(1)

Regulation (EU) 2023/2674 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) amended Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 with a view to converting the Farm Accountancy Data Network into a Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN). The amended legal framework significantly changes the current data collection framework. In the interest of clarity and legal certainty, new rules should therefore be adopted to replace the existing rules established by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1198/2014 (4).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated regulations laying down the rules necessary for the annual determination of incomes and the analysis of the sustainability of holdings, and for sharing FSDN data for research purposes. In particular, the delegated act should establish rules for fixing the threshold values delimiting the field of survey, for drawing up plans for the selection of holdings, for fixing the reference period for the standard outputs, for determining the general and principal types of farming, as well as for granting access to pseudonymised data for research purposes.

(3)

The threshold values delimiting the field of survey should allow representative results for the field of survey to be obtained and should reflect the structural situation of holdings in each of the Member States. In addition, the threshold values should maximise the benefit/cost ratio between the size of the sample induced and its representativeness. They should be determined with the aim of including in the field of survey holdings that represent the largest possible share of agricultural output, agricultural area and farm labour, of those holdings which are run with a market orientation.

(4)

The selection plan should include a minimum number of elements which demonstrate how a representative sample is selected, thereby allowing the survey to meet the objectives of the farm sustainability data network.

(5)

The standard outputs are based on average data over a certain reference period. Their values should regularly be updated to take account of economic trends so that the typology may continue to be meaningfully applied. The frequency of the update should be linked to the years in which Union integrated farm statistics surveys are carried out.

(6)

The general and principal types of farming should be specified to enable homogeneous groups of holdings to be assembled in a greater or lesser degree of aggregation and that comparisons of the situation of groups of holdings can be made.

(7)

Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 provides for the possibility for the Commission to provide access to pseudonymised data obtained in the implementation of that Regulation. Rules on granting access to pseudonymised data for research purposes should be established to ensure the possibility of providing data fit for such purposes, while guaranteeing an adequate level of protection of individual data. However, in accordance with Article 89(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), before providing access to pseudonymised data, it should be ensured that the purposes of the data processing could not be fulfilled using anonymised data.

(8)

In the interest of clarity and legal certainty, Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1198/2014 should be repealed. However, given that the data collection process for the accounting year 2024 has already begun, the rules set out in that Delegated Regulation should continue to apply until the reporting year 2025 starts.

(9)

The rules provided for in this Regulation should apply as from the reporting year 2025 for the FSDN and for the Union integrated farm statistics surveys as of the 2026 survey in order to avoid affecting data collection processes already under way,

(a)

the threshold referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009;

(b)

the plan referred to in Article 5a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009;

(c)

the reference period referred to in Article 5b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009;

(d)

the types of farming referred to in Article 5b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009;

(e)

the access to pseudonymised data referred to in Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009.

(a)

be based on the most recent statistical reference sources;

(b)

explain the procedure for stratifying the field of survey in accordance with the divisions listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 as well as in accordance with the types of farming and economic size classes as referred to in Article 5b(1) of that Regulation;

(c)

provide a breakdown of holdings in the field of survey by types of farming and economic size classes as referred to in Article 5b(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 which corresponds at least to the principal types;

(d)

indicate the statistical methods for determining the selection rate chosen for each stratum, the procedures for the selection of returning holdings, and the number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the strata adopted.