Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2746 of 25 October 2024 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 setting up the Farm Sustainability Data Network and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/220

SECTION 1

FIELD OF SURVEY AND SELECTION PLAN

Article 1

Threshold of economic size

The thresholds of economic size, as referred to in Article 5(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Number of returning holdings

The number of returning holdings per Member State and per Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) division, referred to in Article 5a(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, is set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Selection plan

SECTION 2

UNION TYPOLOGY FOR HOLDINGS

Article 4

Particular types of farming specialisations

The methods for the calculation of particular types of farming specialisations, referred to in Article 5b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, and their correspondence with general and principal types of farming, referred to in that Article, are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 5

Economic size of the holding

The method for the calculation of the economic size of the holding, referred to in Article 5b(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, and the economic size classes, referred to in Article 5b(1) of that Regulation, are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

Article 6

Standard output coefficient and total standard output of a holding

The standard output coefficient of the different characteristics of a holding, referred to in Article 5b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, shall be determined for the crop and livestock variables listed in Part 2.1. of Annex IV to this Regulation and for each geographical unit referred to in point 2(b) of Annex VI to this Regulation.

Article 7

Other gainful activities directly related to the holding

The other gainful activities directly related to the holding, referred to in Article 5b(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, are defined in Part 1 of Annex VII to this Regulation. Their economic importance to the holding shall be expressed as a percentage band of the holding turnover.

The method to estimate the importance of the gainful activities referred to in the first paragraph is set out in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex VII to this Regulation.

The percentage bands referred to in the first paragraph are set out in Part 3 of Annex VII to this Regulation.

Article 8

Notification of standard outputs and data for their determination

SECTION 3

FARM RETURN AND DATA DELIVERY TO THE COMMISSION

Article 9

The start and the end of the reporting year

The reporting year of 12 consecutive months, referred to in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, shall end during the period from 31 December to 30 June inclusive.

Article 10

The definitions of variables, the form and layout of the farm return and the frequency of data transmission

The definitions of variables linked to one or more of the topics set out in Annex -I to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, the form and layout of presentation of the data, and the frequency of data transmission, referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, are laid down in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Article 11

The methods and deadlines for data transmission to the Commission

However, data required to be submitted for the reporting year 2027 may also be submitted in an earlier year.

However, Germany may transmit the farm returns to the Commission within 15 weeks after the deadline referred to in the first subparagraph.

Article 12

Extensions of deadlines and exemptions for specific variables

SECTION 4

AMOUNT PAYABLE TO MEMBER STATES

Article 13

Duly completed farm returns

Article 14

Eligible number of farm returns for the payment

However, farm returns from an FSDN division with a higher number of submitted farm returns than laid down for that FSDN division in Annex II shall not be considered to be eligible for the payment in an FSDN division for which less than 80 % of the required number of returning holdings is submitted by the Member State.

Article 15

Payment of the amount

The amount payable to each Member State, referred to in Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, shall be paid in two instalments:

(a) a prefinancing payment corresponding to 50 % of the total amount established on the basis of Articles 16 and 17 of this Regulation that shall be made at the beginning of each reporting year;

(b) the balance payment shall be paid after the delivered farm returns have been verified and deemed by the Commission to have been duly completed.

Article 16

Amount payable to Member States

Article 17

Amount payable to Member States for reporting years 2025, 2026 and 2027

By way of derogation from Article 16(1) of this Regulation, for the reporting years 2025, 2026 and 2027, the amount payable to each Member State referred to in Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 is the maximum amounts set out in Annex X to this Regulation. This amount consists of:

(a) an amount established based on the need for the delivery of the data laid down in the tables A to M in Annex VIII to this Regulation (‘FADN data’) with the exception of the variables listed in Annex IX to this Regulation;

(b) an amount established based on the need for improvements of data delivery timings, processes, systems, procedures and overall quality of the farm returns;

(c) an amount established based on the need for the delivery of all FSDN data, with the exception of FADN data, in accordance with the exemptions set out in Annex IX to this Regulation.

