Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2745 of 8 December 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal production statistics

Member States shall provide data on the domain of animal production statistics referred to in Article 5(1), point (a) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 in the form of aggregated data sets. The data on total and organic production shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) at the required geographical level referred to in Article 5(10), point (b)(iii), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379, and as set out in Annexes I, II and III.

1 The data contents of the datasets are specified in: (a) Annex I for topic (i), livestock and meat, for the detailed topics: (i) livestock populations; (ii) meat production; (iii) animal delivery; (b) Annex II for topic (ii), eggs and chicks, for the detailed topics: (i) eggs for consumption; (ii) eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks; (iii) structure of hatcheries; (c) Annex III for topic (iii), milk and milk products, for the detailed topics: (i) milk produced and used on the agricultural holdings; (ii) milk availabilities to the dairy sector; (iii) uses of milk and dairy materials by the dairy sector and resulting products; (iv) monthly uses of cows’ milk by the dairy sector; (v) structure of the dairy enterprises.

2 For each dataset, Section I specifies: (a) a description of the data contents; (b) the variables to be provided at national and, where required, at regional level; (c) the variables to be provided on organic production; (d) the deadlines for transmission of the data to the Commission (Eurostat); (e) the reference periods.

3 For each dataset, Section II specifies, where appropriate: (a) a description of the measurement units; (b) technical requirements related to the variables; (c) thresholds for exemptions to data transmission deadlines; (d) thresholds for regional data transmissions; (e) coverage specifications.

4 For each dataset, Section III specifies methodological rules, where relevant.

1 When data collections are conducted based on statistical samples, Member States shall ensure that the weighted results are representative of the statistical population within the relevant geographical unit and are designed to meet the precision requirements set out in Annex IV.

2 Where precision requirements are not applicable, for example due to sources other than statistical surveys, Member States shall ensure that the statistics are representative of the scope that they describe and meet the quality criteria laid down in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.

For the purpose of this Regulation, the descriptions of terms as set out in Annex V shall apply.

1 The Commission shall grant data transmission exemptions for variables or groups of variables in datasets of the topics (i) livestock and meat, (ii) eggs and chicks, and (iii) milk and milk products. Those exemptions shall be based on reference threshold values and shall be granted if their application does not reduce the information on the expected EU total of the corresponding variable by more than 5 %. The reference threshold values for the variables subject to exemptions shall be those laid down in each Section II of Annexes I, II and III. The Commission (Eurostat) shall calculate reference threshold values for those variables based on a three-year average of statistical data. If annual data are not available for that three-year period, the threshold shall refer to other data for the same period, representative at the required geographical level as set out in Annexes I, II and III, to be provided by the Member State or States in question.

2 A Member State where the value of a variable has been lower than or equal to the reference threshold value for three successive years shall be exempted from transmitting data on this variable for the deadlines set out in each Section II of the data sets in Annexes I, II and III. The exemption shall be automatically revoked if the value of the variable for the Member State exceeds the reference threshold value for three successive years. The Member State shall start transmitting data on that variable for the reference year following the third consecutive year in which the reference threshold value is exceeded. The exemption shall be automatically reinstated if the value of the variable for the Member State is lower or equal to the reference threshold value for three successive years. If annual data are not available at the Commission for that three-year period, the Member State or States in question shall provide other data representative at the required geographical level as set out in Annexes I, II and III.

3 The Commission may amend any of these reference threshold values if the average EU total stays lower than 90 % or higher than 110 % of the EU total used for calculating the reference threshold values for three successive years. If annual data are not available at the Commission for that three-year period, the Member State or States in question shall provide representative national data for the calculation of that total.

4 The Commission shall grant exemptions to Member States for predefined variables in the event that the impact of the variable is limited in relation to the agricultural production at national or regional level. Those exemptions shall be based on reference threshold values as laid down in Section II of Annex III.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2025.