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: 2022-11-09
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)

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 9.11.2022  COM(2022) 574 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  of  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 is required to adopt a multiannual programme for the collection 
and  management  of  biological,  environmental,  technical  and  socio-economic  data  in  the 
fisheries  and  aquaculture  sectors.  Article  4(1)  empowers  the  Commission  to  adopt  by 
delegated act 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,  which  forms 
part of the multiannual programme. 

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.  In  accordance with Article 24(2), the Commission  is  required to 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  2020-2021  multiannual  programme4  expired  on  31  December  2021.  The  Commission 
used  its  delegated  power  to  adopt  Commission  Delegated  Decision  (EU)  2021/11675  of 
27 April  2021  establishing  the  multiannual  Union  programme  for  the  collection  and 
management of biological, environmental, technical and socio-economic data in the fisheries 
and  aquaculture  sectors  from  2022.  The  Commission  Delegated  Decision  revises  the 
corresponding provisions and rules of Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910. For 
the purpose of the multiannual programme, this Decision has to be considered in conjunction 
with Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/11686, adopted on 27 April 2021. 

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CONCLUSION 

The  Commission  has  exercised  its  delegated  powers  upon  the  expiry  of  Commission 
Delegated  Decision  (EU)  2019/910  in  2021.  Commission  Delegated  Decision  (EU) 
2021/1167 establishes the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management 
of  biological,  environmental,  technical  and  socio-economic  data  in  the  fisheries  and 
aquaculture  sectors  from  2022,  thus  ensuring  the  implementation  of  Regulation  (EU) 
2017/1004. Although the multiannual programme does not contain an end date, it will have to 

OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, p. 1-21, Article 24. 
OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22-61. 
OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, p. 1-21, Article 24.  
Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910 of 13 March 2019 establishing the multiannual Union 

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programme for the collection and management of biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic 
data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 27) and Commission Implementing 
Decision (EU) 2019/909 of 18 February 2019 establishing the list of mandatory research surveys and thresholds 
for the purposes of the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of data in the 
fisheries and aquaculture sectors (OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 21). 
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OJ L 253, 16.7.2021, p. 51. 
OJ L 253, 16.7.2021, p. 92. 

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be revised in a foreseeable future, to accommodate emerging needs for data, and to adapt its 
scope to changing fisheries profiles andpolicy requirements. The Commission sees the need 
to  extend the duration of the  empowerment  to  adopt  subsequent  delegated acts  establishing 
multiannual Union programmes. 

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