However, in accordance with Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, where the total number of duly completed and delivered farm returns in respect of an FSDN division or a Member State is less than 80 % on the returning holdings laid down in Annex II to this Regulation, a reduction shall be applied to the amounts referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (c), of this Article.

The maximum annual amounts for advance deliveries of data due according to Annex IX for reporting year 2027 are set out in Annex X under the heading ‘Reserve for advance deliveries’.  If the total amount resulting from application of the first subparagraph of this paragraph is greater than the maximum amount of the reserve for advance deliveries laid down in Annex X, the amount per table shall be reduced proportionally to ensure that the total amount does not exceed the maximum annual amount laid down in Annex X.

SECTION 5

DELIVERY OF DATA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4a(1), POINT (a) OF REGULATION (EC) No 1217/2009 TO THE COMMISSION

Article 18

The data to be extracted from the dataset

The data to be extracted from the dataset referred to in Article 4a(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 are laid down in Annex XI to this Regulation.

Article 19

The technical specifications and deadlines for data transmission to the Commission

Data are deemed to have been delivered to the Commission once these conditions are met:

(a) the data referred to in Article 18 have been introduced in the computerised data system referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article;

(b) the subsequent computer-based checks have been executed; and

(c) the liaison agency has confirmed that the data are ready to be loaded into that computerised data system.

SECTION 6

DELIVERY OF DATA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4a(1), POINT (b), OF REGULATION (EC) No 1217/2009 TO THE COMMISSION

Article 20

The data to be extracted from the dataset

The data to be extracted from the dataset referred to in Article 4a(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 are laid down in Annex XII to this Regulation.

Article 21

The technical specifications and deadlines for data transmission to the Commission

However, the liaison agencies may transmit data in relation to previous reporting years.

The Commission may exempt liaison agencies, as of reporting year 2027 onwards, from submitting data for a given reporting year upon a justified request to be sent by 31 October of reporting year N.

Data are deemed to have been delivered to the Commission once these conditions are met:

(a) the data referred to in Article 20 have been introduced in the computerised data system referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article;

(b) the subsequent computer-based checks have been executed; and

(c) the liaison agency has confirmed that the data are ready to be loaded into that computerised data system.

SECTION 7

DETAILED RULES ON STORAGE, PROCESSING, REUSE AND SHARING OF DATA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8a(2) OF REGULATION (EC) No 1217/2009

Article 22

Computerised data system

The computerised data system, referred to in Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, established by the Commission, shall ensure the secure exchange of information between the Member States and the Commission.

The computerised data system referred to in the first subparagraph shall ensure an information technology security policy applicable to the personnel using the system in accordance with relevant Union rules, in particular Decision (EU, Euratom) 2017/46.

Individual data obtained during the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be used in accordance with Articles 16, 16a and 16b of that Regulation.

SECTION 8

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 23

Revision clause

Article 24

Repeal

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/220 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2025.

However, that Regulation shall continue to apply in respect of the accounting years prior to 2025.

Article 25

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from the reporting year 2025.

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

ANNEX I

Member State/FSDN division	Threshold (in EUR)
Belgium	25 000
Bulgaria	8 000
Czechia	15 000
Denmark	25 000
Germany	25 000
Estonia	8 000
Ireland	8 000
Greece	8 000
Spain	8 000
France (with the exception of La Réunion and Antilles françaises)	25 000
France (only La Réunion and Antilles françaises)	15 000
Croatia	4 000
Italy	8 000
Cyprus	4 000
Latvia	4 000
Lithuania	4 000
Luxembourg	25 000
Hungary	8 000
Malta	4 000
Netherlands	25 000
Austria	15 000
Poland	8 000
Portugal	4 000
Romania	4 000
Slovenia	4 000
Slovakia	25 000
Finland	15 000
Sweden	15 000

ANNEX II