The start and the end of the reporting year
Article 9
Open ↗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.
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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.
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.
The methods and deadlines for data transmission to the Commission
1. The farm returns shall be submitted to the Commission by the liaison agency referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 via a computerised data system, in accordance with Article 8a of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009. The required information shall be exchanged electronically on the basis of models made available to the liaison agency via that computerised data system. 2. Member States shall be informed of the general conditions for implementing the computerised system referred to in paragraph 1, at the Committee for the Farm Sustainability Data Network. 3. FSDN tables and variables are set out in Annex IX. Member States shall submit in the farm returns the data referred to in Article 10 from the reporting years 2025 and 2027 in accordance with the timetable set out in Annex IX. For the reporting year 2026, the variables to be submitted shall be the same as for reporting year 2025. With regards to the tables indicated in Annex IX, new FSDN variables laid down in Annex IX shall be submitted for the first time for the reporting year 2025 or 2027. After these reporting years, it shall continue to be submitted each year. However, data required to be submitted for the reporting year 2027 may also be submitted in an earlier year. 4. The farm returns shall be transmitted to the Commission by 15 December, after the end of the reporting year in question. However, Germany may transmit the farm returns to the Commission within 15 weeks after the deadline referred to in the first subparagraph. 5. Farm returns shall be deemed to be delivered to the Commission once the data referred to in Article 10 have been introduced in the computerised data system referred to in paragraph 1, the subsequent computer-based checks have been executed and the liaison agency has confirmed that the data are ready to be loaded into that computerised data system.
Extensions of deadlines and exemptions for specific variables
1. For the reporting year 2025, the exemptions from submitting data relating to specific variables referred to in Annex VIII to this Regulation granted to certain Member States, as referred to in Article 8(4), point (d), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, are set out in Annex IX to this Regulation. 2. For the reporting years 2026 and 2027, the Commission may extend the deadline for submitting data on specific variables referred to in Article 11(4), first subparagraph, if the Member State makes a justified request. This request shall be sent to the Commission by the Member State concerned no later than 31 May of the year preceding the reporting year in question. 3. For the reporting years 2026 and 2027, the Commission may exempt Member States from submitting data on specific variables referred to in Annex VIII for a given reporting year if the Member State makes a justified request. This request shall be sent to the Commission by the Member State concerned no later than 31 May of the year preceding the reporting year.
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