28 Amendments of Franc BOGOVIČ related to 2021/0020(COD)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) A statistical knowledge base is necessary to design, implement, monitor, evaluate and review policies related to agriculture in the Union, in particular the common agricultural policy (‘CAP’), including eco-schemes and rural development measures, as well as Union policies relating to, among other things, the environment, climate change adaptation and mitigation, land use, regions, public health, food safety, plant protection, animal health and animal welfare and the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The collection of statistical data, in particular on agricultural input and output, should aim, among other things, to inform the decision-making process with updated data to support the monitoring of CAP implementation and its contribution to the European Green Deal with the related ‘farm to fork’ and ‘biodiversity’ strategies and future CAP reforms.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) High quality harmonised statistical data are important to assess the state and trends of agricultural input and output in the Union, the functioning of markets, and food security and to assess the sustainability as well as the environmental, economic and social impacts of Union and national policies. Those data include, but are not limited to, livestock and meat statistics, the production and use of eggs, and the production and use of milk and milk products. Statistics on the area, yield and production of arable crops, vegetables, various permanent crops and permanent grasslands and commodity balances are also important. Increasingly, statistics on the sales and use of plant protection products and fertilisers are needed with improved data collection methods and better coherence with sector-specific legislation.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) A large part of the European agricultural area consists of grasslands. The production of those areas was not considered to be important in the past, so no production data have been included in crop statistics. As the impact of permanent grasslands and ruminants on the environment has become more important due to climate change, statistics on grassland productionpermanent grassland and animal grazing are needed.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Comparable statistics from all Member States on agricultural input and output are important to determine the development of the CAP and to monitor CAP implementation through the national strategic plans in view of its contribution to the European Green Deal targets. Standard classifications and common definitions should therefore be used insofar as possible for variables.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The data needed to compile statistics should, where possible, be collected in a manner with the least costs and administrative burden. It is therefore necessary to identify on respondents and Member States. It is therefore necessary to maximise the use of existing data sources, increase synergies and efficiency between existing data sources and optimise the data collection methods used. Where possible owners of sources of the required data andcould be identified, it should be ensured that theseat data can be used for statistics in full compliance with the private rights of the individuals and data ownership.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The datasets to be transmitted cover several statistical domains. In order to maintain a flexible approach that allows the statistics to be adapted when data requirements change, only the domains, topics and detailed topics should be specified in the basic regulation, with the detailed data sets specified in implementing acts. The collection of the detailed data sets should not impose significant additional costs which result in a disproportionate and unjustified burden on agricultural holdings and on Member States.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It should be possible to collect data on ad-hoc subjects related to agricultural input and output at a specific time in order to supplement the data collected on a regular basis with complementary data on subjects that require more information, emerging phenomena or innovations. However, in order to ensure transparency, legal certainty and to minimise administrative burden on respondents and Member States, the collection of ad-hoc data should be done as an exception, after a thorough feasibility study has been carried out on the need for producing new statistics and the stakeholders have been consulted. National authorities should have access to financial support from the Union to cover implementation costs related to the ad-hoc data collection.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to improve the efficiency of the statistical production processes of the ESS and to reduce the administrative burden on respondents, national statistical institutes (‘NSIs’) and other national authorities should have the right to access and use, promptly and free of charge, any administrative data that are gathered for public purposes, irrespective of whether they are held by public or private bodies. Those data are to be collected for a specific purpose and should not be further processed or made public in a way that is incompatible with that purpose. In addition, those data should only be accessed by authorised persons with the necessary qualifications. NSIs and other national authorities should also be able to integrate those administrative data with statistics, to the extent that such data are necessary for developing, producing and disseminating European agricultural statistics, in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Any processing of personal data under this Regulation is subject to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (25a) and provisions adopted in accordance with that Regulation. Collected data should only be used for as long as is strictly necessary for the relevant analyses to be carried out. Data disclosure should take into account the private rights of the individuals and data ownership. _________________ 25aRegulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
