Implementation experience in the Netherlands 37th Conference of directors of EU Paying Agencies, Riga 8 May 2015 René van der Burg Acting Director Paying Agency NL

Table of contents 2  The CAP reform and national policy choises  Implementation process and issues we are facing  Solutions already used

3 BPS implementation in 2015 “new, more complex and different”  New policy, regulations and requirements  Implementation process is more complex  Farmers will be confronted with a new application form  The payments will be later then in previous years en will be done in instalments

Reform of the CAP and national policy choices 4  10,000 new applicants, in total 57,000 applicants  Introduction of requirement of the active farmer  Determination of the payment entitlements for all the applicants  Control of basic payment requirements for all applicants  Control of greening requirements for 25,000 applicants  Young farmers: 6,000 applicants  Grazing animal premium: 1,000 applicants

BPS implementation goals 5  EU compliance  A minimum increase of administrative burdens on farmers  Basic payment in December 2015 and greening in Spring 2016  Efficient implementation and processing (fitting within the available implementation budget)  An effective way of minimizing the number of objections and complains from farmers

6 Overview of the proces Chamber of Commerce Permanent pastures Exclusions CAP check VAK Application data Entitlements Basic payment Grazing livestock Young farmers Application data Drawing parcels Recognition Look and feel Registers Entitlements register Contact register CoC Transfer organic farmers Parcel register Double claims Ditches Grassland Diversification Aerial photo Calculation average value entitlements Data assessment Private agreement Double funding Compatibility Cross-compliance Remote sensing On-the-spot Physical controls entitlement value Basic payment Greening Payment young farmers Premium grazing livestock % in Dec % in March 2016 Entitlements summary 2015 Entitlements Determination Step 1 Prepa- ration Step 2 Appli- cation Step 3 Controls registers Step 4 Other controles on payments

New elements as result of the reform 7

Step 1 the preparation on BPS 8  Pre-notice  Up to date registration Chamber of Commerce  CAP Check  Communications, including alignment/informing farmer organizations  Communication State Secretary

Step 2 the application 9 Changes 2015  New “look and feel” of the application window  New requirements and more and new applicants Issues  Stability and performance IT  Peak load at the end of the period and the extension because of complexity and uncertainties  Not all of the possible conformity checks are implemented in the IT-windows in 2015

Step 3 Register of applicants 10 Changes  Active farmers – Chamber of Commerce  Young farmer – age and establishment date  Organic farmer  Private contracts clause with convergence for sale and lease Issues  Increasing manual (on-the-spot) controls  Need of additional staff

Step 3 LPIS administrative controls 11 Changes  Changes in the reference layer  Mapping of permanent grassland  Ecological focus areas (EFA’s)  Exemptions on crop diversification Issues  All area will count for payments, need to control all pasture  Increase in controls because of new applicants  Increase (and later) in (on the spot) controls because of greening

Step 4 other controls 12 Changes  Double funding  Payments for young farmers and grazing animal premium  Increasing number of on the spot controls, some possible even after the end of calendar year Issues  Longer lead time due to more manual controls  More gross checks with pillar 2 grants  Increasing manual controls  Training extra staff

Solutions I 13  Separation of payments  Basic payments (starting in December) after finalizing the controls and after (agreement) determination of entitlements in October  Basic payment and greening when all controls are finished  On a later moment payments on greening, young farmers and grazing animal premium

Solutions II 14 Additional necessary support measures  Extension of the single application period  Additional staf at the helpdesk  Increasing the staffing on manual controls  In total 55 fte annually

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