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 70/2012 of 18 January 2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road

Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road, confers on the Commission the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 8 concerning the updating of Part 1 of Annex I, solely in order to take account of economic and technical developments, except for any modifications to the optional nature of the required information.

Furthermore, the same Article empowers the Commission to adopt, where necessary, delegated acts in accordance with Article 8, concerning the adaptation of Annexes II to VII. Under Article 8(2) of the Regulation, the power to adopt delegated acts is conferred for a period of five years from 23 February 2012. This power is to be tacitly extended for periods of five years unless the European Parliament or the Council objects.

The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on it by Regulation (EU) No 70/2012, as neither economic and technical developments in the field of road freight transport nor conclusions of the Commission's Working Groups on road freight statistics with Member States raised the need to use these delegated powers.