New rules on Common Agricultural Policy reform approved.

08 October 2013

By: PantherMedia/Scanpix

On October 7 EU chief executives at the Special Committee on Agriculture meeting (SCA) have approved the compromise texts of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform (new rules related to direct payments, rural development, single CMO and horizontal regulation).

“It’s an important step towards the entry into force of the Common Agricultural Policy reform. The new rules set the guidelines for the future of EU agriculture and give certainty to our farmers to plan directions of farm development, investments, financial plans,” noted Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture prof. Vigilijus Jukna.
The final agreement on the political aspects of the CAP reform was reached during the trilogue on September 24, where the Council, under Lithuanian Presidency, European Commission and the Parliament solved the outstanding sensitive multiannual financial framework related issues. By this agreement EU Member States, EU institutions and other organizations have been succeeded in a three-year work of intensive negotiations.
The above mentioned CAP regulations will have to be translated into the national EU languages and revised by lawyer-linguists as soon as possible. The Parliament intends to vote for the whole CAP package in November at the plenary session in Strasbourg. EU Agricultural Ministers will officially approve the texts at the EU Agricultural and Fisheries Council in December.

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