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 by Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council established a common framework for the systematic development, production and dissemination of statistics on tourism in the European Union. It reflected the changes in the nature of the tourism economy and of tourist behaviour that had occurred since the entry into force of Council Directive 95/57/EC, and responded to the ensuing changes in user needs.

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts:
- amending the definitions to reflect changes to international definitions;
- amending the deadlines for data transmission to take account of economic, social and technical developments; and
- adapting the Annexes to take account of economic, social and technical developments. The Commission may not, however, change provisions in the Annex on the optional nature of the required data and the limitation of the scope.

Furthermore, Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 emphasises the importance of the Commission carrying out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, before exercising the empowerment.

This report is required under Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) No 692/2011. Under this provision, the Commission is granted the power to adopt delegated acts for a period of five years from 11 August 2011, and is required to prepare a report on the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period.

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