1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the quality criteria to be applied to the data to be transmitted are those referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
2. By 30 September 2013, and every 5 years thereafter, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with reports on the quality of the data transmitted and the methods used for statistics on permanent crops referred to in points (a) to (l) of Article 1(1) of this Regulation.
3. By 30 September 2016, and every 5 years thereafter, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with reports on the quality of the data transmitted and the methods used for statistics on the permanent crop referred to in point (m) of Article 1(1) of this Regulation.
4. The reports shall describe:
the organisation of the surveys covered by this Regulation and the methodology applied;
the level of precision and the coverage achieved for the sample surveys referred to in this Regulation; and
the quality of sources other than surveys which are used, using the quality criteria referred to in paragraph 1.
5. Member States shall inform the Commission of any methodological or other change that might have a considerable effect on the statistics on permanent crops, not later than 3 months before that change enters into force.
6. The principle that additional costs and burdens remain within reasonable limits shall be taken into account.