Regulation (EU) 2023/2674

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(3)Article 1 is replaced by the following:‘Article 11.To meet the needs of the common agricultural policy (CAP), including the evaluation of its impact on the agricultural sector, a farm sustainability data network (FSDN) is set up for the collection and analysis of farm-level sustainability data covering the economic, environmental and social dimensions (FSDN data). FSDN data may be used to contribute to the assessment of additional aspects related to the sustainability of Union agriculture and to address challenges faced by Union agriculture.2.FSDN data shall cover the topics set out in Annex -I. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 19a, amending Annex -I in order to modify those topics or to add new ones. When exercising its power to adopt those delegated acts, the Commission shall:

(a)ensure that the delegated acts are duly justified and do not create significant additional burden on the Member States or returning holdings;

(b)carry out analyses of the relevance, feasibility and proportionality of such an amendment, including the availability and quality of appropriate data sources, in particular relevant administrative sources, and take the results of those analyses duly into account;

(c)ensure that new topics added are linked to the CAP objectives;

(d)not add new topics until 20 December 2028;

(e)adopt those delegated acts, when new topics are added, at least one year before the date of application of the related implementing act as referred to in Article 8(4).

3.FSDN data and data from other datasets set out in Article 4a shall be used to carry out analyses on the state of sustainability of Union agriculture, including in a format allowing benchmarking. The Commission shall make the results of those analyses publicly available in the form of aggregated and anonymised FSDN data. Those data may be used to provide benchmarking information or advice to farmers with the aim of facilitating the management of holdings and improving their sustainability. The publication of results and the use of data for benchmarking or advice purposes shall comply with Article 16.4.Member States may decide to use FSDN data as a data source as referred to in Article 8(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note, in Article 4(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note, or in other acts adopted on the basis of Article 338(1) TFEU.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EU) 2023/2674
Adopted: 22 Nov 2023
In force: 19 Dec 2023
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32023R2674 · ELI

Topics

agricultural holding agricultural performance data collection data protection economic accounts for agriculture economic analysis environmental impact personal data social impact sustainable agriculture Agricultural structures Information and verification

History · 1 version

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Amends 1: Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 (Codified version)
Cited by 2: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2499; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1417
Cites 4: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Regulation (EU) 2022/2379; Regulation (EU) 2018/1091; Regulation (EC) No 138/2004

Defined terms · 12

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aggregated data
means the output resulting from combinations or calculations based on data related to several returning holdings.
anonymised data
means data in a form which does not allow natural or legal persons to be identified directly or indirectly;
category of holding
means a group of holdings that belong to the same category, as regards the type of farming and economic size, as defined in the Union typology for holdings referred to in Article 5b;
data collector
means a liaison agency or an entity tasked by the liaison agency with collecting FSDN data;
farm return
means the form, either to be compiled or already compiled, with data about the returning holding excluding the links and data referred to in Article 4a(1);
farmer
means a natural or legal person whose holding is situated in the Union;
holding
means a single unit, both technically and economically, that has a single management and that undertakes economic activities in agriculture in accordance with the general use of those terms in the context of Union agricultural surveys and censuses;
individual data
means data associated with a returning holding which allow the holding or the farmer to be identified, either directly or indirectly, and which can be personal data or data concerning legal persons;
personal data
means personal data as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council and in Article 3, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
pseudonymised data
means individual data that can no longer be attributed to a specific natural or legal person without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the individual data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural or legal person;
returning holding
means any holding for which a farm return is compiled for the purposes of the FSDN;
standard output
means standard value of gross production;