Today the Council and the Parliament agreed to update the way regional farming statistics are reported in the EU. The move comes as part of efforts to modernise Europe’s agricultural statistics system to bring it in line with developments in the sector, including the reformed common agricultural policy. The new regulation amends the existing legislation on economic accounts for agriculture by formalising the requirement for member states to report regional agricultural data to the Commission. The rules will take effect from 2023 at the earliest and will contribute to better reporting under the new common agricultural policy (CAP). The Council’s negotiations with the Parliament were led by the chair of the Special Committee on Agriculture, Simona Vrevc, on behalf of the Slovenian presidency. "Today’s agreement marks an important step forward in our efforts to modernise the European agricultural statistics system, thus improving the quantity and quality of data available for policy making, administration and research. We firmly believe that this regional data will also contribute to a more targeted and effective implementation of the CAP."
Simona Vrevc, chair of the Special Committee on Agriculture | 
