Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1537 of 25 July 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on the use of plant protection products to be transmitted for the reference year 2026 during the transitional regime 2025-2027 and as regards statistics on plant protection products placed on the market (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1

Data requirements

The statistics shall cover:

(a) all the active substances as specified in points (i) and (ii) of this Article and contained in the plant protection products placed on the market within the meaning of Article 3, point 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (¹), including those placed on the market under a parallel trade permit as referred to in Article 52 of that Regulation: (i) the active substances listed in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011; (ii) the active substances contained in plant protection products placed on the market under emergency situations referred to in Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, other than those referred to in point (i), and irrespective of their approval status;

(b) the use of the active substances referred to in point (a) by professional users in agriculture.

Article 2

Datasets

The data contents of the datasets are specified in Annex I for the detailed topics:

(a) Plant protection products placed on the market;

(b) Use of plant protection products in agriculture.

For each dataset, Section I in Annex I specifies:

(a) a description of the data contents;

(b) the variables to be provided on organic production;

(c) the deadlines for transmission of the data to the Commission (Eurostat);

(d) the reference periods;

(e) the measurement units.

For each dataset, Section II in Annex I specifies, where appropriate:

(a) a description of the measurement units;

(b) possible technical requirements related to the variables.

Article 3

Quality requirements

When data collections are carried out based on statistical samples, Member States shall ensure that the weighted results are representative for the statistical population within the relevant geographical unit. Where precision requirements are not applicable, for example due to sources other than statistical surveys, the quality of the statistics shall be ensured by other means so that they are representative of the scope that they describe, and they shall meet the quality criteria laid down in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.

Article 4

Classifications

The active substances referred to in Article 1(2) shall be reported using the classification set out in Annex II.

Article 5

Descriptions

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

Article 6

Transitional regime

The provisions of this Regulation shall apply for the reference periods 2025-2027. The rules of the transitional regime set up in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 for the period 2025-2027 shall apply only to data on the detailed topic of use of plant protection products in agriculture.

Article 7

Entry into force

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.

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

ANNEX I

DATA SET 1

Plant protection products placed on the market

SECTION I

Data content

The data shall cover all active substances in all plant protection products placed on the market in the Member States during the reference period, including those that are placed on the market under a parallel trade permit (²) and/or under emergency authorisations (³).

SECTION II

Description of the measurement units

Quantity of active substances: refers to the quantity of active substances in the plant protection products placed on the market, as defined in Article 1(2)(a).

The data described in the table above shall be transmitted: by single active substance, by chemical classes, by categories of products and by major groups, as shown in Annex II.

DATA SET 2

Use of plant protection products in agriculture

SECTION I

Data content

The data shall cover the crop areas for the common list of crops, on agricultural holdings in the Member States, treated with plant protection products and the quantities of all active substances used during the reference period, including those used under emergency authorisations (⁴).

SECTION II

Description of the measurement units

Area treated (ha): refers to the physical area of the crop to be harvested, in the harvest year, treated at least once during the reference period with a given active substance classified as shown in Annex II, independently of the number of applications.

Non-organic area treated (ha): refers to area treated, excluding areas certified organic or under conversion.

Organic area treated (ha): refers to the area treated that is certified organic or under conversion according to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁵).

Quantity of active substance (kg): refers to the amount of each of the active substances, as defined in Article 1(2)(a), classified as shown in Annex II, used on the crop during the reference period.

Quantity used on non-organic area (kg): refers to the amount of active substances, used on crops harvested from non-organic areas.

Quantity used on organic area (kg): refers to the amount of active substances used on crops from organic areas (certified organic or under conversion).

The data described in the table above shall be transmitted: by single active substance, by chemical classes, by categories of products and by major groups, as shown in Annex II.

The data shall cover all active substances in all plant protection products used in the Member States during the reference period, including those used under emergency authorisations. The data shall include all treatments from sowing/planting until end of harvest.

The data on area treated shall be collected in a manner allowing the area and quantity data by crop (without double-counting) to be also available at the level of aggregation in chemical classes, categories of products and major groups.

The data shall include all active substances in all plant protection products used on agricultural holdings (the use in storage facilities and for sowing seeds is excluded).

ANNEX II