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) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism
Date: 2025-11-27
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, European Commission, data collection, data transmission, delegated legislation, powers of the institutions (EU), tourism statistics, transfer of competence

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 27.11.2025  COM(2025) 729 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) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism   
 
 
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) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
concerning European statistics on tourism 

1.  INTRODUCTION 

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 
concerning  European  statistics  on  tourism(1)  (‘the  Regulation’)  established  a  common 
framework  for  the  systematic  development,  production  and  dissemination  of  statistics  on 
tourism in the European Union. 

The Regulation empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts: 

•  amending the definitions to reflect changes to international definitions (Article 2(2)); 

•  amending the deadlines for data transmission to take account of economic, social and 

technical developments (Article 9(5)); and 

•  adapting the Annexes to take account of economic, social and technical developments. 
However, the Commission may not change  the provisions in the Annexes that make 
the required data optional and limit its scope (Article 3(2)). 

The Regulation also emphasises the importance of the Commission carrying out appropriate 
consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, before adopting delegated 
acts. 

2.  LEGAL BASIS 

Article 11(2) of the Regulation confers on the Commission the power to adopt delegated acts 
for  a  period  of  five  years  as  from  11 August  2011.  This  power  will  be  tacitly  extended  for 
further periods of five years unless the European Parliament or the Council oppose such an 
extension at least three months before the end of each period. 

The  Commission  is  required  to  draw  up  a  report  on  the  delegation  of  power  at  least  nine 
months before the end of the five-year period. This report fulfils this requirement. 

The first report, covering the period 2011-2015, was adopted in January 2016(2). 

The second report, covering the period 2016-2020, was adopted in February 2021(3). 

1 Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning 

European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 17, ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/692/oj). 

2 COM(2016) 4 of 20.1.2016; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52016DC0004. 
3 COM(2021) 86 of 25.2.2021; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021DC0086. 

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3.  EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS UNDER REGULATION (EU) NO 692/2011 

In the period 2011-2015, the Commission adopted one delegated act: Commission Delegated 
Regulation (EU) No 253/2013(4). 

In  the  period  2016-2020,  the  Commission  adopted  two  delegated  acts:  Commission 
Delegated  Regulation  (EU)  2019/1681(5)  and  Commission  Delegated  Regulation  (EU) 
2020/1569(6). 

Since 2021, the Commission has not exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on 
it by Regulation (EU) No 692/2011. 

4.  CONCLUSION 

Since the previous report, the Commission has not exercised the delegated powers conferred 
on it by Regulation (EU) No 692/2011. 

However, the Commission considers that it should continue to have these delegated powers, 
as it may (as was the case in previous periods) need to adopt delegated acts in the future to 
keep European tourism statistics in  line with international  definitions, or to  take  account  of 
economic, social and technical developments. 

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

4 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 253/2013 of 15 January 2013 amending Annex II to Regulation 

(EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adaptations following the 
revision of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) in relation to the variables and 
breakdowns to be submitted (OJ L 79, 21.3.2013, p. 5, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2013/253/oj). 
5 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681 of 1 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 

of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the 
transmission deadlines and adaptation of Annexes I and II (OJ L 258, 9.10.2019, p. 1, ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/1681/oj). 

6 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 of 23 July 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 

No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the classification of countries of residence of 
guests staying at tourist accommodation establishments in the context of the withdrawal of the United 
Kingdom from the Union (OJ L 359, 29.10.2020, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/1569/oj). 

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