Legal proposals for the CAP after 2013

The European Commission's proposals for a reform of the CAP after 2013 aim to strengthen the competitiveness and the sustainability of agriculture and maintain its presence in all regions, in order to guarantee European citizens healthy and quality food production, to preserve the environment and to help develop rural areas.

On 12 October 2011 the Commission presented a set of legal proposals designed to make the CAP a more effective policy for a more competitive and sustainable agriculture and vibrant rural areas.

The legal proposals are accompanied by an impact assessment that evaluates alternative scenarios for the evolution of the policy on the basis of extensive quantitative and qualitative analysis.

> Watch Commissioner Ciolos' presentation of the reform (Video)

• Read the proposal on rules for direct payments
• Read the proposal on a Single CMO
• Read the proposal on support for rural development
• Read the proposal on financing, management and monitoring
• Read the proposal on fixing certain aids and refunds
• Read the proposal on the application of direct payments in respect of the year 2013
• Read the proposal on the regime of the single payment scheme and support to vine-growers

Read the Impact Assessment report

• Executive summary
• Full text
• Annexes
  

10 key points of the reform

1. More targeted income support in order to stimulate growth and employment
2. More responsive and adequate crisis management tools in order to meet new economic challenges
3. 'Green' payments for long-term productivity and for preserving ecosystems
4. Additional investment in research and innovation
5. A more competitive and balanced food chain
6. Encouraging agri-environmental initiatives
7. Aid for young farmers setting up
8. Rural employment and entrepreneurship stimulated
9. Better account taken of fragile areas
10. A simpler and more efficient CAP

What happens next?

Following a debate in the European Parliament and the Council, the approval of the different regulations and implementing acts is expected by the end of 2013, with a view to having the CAP reform in place as from 1st January 2014.

Source: EU Commission Website: http://ec.europa.eu/