COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 592/2013

of 21 June 2013

concerning the technical format for the transmission of European statistics on permanent crops pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 concerning European statistics on permanent crops(1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 constitutes the framework for the production of comparable European statistics on permanent crops.

(2) The data structure for the transmission of statistical data on fruit and olive plantations and the exchange standard should be specified.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Member States shall send the statistical data on fruit and olive plantations referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011, using the statistical data and metadata exchange (SDMX) standard. The data shall be provided to Eurostat through the single entry point to allow the Commission (Eurostat) to retrieve the data by electronic means.

Article 2

The data structure for sending statistical data on fruit and olive plantations to the Commission (Eurostat) shall be as specified in the Annex.

Article 3

The data shall be reported for all single compulsory variables and aggregates.

Article 4

The data shall be reported in hectares (ha).

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 7

ANNEX

Data structure for the transmission of statistical data on fruit and olive plantations

Information to be included in the transmission files:

Table 1

List of fields

Number	Field	Remarks
1	Region	NUTS 1 codes as defined according to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003, on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.
2	Year	Reference Year for the data (e.g. 2012, 2017, …)
3	Variety group	Codes are presented in Table 2
4	Plantation density	Codes are presented in Table 3
5	Plantation age	Codes are presented in Table 4
6	Observation value	In hectares (ha)
7	Observation status	Standard code list
8	Observation Confidentiality	Standard code list

Table 2

Code list for variety group (classes in bold are compulsory)

Level 1	Level 2 Code and class name		Level 3 Code and class name		Level 4 Code and class name
APD	Dessert apple trees
	APD_BKP	Boskoop rouge
	APD_BRB	Braeburn
	APD_COO	Cox Orange
	APD_CRP	Cripps Pink
	APD_ELR	Elstar
	APD_FUJ	Fuji
	APD_GAL	Gala
	APD_GOD	Golden Delicious
	APD_GRS	Granny Smith
	APD_IDR	Idared
	APD_JON	Jonagold/Jonagored
	APD_MOD	Morgenduft
	APD_RED	Red Delicious
	APD_RBC	Reinette blanche du Canada
	APD_SHP	Shampion
	APD_LOB	Lobo
	APD_PIN	Pinova
	APD_OTH	Other dessert apples
API	Apple trees for industrial processing
PED	Dessert pear trees
	PED_CFR	Conference
	PED_WIL	William
	PED_ABT	Abate
	PED_ROC	Rocha
	PED_COE	Coscia-Ercolini
	PED_GYT	Guyot
	PED_BLQ	Blanquilla
	PED_DCN	Decana
	PED_KAS	Kaiser
	PED_OTH	Other dessert pears
PEI	Pear trees for industrial processing
PCD	Dessert peach trees
	PCD_PEA	Peaches other than nectarines and peaches for processing
			PCD_PEAY	Yellow flesh peaches
					PCD_PEAY_VE	Very early yellow flesh peaches (harvest until 15 June)
					PCD_PEAY_E	Early yellow flesh peaches (harvest between 16 June and 15 July)
					PCD_PEAY_M	Medium-early yellow flesh peaches (harvest between 16 July and 15 August)
					PCD_PEAY_L	Late yellow flesh peaches (harvest after 15 August)
			PCD_PEAW	White flesh peaches
					PCD_PEAW_VE	Very early white flesh peaches (harvest until 15 June)
					PCD_PEAW_E	Early white flesh peaches (harvest between 16 June and 15 July)
					PCD_PEAW_M	Medium-early white flesh peaches (harvest between 16 July and 15 August)
					PCD_PEAW_L	Late white flesh peaches (harvest after 15 August)
			PCD_PEAD	Doughnut peaches
	PCD_NEC	Nectarines
			PCD_NECY	Yellow flesh nectarines
					PCD_NECY_VE	Very early yellow flesh nectarines (harvest until 15 June)
					PCD_NECY_E	Early yellow flesh nectarines (harvest between 16 June and 15 July)
					PCD_NECY_M	Medium-early yellow flesh nectarines (harvest between 16 July and 15 August)
					PCD_NECY_L	Late yellow flesh nectarines (harvest after 15 August)
			PCD_NECW	White flesh nectarines
					PCD_NECW_VE	Very early white flesh nectarines (harvest until 15 June)
					PCD_NECW_E	Early white flesh nectarines (harvest between 16 June and 15 July)
					PCD_NECW_M	Medium-early white flesh nectarines (harvest between 16 July and 15 August)
					PCD_NECW_L	Late white flesh nectarines (harvest after 15 August)
PCI	Peach trees for industrial processing (including group of Pavie)
APC	Apricot trees
	APC_VE	Very early apricots (harvest until 31 May)
	APC_E	Early apricots (harvest between 1 and 30 June)
	APC_M	Medium-early apricots (harvest between 1 and 31 July)
	APC_L	Late apricots (harvest after 1 August)
ORA	Orange trees
	ORA_NVL	Navel
			ORA_NVL_E	Early Navel (harvest between October and January)
			ORA_NVL_M	Medium-early Navel (harvest between December and March)
			ORA_NVL_L	Late Navel (harvest between January and May)
	ORA_BLC	Blancas
			ORA_BLC_E	Early Blancas (harvest between December and March)
			ORA_BLC_L	Late Blancas (harvest between March and May)
	ORA_SGU	Sanguine
	ORA_OTH	Other oranges
SCF	Small citrus fruit
	SCF_STM	Satsumas
			SCF_STM_VE	Extra-early satsumas (harvest between September and November)
			SCF_STM_OTH	Other satsumas (harvest between October and December)
	SCF_CLM	Clementines
			SCF_CLM_E	Early clementines (harvest between September and December)
			SCF_CLM_M	Medium-early clementines (harvest between November and January)
			SCF_CLM_L	Late clementines (harvest between January and March)
	SCF_OTH	Other small citrus including hybrids
LEM	Lemon trees
	LEM_WI	Winter lemon varieties: harvest between October and April
	LEM_SU	Summer lemon varieties: harvest between February and September
OLI	Olive trees
GRV	Table grape vines
	GRV_W	White table grape vines
			GRV_WSDL	Seedless white table grape vines
			GRV_WNML	Normal white table grape vines
	GRV_R	Red table grape vines
			GRV_RSDL	Seedless red table grape vines
			GRV_RNML	Normal red table grape vines
AP_PE	Apple and pear trees
PC_APC	Peach, nectarine and apricot trees
ORA_SCF_LEM	Orange, small citrus fruit and lemon trees

