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) 2017/1004 concerning Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector
Date: 2020-04-02
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, European Commission, common fisheries policy, data collection, delegated legislation, fishery resources, fishing industry, powers of the institutions (EU), transfer of competence

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 2.4.2020  COM(2020) 131 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 (EU) 2017/1004 concerning        Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector  
 
 
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BACKGROUND 

Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the establishment 
of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector 
and  support  for  scientific  advice  regarding  the  common  fisheries  policy  confers  on  the 
Commission  the  power  to  adopt  delegated  acts1.  Under  Article  4  of  this  Regulation  the 
Commission shall adopt a multiannual programme for the collection and management of data 
of  biological,  environmental,  technical  and  socioeconomic  data  in  the  fisheries  and 
aquaculture sectors (EU MAP). Article 4(1) empowers the Commission to adopt the detailed 
list of data requirements to achieve the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 25 of Regulation 
(EU)  No  1380/2013  on  the  common  fisheries  policy2  that  forms  part  of  this  EU  MAP  by 
delegated act. 

The  power  to  adopt  delegated  acts  is  conferred  for  a  period  of  3  years  from  10  July  2017. 
This power is tacitly extended for periods of 3 years unless the European Parliament or the 
Council object. According to Article 24(2) the Commission shall draw up a report in respect 
of the delegation of power3. This report fulfils this obligation. 

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COMMISSION  EXERCISE  OF  DELEGATED  POWERS  UNDER  REGULATION  (EU) 
2017/1004 

The 2017-2019 EU MAP4 expired on 31 December 2019. The Commission used its delegated 
power  to  adopt  Commission  Delegated  Decision  (EU)  2019/9105  of  13  March  2019 
establishing  the  multiannual  Union  programme  for  the  collection  and  management  of 
biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data in the fisheries and aquaculture 
sectors. The Commission Delegated Decision renews the corresponding provisions and rules 
of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251 for 2020-2021, without changing the 
substance of the provisions. 

Commission  Delegated  Decision  (EU)  2019/910  was  adopted  to  establish  the  EU  MAP  for 
2020-2021. For the purpose of the EU MAP this Decision has to be considered in conjunction 
with Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/9096, adopted on 18 February 2019 and 
also applicable for 2020-2021. 

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CONCLUSION 

The  Commission  has  exercised  its  delegated  powers  upon  the  expiry  of  Commission 
Implementing  Decision  (EU)  2016/1251  in  2019.  Commission  Delegated  Decision  (EU) 
2019/910  ensures  the  framework,  provisions  and  rules  establishing  a  multiannual  Union 
programme  for  the  collection  and  management  of  biological,  environmental,  technical  and 
socioeconomic data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors for 2020-2021, thus ensuring the 
implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 for this period. The Commission sees the need 

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OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, p. 1-21, Article 24. 
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OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22-61. 
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OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, p. 1-21, Article 24.  
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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251 of 12 July 2016 adopting a multiannual Union 
programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors for the 
period 2017-2019 (OJ L 207, 1.8.2016. p. 113-177). 
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OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 27-84. 
OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 21-26. 

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to  extend  the  empowerment  to  adopt  consequent  delegated  acts  establishing  multiannual 
Union programmes beyond 2021. 

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