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

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

Key Information

Country/Region:

European Union›EU28

Description:

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.

Goal/Aim:

Rules for agricultural practices.

Type (and subtype) :

Sector/Topic targeted:

Agriculture

Status:

In force

Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives

Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:

Not Relevant

Building a strong research, development and innovation base:

Not Relevant

Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:

Not Relevant

Building competitive biobased industries:

Not Relevant

Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:

Not Relevant

Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:

Not Relevant

Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:

Not Relevant

Availability of financial resources:

Not Relevant

Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:

Not Relevant

Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:

Not Relevant

Contact References

Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):

Common Agricultural Policy, Pillar 1: Direct Payments EU Regulation No 1307/2013 of 17 december 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy.

Links:

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/agreement/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/policy-perspectives/policy-briefs/05_en.pdf

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ%3AL%3A2013%3A347%3A0608...

Responsible Authority:

DG Agriculture and Rural Development

Contact of Responsible Authority:

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture

Completed by:

VITO

Advanced Information

Feedstock type targeted:

Product type targeted:

Value Chain:

Primary production (incl. harvesting)

Year Instrument & Measure Started:

1992

Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:

2013

Comments

Environmental Sustainability Requirements:

- Cross-compliance rules; restrictions in 'ecological focus areas', and crop diversification. - Greening: maintenance of permanent grassland; ensuring an “ecological focus area” of at least 5% of the arable area of the holding for most farms with an arable area larger than 15 hectares – i.e. field margins, hedges, trees, fallow land, landscape features, biotopes, buffer strips, afforested area. This figure may rise to 7% after a Commission report in 2017 and subject to a legislative proposal.

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