Table 3

Plantation density

Code	Density class	Remark
LT140	Less than 140 trees per hectare	Olive trees
140-399	From 140 to 399 trees per hectare	Olive trees
LT250	Less than 250 trees per hectare	Orange, small citrus and lemon trees
250-499	From 250 to 499 trees per hectare	Orange, small citrus and lemon trees
LT400	Less than 400 trees per hectare	Apple and pear trees
400-1599	From 400 to 1 599 trees per hectare	Apple and pear trees
GE400	400 trees per hectare or more	Olive trees
500-749	From 500 to 749 trees per hectare	Orange, small citrus and lemon trees
LT600	Less than 600 trees per hectare	Peach, nectarines and apricot trees
600-1199	From 600 to 1 199 trees per hectare	Peach, nectarines and apricot trees
GE750	750 trees per hectare or more	Orange, small citrus and lemon trees
LT1000	Less than 1 000 trees per hectare	Table grape vines
1000-1499	From 1 000 to 1 499 trees per hectare	Table grape vines
GE1200	1 200 trees per hectare or more	Peach, nectarines and apricot trees
GE1500	1 500 trees per hectare or more	Table grape vines
1600-3199	From 1 600 to 3 199 trees per hectare	Apple and pear trees
GE3200	3 200 trees per hectare or more	Apple and pear trees

Table 4

Plantation age

Code	Age class	Remark
Y_LT3	Less than 3 years	Table grape vines
Y3-9	From 3 to 9 years	Table grape vines
Y_LT5	Less than 5 years	Apple and pear trees, Peach, nectarines and apricot trees Orange, small citrus and lemon trees Olive trees
Y5-11	From 5 to 11 years	Olive trees
Y5-14	From 5 to 14 years	Apple and pear trees, Peach, nectarines and apricot trees Orange, small citrus and lemon trees
Y10-19	From 10 to 19 years	Table grape vines
Y12-49	From 12 to 49 years	Olive trees
Y15-24	From 15 to 24 years	Apple and pear trees, Orange, small citrus and lemon trees
Y_GE15	15 years or over	Peach, nectarines and apricot trees
Y_GE20	20 years or over	Table grape vines
Y_GE25	25 years or over	Apple and pear trees, Orange, small citrus and lemon trees
Y_GE50	50 years or over	Olive trees