

Regulation  (EC)  No  1165/2008  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council 
concerning livestock and meat statistics1 was adopted on 19 November 2008. It was 
amended by Regulation (EU) No 1350/2013 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council  of  11  December  2013  amending  certain  legislative  acts  in  the  field  of 
agricultural  and  fishery  statistics  to  align  implementing  powers  with  the  Treaty  on 
the Functioning of the European Union.2 

Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 confers powers to adopt delegated acts 
on  the  Commission.  Article  18  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1165/2008  states  that  the 
Commission  is  empowered  to  adopt  delegated  acts  concerning  amendments  to 
Annexes  I,  II,  IV  and  V.  These  annexes  provide  the  definitions  and  categories  for 
statistics on livestock and slaughtering, and for meat production forecasts. 

According to Article 19(2) of that Regulation, the power to adopt delegated acts is 
conferred for a period of five years at a time from 10 January 2014. This power is to 
be tacitly extended for periods of five years unless the European Parliament or the 
Council object. 

The Commission is obliged to draw up a report on the delegation of power not later 
than  nine  months  before  the  end  of  the  five-year  period.  This  report  fulfils  this 
obligation. 

2. 

COMMISSION  EXERCISE  OF  DELEGATED  POWERS  UNDER  REGULATION  (EC)  NO 
1165/2008 

The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred 
on it by Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008. 

There have been no changes to the definitions set out in Annexes I, II, IV and V of 
Regulation  (EC)  No  1165/2008  during  the  period  in  question.  The  changes  in  the 
technological and economic conditions were so minor that no amendment to the list 
of  categories  or  adaptation  of  national  and  European  statistical  processes  was 
necessary. 

3. 

CONCLUSIONS 

The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred 
on it by Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008. 

The  Commission  considers  that  it  should  continue  to  have  these  powers  as  in  the 
future it may need to adopt a delegated act to modify the points mentioned in Article 
18  of  the  Regulation  to  meet  the  needs  of  data  users  in  the  context  of  the  future 
common agricultural policy. 

1  OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 1–13. 
2  OJ L 351, 21.12.2013, p. 1-14. 

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