Report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 216/2009, Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by vessels fishing in the Atlantic

Background and further information:

Regulation (EC) No 216/2009, Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 were modified 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. The Commission is authorised to adopt delegated acts to take account of economic and technical developments.

The Commission has the power to adopt such delegated acts for a period of five years, from 10 January 2014. This power is to be tacitly extended by 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, which means before 10 April 2018. This report fulfils this obligation.

Up to the time of delivering this report, the collection of data under the Regulations was stable and international definitions did not change. The Commission has therefore not yet deemed it necessary to exercise its delegated powers.