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 1921/2006 on the submission of statistical data on landings of fishery products in Member States
Date: 2023-03-24
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, European Commission, data collection, delegated legislation, fishery product, fishing statistics, powers of the institutions (EU), quantity of fish landed, transfer of competence

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 24.3.2023  COM(2023) 159 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 1921/2006 on the submission of statistical data on landings of fishery products in Member States  
 
 
1. 

BACKGROUND 

Regulation (EC) No 1921/2006 of 18 December 2006 on the submission of statistical data on 
landings  of  fishery  products  in  Member  States1  was  modified  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  statistics2  to  align 
implementing powers with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 

Article 9 of this Regulation confers on the Commission the power to adopt delegated acts to 
make technical amendments to Annexes I -  IV. However, the Commission must ensure that 
such  delegated  acts  do  not  impose  any  significant  additional  administrative  burden  on 
Member States or on respondents. 

Under Article 10a(2), the power to adopt delegated acts is conferred for a period of  5  years 
from 10 January 2014. This power was tacitly renewed until 10 January 2024 in 20193. 

The power is to be tacitly extended for periods of 5 years unless the European Parliament or 
the Council oppose such an extension. 

The Commission  is  obliged to  draw up  a report  on the delegation of power no later than  9 
months before the end of the 5-year period. This report fulfils that obligation. 

2. 

COMMISSION  EXERCISE  OF  DELEGATED  POWERS  UNDER  REGULATION  (EC) 
NO 1921/2006 

The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on it by 
Regulation (EC) No 1921/2006. 
The  Commission  evaluated  the  European  fisheries  statistics4in  20195  and  carried  out  an 
impact assessment in 2021. In light of the impact assessment, the results of the consultation 
activities, and discussions with stakeholders, the preferred option is a new streamlined legal 
framework  for  European  fishery  statistics  covering  catches,  landings,  fishing  fleet  and 
aquaculture statistics. 

3. 

CONCLUSIONS 

The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on it by 
Regulation (EC) No 1921/2006. 

The Commission considers that it should continue to have these delegated powers, as it may 
need to adopt a delegated act to modify Annexes I and II  to the above-mentioned Regulation 
to meet the needs of data users in light of the future common fisheries policy.  

1  OJ L 403/1, 30.12.2006, p.1 
2  OJ L 351, 21.12.2013, p.1 
3  COM(2018) 11 final 
4  European Fisheries statistics cover catch, landing and aquaculture statistics. 
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SWD(2019) 425 final. 

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