REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 concerning Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector
Date: 2025-09-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, European Commission, aquaculture, common fisheries policy, data collection, delegated legislation, fishery resources, fishing industry, powers of the institutions (EU)

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 25.9.2025  COM(2025) 523 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 concerning              Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector  
 
 
INTRODUCTION 

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Regulation  (EU)  2017/1004  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council1  establishes  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.  It  confers  on  the 
Commission the power to adopt delegated acts.  

Article 4(1) of that Regulation empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts to establish 
the detailed list of data requirements to achieve the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 25 of 
Regulation  (EU)  No  1380/2013  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  on  the 
common fisheries policy2, which forms part of the multiannual programme3. 

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LEGAL BASIS 

According to Article 24(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004, the delegation to the Commission 
is conferred for a period of 3 years, starting from 10 July 2017. The delegation of power is 
tacitly extended for periods of 3 years, unless the European Parliament or the Council oppose 
such extension no later than 3 months before the end of each period.  

In accordance with Article 24(2), the Commission is required to draw up a report in respect 
of  the  delegation  of  power  no  later  than  9  months  before  the  expiry  of  the  duration  of  the 
empowerment. This report fulfils that obligation. 

3. 

EXERCISE OF DELEGATION  

The  Commission  did  not  use  its  delegated  power  in  last  three  years  2022-2024,  because 
Commission  Delegated  Decision  (EU)  2021/11674  of  27 April  2021  establishing  the 
the  collection  and  management  of  biological, 
multiannual  Union  programme  for 
environmental,  technical  and  socio-economic  data  in  the  fisheries  and  aquaculture  sectors 
from  2022  is  still  in  force  and  can  accommodate  evolving  requirements  thanks  to  its  non-
exhaustive character. 

Although the multiannual programme does not contain an end date on which that programme 
will  cease  to  apply  or  be  valid,  it  may  be  revised  in  a  foreseeable  future  to  accommodate 
emerging  needs  for  data,  and  to  adapt  its  scope  to  changing  fisheries  profiles  and  policy 
requirements, in accordance with Better Regulation principles.  

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No 

(EC) 

Regulation  (EU)  2017/1004  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  17  May  2017  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 and repealing Council 
Regulation 
1, 
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1004/oj). 
Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 
on  the  Common  Fisheries  Policy,  amending  Council  Regulations  (EC)  No  1954/2003  and  (EC)  No 
1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council 
Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22, , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1380/oj). 
Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004, the other part of the multiannual programme is 

20.6.2017, 

199/2008 

(recast) 

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to be adopted by means of implementing acts. 
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Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2021/1167 of 27 April 2021 establishing the multiannual Union 
programme  for  the  collection  and  management  of  biological,  environmental,  technical  and 
socioeconomic  data  in  the  fisheries  and  aquaculture  sectors  from  2022  (OJ  L  253,  16.7.2021,  p.  51, 
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_del/2021/1167/oj). 

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The Commission thus sees the need to tacitly extend the duration of the empowerment as it 
may need to adopt subsequent delegated acts amending Delegated Decision (EU) 2021/1167. 

The Commission invites the European Parliament and the Council to take note of this report. 

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