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The Health Check of the CAP: Council political agreement 20 November 2008 1 The Health Check of the CAP The “Health Check” fine-tunes CAP reform to: – Make the Single Payment Scheme more effective, efficient and simple – Adapt market instruments to meet new market opportunities – Respond to new and ongoing challenges (climate change, bio-energy, water scarcity, biodiversity, dairy and innovation) Main steps: – – – – 20 November 2007: Communication and public consultation 20 May 2008: Commission proposal + Impact assessment 19 November 2008: European Parliament agreement 20 November 2008: Council political agreement 20 November 2008 2 Direct support (1/3) Flatter rate in Single Payment Scheme (SPS) – MS allowed to move to flatter rates of support – For new MS, possibility to apply Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) until end of 2013 Simplification of the SPS including abolition of set-aside – Set-aside entitlements abolished, become normal entitlements – Rules of direct payments simplified – Lower payment limitations introduced 20 November 2008 3 Direct support (2/3) Cross compliance – Simplification by deleting redundant provisions and articles not relevant to farming activities – Addition of provisions in list of Good Agricultural Environmental Conditions (GAEC): buffer strips along water courses and compliance with authorisation procedures (if any) in case of irrigation – Implementation as from 2010 (by 2012 for buffer strips) 20 November 2008 4 Direct support (3/3) Partially coupled support and other aid schemes – Full decoupling from 2010 for arable crop, durum, olive oil and hops – From 2012 for beef and veal, rice, nuts, seeds, protein and aid for starch growers – Abolition of energy crop premium – MS allowed to maintain coupled support for suckler cows, sheep and goats Revised Article 69 measures (new Article 68) – Extend financing of revised Article 69 – Target measures to economic/environmental disadvantages in certain regions/sectors – Allow MS to support risk management measures 20 November 2008 5 Market measures (1/2) Milk quotas – Increase milk quotas by 1% annually from 2009 to 2013 – Additional super levy for 2009 and 2010 (for overshoots higher than 6%) and adapted fat correction – Review clause in 2010 and 2012 to assess market developments and report on PDO cheeses – Abolish private storage for cheese and butter disposal aids Cereals – Bread wheat intervention remains with no quantitative limits. Tendering system starting from quantities above 3 million tons – Quantitative ceilings set to zero for all coarse grains, durum wheat and rice 20 November 2008 6 Market measures (2/2) Other intervention measures – Pig meat intervention abolished Specific support schemes – Decoupling of processing aid by 2012 20 November 2008 7 Rural Development Address new and ongoing challenges: climate change, bioenergy, water scarcity, biodiversity, dairy accompanying measures and innovation related to the afore-mentioned priorities More funding via an increase in compulsory and the introduction progressive modulation Thresholds (in €) 2009 2010 2011 2012 1 to 5 000 0% 0% 0% 0% 5 000 to 300 000 2% 3% 4% 5% Above 300 000 6% 7% 8% 9% Revision of National Strategy Plan and Rural Development Programs indicating how additional funds will be used in meeting the new challenges 20 November 2008 8 In conclusion, the Health Check answers to: How to simplify the Single Payment Scheme (SPS)? How to adjust to new market opportunities? How to respond to new challenges? 20 November 2008 9