Factsheet: CAP 2014-2020 - Direct Payments (Reg. 1307/2013)

Within the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2014-2020). For direct payments, firstly there are the cross-compliance rules, representing the compulsory basic layer of environmental requirements and obligations to be met in order to receive full CAP funding. On top of this, from 2015 onwards, the CAP introduces a new policy instrument in Pillar 1, the "Green Direct Payment", accounting for 30% of the national direct payment envelope. It includes three obligatory agricultural practises: (1) maintenance of permanent grasslands, (2) ecological focus areas and (3) crop diversification.