Report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 on the economic accounts for agriculture

Background and further information:

Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 on economic accounts for agriculture (EAA) was amended by Regulation (EU) No 1350/2013 amending certain legislative acts in the field of agricultural and fishery statistics to align implementing powers with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 confers powers to adopt delegated acts on the Commission. The power of delegation can be used to amend the EAA methodology set out in Annex I and to amend the list of variables for the provision of data set out in Annex II.

The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred for a period of five years from 10 January 2014. This power is to be tacitly extended for periods of five years unless the European Parliament or the Council object. The Commission is obliged to draw up a report on the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. This report fulfils this obligation.

Since the delegated powers entered into force in 2014, the Commission has seen no immediate need to update either Annex I or II. It has, however, started internal reflections on methodological and coverage issues that could have an impact in the future.