(20b) Increasingly, agricultural data is generated through digital farming practices, where the farmer remains the main data provider, responsible for the collection, processing and management of agricultural data. The Code of Conduct on Agricultural Data Sharing by Contractual Agreement serves as a good basis for improving transparency, responsibility and trust when farmers share machine-generated data.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Member States or responsible national authorities should endeavour to modernise data collection modes insofar as possible. The use of digital solutions should be promotedand land monitoring tools, such as the Union's Earth observation programme Copernicus, should be promoted. Fast and reliable internet connection is needed in rural, mountainous and remote areas to make use of online surveys, satellite information, and machine-generated and big data.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) An impact assessment has beenon the Strategy for Agricultural Statistics for 2020 and beyond was carried out in 2016 in accordance with the principle of sound financial management, in order to focus the statistical programme established by this Regulation on the need for effectiveness in achieving the objectives and in order to incorporate budgetary constraints. Given the latest policy developments, stemming from the CAP new delivery model and the European Green Deal together with the underlying Farm to Fork and biodiversity strategies, that impact assessment should be updated accordingly to better reflect new data needs.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to take into account emerging data needs mainly stemming from new developments in agriculture, from revised legislation and from changing policy priorities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in order to amend the detailed topics listed in this Regulation and to establish the topics and detailed topics to be provided and other practical arrangements for the collection of ad hoc data as laid down in this Regulation. When adopting such delegated acts, the Commission should take into account aspects, such as cost and administrative burdens on agricultural holdings and Member States. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during the preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter- institutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (25 ). In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member State experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 25 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation’s, implementation, the Commission should be given implementing powersing powers should be conferred on the Commission with a view to specifying the datasets linked to the topics and detailed topics listed in the Annex and the technical elements of the data to be provided, to establish the lists and descriptions of the variables and other practical arrangements for the collection of ad hoc data, and to set out the practical arrangements for and contents of the quality reports. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (26 ). When exercising those powers, the Commission should take into account aspects such as cost and administrative burdens on agricultural holdings and Member States. _________________ 26 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13.).
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
(ca) a list of reference fertilizers for which prices have to be collected;
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When the Commission adopts the delegated acts in accordance with paragraph 1, the following conditions shall be met: (a) the delegated act shall not impose significant additional costs resulting in a disproportionate and unjustified burden on agricultural holdings and on Member States; (b) a maximum of one new topic and three detailed topics is added over a period of five consecutive years.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Moreover, as regards adoption of delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1, the feasibility of new data collection, including the availability of appropriate data sources and production techniques, statistical quality and comparability, the costs and burden involved, shall be tested through the feasibility studies, to be carried out by the Commission or, on a voluntary basis, by Member States with appropriate financing in accordance with Article 11 of this Regulation. Before launching any feasibility study under this paragraph, the Commission shall assess whether the new statistics can be based on the information available in the relevant administrative sources at Union level in order to harmonise the concepts used, where possible, and in order to minimise additional burden on national statistical institutes and other national authorities and enhance the use of existing data in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 starting with the reference year [insert 2 years after entering into force of the regulation] and with a minimum of 2five years between each ad hoc data collection.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15 not later than 128 months before the beginning of the reference year.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. For that purpose, the Member States shall request from professional users of plant protection products, in electronic format, records covering at least the name of the plant protection product, the dose of application, the main area and the crop where the plant protection product was used in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. National authorities responsible for complying with the requirements of this Regulation shall have the right to access and use, promptly and free of charge, data, including individual data on enterprises and agricultural holdings in administrative files compiled on their national territory pursuant to Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. The national authorities and the owners of the administrative records shall establish the necessary cooperation mechanisms for such access. That access shall also be granted in cases where the competent authority has delegated tasks to be carried out on its behalf to private or semi-public bodies. Data are to be collected for a specific purpose and may only be used for as long as is strictly necessary for the relevant analyses to be carried out and may not be further processed or made public in a way that is incompatible with that purpose. Data disclosures shall take into account the private rights of the individuals and data ownership.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. For the implementation of this Regulation, the Union mayshall provide grants to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 in order to cover the costs of implementation costs of an ad hoc data collectionof this Regulation, as well as the costs of an ad hoc data collection and the costs of feasibility studies as referred in Article 6(1b).
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where the application of this Regulation or of the implementing measures and delegated acts adopted pursuant to them necessitates major adaptations in a national statistical system of a Member State, the Commission may adopt implementing acts granting derogations to Member States for a maximum duration of twohree years.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(8) and Article 6(1) and (2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an undetermined period period of five years from [Publications Office: please insert exactthe date of entry into force of theis Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point c – table – row 3
Annex – point c – table – row 3
(c) Agricultural price statistics Absolute input Fertilisers AnnualMonthly or Calendar year prices quarterly Feedingstuff Annually Calendar year Energy Annually Calendar year
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point d – table – row 4
Annex – point d – table – row 4
(d) Statistics on nutrients and plant protection products Plant protection Plant protection products Annually Every five years Calendar year products placed on the market Use of plant protection Annually Calendar year products in agriculture