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Enhancing Direct Payments Implementation Support: Challenges & Solutions

A review of DG AGRI's support activities for MS in implementing direct payments schemes, along with upcoming challenges. Achievements, identified issues, and future activities are detailed. Challenges include LPIS upgrade, permanent grassland setup, and Ecological Focus Areas mapping. Future support activities include expert groups, VCS control, payment to young farmers, and more.

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Enhancing Direct Payments Implementation Support: Challenges & Solutions

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  1. Implementation of the new direct payments schemes: implementation support activities carried out by DG AGRI and up-coming challenges. PA conference, Riga, May 2015

  2. DG AGRI Unit D3: our mission statement • To support MS in their implementation of the direct payments schemes • Providing the legislative framework for the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS); • As part of IACS : monitoring of implementation of the Land Parcel Identification System • Monitoring of implementation in general

  3. Achievements 2014 Legislative framework for IACS set up • Adoption of the implementing rules for IACS • DA: Reg. No 640/2014 • IA: Reg. No 809/2014 • Issuing of guidelines on: • the LPIS "reference layer" • On the LPIS "EFA layer“ • On on-the-spot checks and area measurement • On aid applications • Other guidance documents

  4. Achievements 2014/2015 • Missions performed/planned in 24 MS – “Advisory” role • Bilateral meetings in Brussels • Written replies to MS questions • Participations in various formal committees, expert groups, conferences, LPIS workshops, other networks or forums

  5. Main challenges / implementation issues identified for MS • Up-grade of the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) • Permanent grassland, including the set-up of a pro-rata system • Greening: Mapping of Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) in the Land Parcel Identification System • Challenges for on-the-spot controls (sampling, timing)

  6. Main up-coming challenges for the Unit • To go on exchanging with MS • Closer monitoring whenever necessary • Relations with the Joint Research Center to look further into practical implementation issues • Simplification exercise

  7. Support Activities foreseen for the second half of 2015 • Expert groups (exchange of experience) • Administration and control of VCS / animal premia • Issues related to payment to young farmers • Issues related to "self-maintained land" • Workshops to exchange best practices • Calculation of payements, reductions and sanctions in particular for greening • Issues related to "active farmer"

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