
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, 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
ANNEX
Data structure for the transmission of statistical data on fruit and olive plantations
Information to be included in the transmission files:


Table 1List of fieldsNumber 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 2Code 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 3Plantation densityCode 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 4Plantation ageCode 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 treesOrange, small citrus and lemon treesOlive 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 treesOrange, 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