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 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 on integrated farm statistics
Date: 2022-10-18
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, agricultural holding, agricultural statistics, agricultural structure, data collection, data protection, personal data, statistical method

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 18.10.2022  COM(2022) 533 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 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 on integrated farm statistics     
 
 
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 
pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
on integrated farm statistics 

1. INTRODUCTION 

Articles 5(5), 8(3) and 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 18 July 20181 confer on the Commission the power to adopt delegated acts. 

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in line with Article 16 of Regulation 
(EU) 2018/1091 for the purposes described below. 

  Amending  the  variables  listed  in  Annex  III,  where  necessary,  in  order  to  harmonise 

them with the data sources specified in Article 4(2) for 2023 and 2026. 

  Amending the detailed topics listed in Annex IV for 2023 and 2026. 
  Supplementing  the  module  data  set  out  in  Annex  IV  if  collecting  additional 

information is deemed necessary. Those delegated acts must specify: 

(a)  the  topics  and  detailed  topics  to  be  provided  in  the  ad hoc  module  and  the 

reason for these additional statistical needs; 

(b) the reference year. 

The  same  Regulation  states  that  delegated  acts  referred  in  Articles  5(5)  and  8(3)  must  ‘be 
adopted by 30 September 2021 for the reference year 2023 and by 30 September 2024 for the 
reference year 2026’. 

Delegated acts referred to in Article 9(1) can be adopted starting with the reference year 2023 
and at 3-year intervals. The Commission must not propose ad hoc modules for reference years 
during which data collection is carried out  as  part of a census (which was  only  the case for 
2020). 

2. LEGAL BASIS 

Under  Article 16  of  Regulation  (EU)  2018/1091,  the  Commission  is  empowered  to  adopt 
delegated acts for a period of 5 years from 27 August 2018. The delegation of power must be 
tacitly  extended  for  periods  of  an  identical  duration  unless  the  European  Parliament  or  the 
Council opposes such an extension no later than 3 months before the end of each period. 

The Commission must draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than 9 
months before the end of the 5-year period. 

This report fulfils that obligation. 

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integrated farm statistics (OJ L 200, 7.8.2018, p. 1). 

Regulation  (EU)  2018/1091  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  18 July  2018  on 

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3. EXERCISE OF THE DELEGATION 

The Commission has not  yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on it by 
Regulation (EU) 2018/1091. 

The Commission may still adopt delegated acts for the 2026 data collection, with a deadline 
of 30 September 2024 for delegated acts: 

  amending the lists of variables of the core  
  amending the lists of variables of the modules 
  proposing new ad hoc modules. 

4. CONCLUSION 

The Commission has not  yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on it by 
Regulation (EU) 2018/1091. 

The  Commission  considers  that  it  should  continue  to  have  the  delegated  powers  as  it  may 
need to adopt delegated acts in the future for the 2026 data collection and to supplement the 
module  data  set  out  in  Annex  IV  under  the  conditions  laid  down  in  Regulation  (EU) 
2018/1091. 

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