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Cofinanced by the European Commission. THE NEW CAP From January 2015 More targeted and adaptable than ever Large choice of optional schemes and measures Transfers between pillars. Some important new elements :. Active Farmer Minimum agricultural activity:
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THE NEW CAP • From January 2015 • More targeted and adaptable than ever • Large choice of optional schemes and measures • Transfers between pillars
Active Farmer Minimum agricultural activity: precondition for direct payments (to be defined by each Member State) So excluded: • Landowners not actively involved in farming • Airports • Golf clubs, etc.
Greening Reward farmers for public goods provided to society: • Maintaining landscapes and biodiversity • Climate change mitigation • Food security How? • New “green” payment • Compulsory cross–compliance • Agri-environment-climate & other rural development measures
Producer Organisations • Strengtheningof competences: • All sectors • Collective bargaining (milk, beef meat , olive oil, cereals, arable crops) • Supply contracts • Temporary collective measures • Cooperation support (rural development)
Risk Management • Crisis Reserve (400 million €/year) • Temporary collective measures (CMO) • Risk management tools (rural development) • Extended support for insurance and mutual funds • New income stabilisation tool
Knowledge & innovation • Extended Farm Advisory System • Training, business development • Green payments • Water Framework and Pesticides directives • New EIP AGRI -European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability • Increased support to Knowledge transfer and Innovation (rural development)
Direct Payments Compulsoryschemes for all MemberStates
Direct Payments Basic Payment • Precondition for all other schemes • Subject to cross-compliance • Simplified list of requirements • Water Framework directive • Sustainable Use of Pesticides directive
Direct Payments Green Payment • Compulsory for all farmers • 3 compulsory agricultural practices: • Maintenance of permanent grassland • Ecological focus area • Crop diversification • Ceiling: up to 30% of national envelope
Direct Payments Young Farmers • New Direct Payment • Farmers up to 40 setting up for the 1st time • Shared support with rural development (start–up aid)
Direct Payments Optional Schemes for Member States
Optional Direct Payments Areas of Natural Constraints • New Direct Payment • Mountain Areas (or equivalent) to be defined by each Member State • Ceiling: up to 5% of national envelope • Compatible with rural development support
OptionalDirect Payments Coupled Support • Only vulnerable crops • Important crops for economic, social or environmental reasons • Objective: maintain current production levels
OptionalDirect Payments Redistributive Payment • Targeted support to small and medium farms • First 30 hectares / or national average size • Maximum 65% of national average payment • Ceiling: 30% of national envelope
Common Market Organisation • New safeguard clauses • Emergency measures • Crisis Reserve: 400 mill.€/year deducted from direct payments– returned if unused
Common Market Organisation • End of production restrictions • Vine planting: authorisations (+ 1% yearly)
Common Market Organisation • Milk package: collective bargaining supply contracts inter-branch organisations temporary collectives measures • now also possible for: • beef meat • olive oil • cereals and other arable crops • Producer &Inter–branch Organisations: extended to all sectors
Common Market Organisation • SchoolFruit scheme: • 150 million €/year • SchoolMilkschemealso extended
Rural Development • “Greening”: Minimum 30% of RD budget for ‘agri–environment-climate’ and other measures • Minimum 5% of RD budget for LEADER. Complementarity with other European Structural Funds • Budget transfer possible between 1st & 2nd pillars
Rural Development 6 priorities
Rural Development • Innovation & knowledge transfer • Farm Advisory Services • EIP AGRI • Knowledge transfer measure • Young farmers, Small farmers • Start–up aid • Investments
Rural Development • Food chain organisation • Support for setting–up producer groups • Cooperation • Risk Management Tools • Grants for insurances, mutual funds • Income stabilisation tool • Quality and competitiveness • Participation in quality schemes • Investments, training, promotion, innovation…
The list of tools is long. It’s up to mountain rural actors to make the most out of these opportunities!