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Summaries of EU Legislation

Statistics on the inputs and outputs of agricultural activities

 

SUMMARY OF:

Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 on statistics on agricultural input and output

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?

It establishes a framework for aggregated European Union (EU) statistics on agricultural inputs and outputs – including the latter’s intermediate use in agriculture – and their collection and processing.

KEY POINTS

  • The statistics concern statistical units such as:
    • agricultural holdings*;
    • common land agricultural units*;
    • enterprises providing, buying, collecting or processing agricultural goods and services, including hatcheries, dairies and slaughterhouses;
    • transactions and flows of production factors, goods and services to and from agricultural activities.
  • The statistics cover:
    • animal production: livestock and meat; eggs and chicks; milk and milk products;
    • crop production: area and production; crop balances; grasslands;
    • agricultural prices: price indices; absolute input prices; agricultural land prices and rents;
    • nutrients: agricultural fertilisers; nutrient balances;
    • plant protection products.
  • The statistics must represent:
    • 95% of each EU Member State’s animal production and agricultural area used for crops or potentially treated with nutrients in fertilisers; and
    • initially 75%, later 85% and potentially 95% of the use of plant protection products in agricultural activity.

Member States:

  • may use the following to provide the necessary information:
    • statistical surveys or other statistical data collection methods,
    • administrative data specified in certain EU legislation,
    • other sources such as national administrative data, digital tools or remote sensors;
  • must ensure the quality of the data they transmit;
  • submit quality reports to Eurostat every 3 years, beginning on 30 June 2028, on the processes used to provide their data.

Eurostat:

  • analyses, in a transparent and verifiable way, the quality of the data it receives;
  • may, when new data requirements or a need for major improvements are identified, launch feasibility studies to evaluate:
    • the availability and quality of new data sources,
    • the development and implementation of new statistical techniques,
    • the financial impact and burden on data suppliers;
  • disseminates the data it receives online and for free.

The European Commission:

  • may adopt delegated acts to amend the detailed topics of the domains covered or to fulfil ad hoc data needs;
  • shall adopt implementing acts to specify the data sets to be transmitted, including lists and descriptions of variables and precision requirements;
  • ensures the secondary legislation does not impose significant additional burden or costs on Member States;
  • takes appropriate measures to ensure EU funding is protected from fraud, corruption or other illegal activity;
  • reports by 31 December 2029, and every 5 years thereafter, to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the regulation’s implementation.

The Annex sets out the transmission frequencies, reference periods, and the potential regional-level and organic farming dimensions, for all detailed topics of the data Member States have to transmit.

The EU covers up to 95% of the costs involved in meeting some of the requirements of the regulation with grants from the single market programme.

Transitional rules apply for plant protection products from 2025 to 2027 in order to increase coverage gradually.

The regulation:

FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?

It applies from 1 January 2025.

BACKGROUND

The regulation is part of a move to modernise European agricultural statistics. It improves knowledge of agricultural practices and production in the context of the common agricultural policy, the European Green Deal and the ‘farm to fork’ strategy.

Transparent, comprehensive and reliable statistics are essential to design, implement, monitor, evaluate and review EU agricultural policies and their impact on other policy areas.

KEY TERMS

Agricultural holding. A single agricultural unit, technically, economically and managerially.
Common land agricultural unit. Land where common rights apply and that is used by two or more agricultural holdings.

MAIN DOCUMENT

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/EC (OJ L 315, 7.12.2022, pp. 1–29).

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, pp. 187–261).

Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.

Regulation (EU) 2021/690 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing a programme for the internal market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, the area of plants, animals, food and feed, and European statistics (Single Market Programme) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 99/2013, (EU) No 1287/2013, (EU) No 254/2014 and (EU) No 652/2014 (OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, pp. 1–47).

Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, pp. 1–114).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, pp. 1–222).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, pp. 1–92).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 671–854).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, pp. 1–50).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, pp. 164–173).

See consolidated version.

Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, pp. 71–86).

See consolidated version.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks (OJ L 168, 28.6.2008, pp. 5–16).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, pp. 1–39).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, pp. 13–19).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (OJ L 33, 5.2.2004, pp. 1–87).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, pp. 1–10).

See consolidated version.

last update 01.02.2023

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