Morgan SERFIOTIS Olive oil & horticultural products DG Agriculture and Rural Development - European Commission Fruit & vegetable sector – Data analysis – Results and main trends

This statistical document has been prepared by Unit C.2 of DG AGRI, in order to present the first results of the data analysis It is a mere working document based on provisional figures which are still subjected to changes. Therefore, the European Commission does not accept any responsibility in respect of the exactness of given data.

3 Outline 1.State of play 2.Main results 3.Conclusions

4 1.STATE OF PLAY

5  Questionnaire n°1: no answer from SE  Questionnaire n°2: no answer from BE, DK, EL, IT, MT, SE  Questionnaire n°3: no answer from 12 Member States (BU, CZ, DE, EL, ES, FR, IE, IT, MT, PL, SK and UK) 1.1 State of play of questionnaires

6 1.2 New set of controls : questionnaire n°3  Conformity analysis (2007)  Picture at the 31/12 of the year concerned  Double counting PO/APO  Homogeneity and continuity analyzes ( )  Easy check to emphasize outliers  Many data updated

7 2.MAIN RESULTS

8 2.1 Organization rate of POs, APOs and PGs in EU

9 2.2Organization rate of POs, APOs and PGs by Member State in 2007

10 2.3Average VMP of POs in EU (mio€)

11 2.4Comparison between VMP (mio€) and number of APOs in EU-27

12 2.5Comparison between VMP (mio€) and number of PGs in EU-27

13 2.6Share of EU support in total VMP of the reference period in EU-27 in 2007 (POs)

14 2.7Share of operational funds by category of actions in EU-27 (POs and APOs)

Share of environmental actions in operational funds (POs and APOs)

16 4.CONCLUSIONS

17 4.1Better organization of the sector  Larger number of POs and bigger VMP  1506 POs in 2007 with a total VMP of mio €  Average VMP of mio € at EU-15 and 3.84 mio € at EU-10 level in 2007  Organization rate varies greatly between Member States  High increase for new MSs (EU-10) : from 6% in 2004 to 10% in 2007  Increase from 2004 in old MSs (EU-15) : from 32 % in 2004 to 39 % in 2007  Apparent status quo at EU level over the period and decrease in 2007 because of very low rate in RO

18 4.2Use of EU support  Limit of 4.1% not reached in general  Reached only by NL, SK and SE  Increasing concern for environmental measures  Share of environmental measures in total operational programme moving in new MS from 1.3% in 2004 to 12.8% in 2007 and from 18.6 to 21.5 % in old MS over the same period

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