The Commission presented a report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission under Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of 18 January 2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road.
In brief, Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council confers on the Commission the power to adopt delegated acts concerning: (i) the updating of Part 1 of Annex I, solely in order to take account of economic and technical developments, except for any modifications to the optional nature of the required information; (ii) adopt, where necessary, delegated acts concerning the adaptation of Annexes II to VII.
The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred for a period of five years from 23 February 2012. This power is to be tacitly extended for periods of five years unless the European Parliament or the Council objects.
The Commission shall draw up a report on the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period
Exercise of delegation: the Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on it by Regulation (EU) No 70/2012.
The Commission has not yet exercised the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on it by Regulation (EU) No 70/2012.
The Commission works continuously to improve the quality and timeliness of the data collection and to adapt the information collected and disseminated to the new users' needs and to take account of economic and technical developments of the domain.
All these aspects are discussed in the groups of national experts which are held every two years and approved by the Coordinating Group for Statistics on Transport.
Every time when technical changes of the annexes are decided and agreed with the group of experts, the delegated powers conferred to the Commission will be used to efficiently and timely manage those changes.
Conclusion: the Commission is of the view that it should continue to have the delegated powers conferred by Regulation (EU) No 70/2012, as in the future it might be necessary to exercise these delegated powers.