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The delivery model for the post 2022 common agricultural policy (CAP) involves basic EU level policy rules and greater responsibility for Member States as to how they tailor their CAP measure toolboxes to local needs. The national CAP strategic plans drawn up to this end by Member States are now at the approval stage.

On Thursday, 10 September 2020, the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies organised at the request of the ENVI committee a remote webinar on "An EU legal framework to halt and reverse deforestation". This briefing summarises the presentations delivered by the invited experts.

In its mid-term review of the Biodiversity strategy, the European Commission identified a continuing decline in the species and habitats associated with agriculture. It concluded that the strategy was not fulfilling expectations with regard to the contribution of agriculture and forestry to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity. Numerous studies show that agricultural biodiversity loss is linked to intensification of agricultural activities on the one hand, and the abandonment of farming on the ...

The contribution of producer organisations (POs) in the fruit and vegetable sector (F&V) is highlighted in various pieces of EU legislation. The 2007 reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) brought a new range of tools aimed at strengthening their role in the F&V sector. For the first time, POs could receive EU support in the form of a contribution to finance their operational programmes. EU financial assistance to POs is limited to 50% of the total operational fund, but in specific cases ...

In October 2011, the European Commission presented a set of proposals for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The time needed to complete the complex negotiations on the future CAP, as well as on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-20, has made it necessary to enact transitional measures for some elements of the policy.

Cette étude examine dans quelle mesure la politique agricole commune actuelle et les politiques de l’UE qui y sont liées promeuvent la compétitivité durable et l’innovation dans le domaine de l’agriculture. Elle évalue les propositions législatives actuelles concernant la réforme de la politique agricole commune. Elle montre que la politique actuelle ne réalise pas son potentiel et qu’il reste encore du travail, bien que le paquet de réformes représente une amélioration, en particulier les propositions ...

This note discusses the greening component of direct payments in the Commission’s legislative proposals of October 2011 for the Common Agricultural Policy in the period after 2014. Based on an analysis of their likely consequences it puts forward a range of options for the consideration of MEPs for how these proposals might be amended to improve their environmental impact, to reduce their administrative complexity and to improve their cost-effectiveness, including possible alternatives.

This paper is written by Policy Department B for the Working Group on Common Agricultural Policy Reform, as agreed by the COMAGRI Coordinators on 27 October 2010. The purpose of this document is to facilitate the legislative work of the MEPs relating to the next reform of the CAP. It analyses the Commission’s Communication of 18 November 2010 on the basis of the European Parliament (EP) Resolution of 8 July 2010 and offers some suggested questions in order to help the EP with its response to the ...