1. Eurostat Strategy for Agricultural Statistics for 2020 and Beyond FSS item 17 – Crop item 4 Joint meeting of the WG's Structure of Agricultural Holdings (FSS) and Crop Statistics 13 October 2015

2. Eurostat Eurostat suggested to the CPSA and got the endorsement that a strategy on agricultural statistics would be prepared with a view of a harmonised system for the next decade The ESSC approved the suggestion in May 2014 A draft document was discussed and endorsed in DGAS June 2015 A final document will be discussed in the ESSC meeting in November 2015 Background 2

3. Eurostat Agriculture produces almost 100% of our daily food Agriculture covers over 45% of the EU land area CAP accounts for roughly 40% of the EU budget Agricultural exports and imports have a big impact on EU trade volumes The impact of agriculture on the environment is very big, both positive and negative Reminder: Why do we need agricultural statistics? 3

4. Eurostat AGRI: CAP and Rural Development Programmes ENV: Water Framework Directive, Integrated Pollution and Prevention Control, Birds and Habitats Directives, Soil Thematic Strategy, etc. CLIMA: Climate change SANTE: Food safety, plant protection, animal health and animal welfare Reminder: EU policies using agricultural statistics 4

5. Eurostat Data users: DG CLIMA, DG ENV, JRC, DG REGIO, DG SANTE Researchers Farmers as respondents to the surveys National Statistical Authorities Reminder: Main stakeholders 5

6. Eurostat producing statistics, which meet the users' needs efficiently produce more and better statistics without increasing the burden improving the coherence between domains clarifying and streamlining the concepts and definitions improving the quality of agricultural statistics integration between agricultural, forestry, land use and environmental statistics Strategy objectives 6

7. Eurostat Main data needs Number, structure of farms and core variables of production Production, area harvested and planted, yields Producer prices (output and input, incl. land prices and rents) Exports and imports Stocks of core cropsNumber, production, producer prices of core livestock Land cover and useOrganic farming Areas irrigated and quantity of water withdrawn for irrigation Fertilizers in quantity and value Pesticides in quantity and valueFeed in quantity and value Age and sex of farmers, family and workforce Working time and OGA of farmers and their family members Data on new greening elements in CAP Geo-referenced information Data on food supply chainsBase data in time series, long-term trends etc. 7

8. Eurostat Re-use existing administrative, statistical and other data Use ICT and other new technologies A unique identifier for farms used in all statistics and administrative registers Always collect the GIS information Common concepts and definitions across all agricultural statistics Better definition of coverage Key principles 8

9. Eurostat Agricultural statistics don't exist in vacuum, integration is a must Data are used in conjunction with other data, e.g. prices, production and trade for food security Agriculture, forestry statistics and land use/land cover statistics must be closely linked Business vs. Farm Register Social aspects of food production Integration 9

10. Eurostat 1.No EU action on structural data of agriculture 2.No change: prolongation of the FSS Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 3.Framework regulation on the whole sector of agricultural statistics 4.Two step integration of agricultural statistics Options 10

11. Eurostat Introduces stepwise two new legal frameworks: Integrated Farm Statistics (IFS) to be in place before end 2018 to ensure the farm census 2020 Statistics on Agricultural Input/Output (SAIO) to be adopted and in place before 2022. The definitions of agriculture, scope and holdings will be the same in both regulations Common code lists, terminology and definitions will be created EAA will not be part of the two legal frameworks Way forward - Two-step integration of agricultural statistics 11

12. Eurostat Allows incremental legislative integration and legislative flexibility Allows for integration of methodological developments New data needs can be easily integrated in the legal framework Opportunity for including new flexibility via e.g. system of satellite surveys designed to be more easily adapted to changing needs Way forward – cont. 12

13. Eurostat Framework regulations for essential elements, technical elements might be in delegated/implementing acts. Common scope must be integrated in both regulations Shared technical and methodological documentation on definitions and classifications Way forward – cont. 13

14. Eurostat IFS is on farm level, SAIO on aggregated level IFS contains micro data, SAIO predefined tables IFS contains core and module variables IFS replaces FSS and permanent crop regulations + contains part of environmental data SAIO replaces crop and animal production, agri-environmental statistics (fertilisers, nutrient balances, pesticides, etc.) agricultural price statistics. Framework Regulations 14

15. Eurostat Consists of aggregated statistics crop and animal production, agri-environmental statistics (fertilisers, nutrient balances, pesticides, etc.) agricultural price statistics. Data are aggregated statistics with no micro data transmission to Eurostat. Deal with agricultural outputs and inputs Data from farms, administrative sources, intermediates, up- and downward chain, expert estimations Framework Regulation for Statistics on Agricultural Input/Output (SAIO) 15

16. Eurostat Framework regulations IFSSAIO Farm level (micro data)Aggregated data Core and module variablesPredefined tables Modules with various frequenciesSpecified deadlines per table Replaces/contains: FSS Crop and livestock production statistics Permanent crop statistics Agri-environmental statistics Part of agri-environmental data Agricultural price statistics To Council and EP end 2016To Council and EP end 2018 To be adopted 2018To be adopted 2021 16

17. Eurostat Better Regulation priority of new Commission, First Vice-President: tools to support decisions Evidence-based, logical 40-page report to analyse problems, objectives, impacts of possible policy options, incl. benefits and costs, burdens Scrutiny by independent board, no formality! Greenlighted IA must accompany proposal ISC More info: http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/ Impact Assessment: Background 17

18. Eurostat Strategy in Commission work programme 2016! Tight timeline: Draft for next Steering Group Meeting 07/12/15 Regulatory Scrutiny Board Meeting ~March 2016 Final version for Strategy/IFS ISC ~mid-May 2016  Member State support for quantitative impact analysis could be needed on short notice; requests will be kept to minimum Impact Assessment: Strategy IA 18

19. Eurostat Impact Assessment: Strategy IA 19

20. Eurostat Thank you very much for your attention! 20