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: 2023-03-24
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, European Commission, agricultural census, data collection, delegated legislation, livestock, meat, powers of the institutions (EU)

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 24.3.2023  COM(2023) 157 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 statistics2 to align implementing powers with the  Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union. 

Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 confers on the Commission the power 
to adopt delegated acts.  According to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 
the  power  of  delegation  can  be  used  to  amend  Annexes  I,  II,  IV  and  V.  These 
annexes  set  out  the  definitions  and  categories  for  statistics  on  livestock  and 
slaughtering, and for meat production forecasts. 

Under Article 19(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. 

Regulation  (EC)  No 1165/2008  will  be  repealed  by  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2379  of 
the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  23 November  2022  on  statistics  on 
agricultural input and output, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 
and  repealing  Regulations  (EC)  No 1165/2008,  (EC)  No 543/2009  and  (EC) 
No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 
96/16/EC4 as of 1 January 2025. 

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. 

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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. 

1  OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 1-13. 
2  OJ L 351, 21.12.2013, p. 1-14. 
3  COM/2018/018 final 

4  OJ L 315, 7.12.2022, p. 1. 

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Furthermore,  the  Commission  does  not  envisage  exercising  the  delegated  powers 
conferred  on  it,  as  Regulation  (EC)  No 1165/2008  will  be  repealed  by  Regulation 
(EU) No 2022/2379 as of 1 January 2025. 

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