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Local food systems in the future EU regulation – State of play

Frédérique LORENZI 21 April 2013 – Crisan – RuralEst. Local food systems in the future EU regulation – State of play. 1 – Rationale for an EU support to Local food systems (LFS ). ● While food security is not a real challenge in Europe … ● There is a major « food issue » in relation to

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Local food systems in the future EU regulation – State of play

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  1. Frédérique LORENZI 21 April 2013 – Crisan – RuralEst Local food systems in the future EU regulation – State of play

  2. 1 – Rationale for an EU support to Local food systems (LFS) ● While food security is not a real challenge in Europe … ● There is a major « food issue » in relation to environmental protection and land management all over Europe ● Moreover, there are concerns related to quality and safety (falling under the Single Market regulations)

  3. 2 – Conditions to ensure LFS sustainability ● Internal conditions: ♦ economic and environmental viability ♦ good farming practices linked to environment and land management ● External conditions: ♦ inclusion in a comprehensive territorial project (rural, urban or metropolitan) ♦ inclusion in an integrated project (leasure, tourism, education, gastronomy, branding …)

  4. 3 – EU support to LFS - EAFRD ● Focused measures: ♦ Among the list of 6 Union priorities for rural development: enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture …  promoting food chain organisation… with a focus on : local markets and short supply circuits promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas

  5. 3 – EU support to LFS - EAFRD ● Focused measures: ♦ Possible identification of specific sub-programmes (for young farmers, small farms, mountainous areas, LFS) which may benefit from increased EU funding (+ 10 points)

  6. 3 – EU support to LFS - EAFRD ● Flanking measures (CAP): ♦ Quality scheme ♦ Support to small farms and young farmers ♦ Support to different types of cooperation between producers or along the food chain • ● Flanking measures (out of CAP): ♦ Health and safety regulation ♦ Competition policy

  7. 4 – Current state of play (negotiations in the Council) ● Core priorities for the MS in the negotiations: ♦ 1st priority: to alleviate the mandatory dimension of the EU proposals ♦ 2nd priority: to gain support for domestic interest issues ● It leads: ♦ to enlarge the list of favoured measures (5th sub-programme “sustainable agriculture” + “climate change, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity measures” may benefit an increase of 10 % points of EU funding) ♦ to delete any kind of precise commitments (optional) => to water-down the level of ambitions

  8. 4 – Current state of play (negotiations in the EP) ● Core priorities for the EP: ♦ 1st priority: enlarge the scope of sustainable development ♦ 2nd priority: take into account consumer views ● It leads: ♦ to the same kind of result (in the definition “LFS + local market + direct sales”; 5th sub-programme “women in rural areas”; as regards the increase of EU funding “notably” )

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