1. Common Agricultural Policy reform: contributing now to the debate
Water Directors meeting
Segovia, May 2010
Nicolas ROUYER
European Commission
DG Environment
Water Unit

2. Overview presentation
Common Agricultural Policy reform: contributing now to the debate
CAP reform process: first steps
2. Expert Group on WFD & Agriculture: role to play
3. Keynote on CAP reform & water protection
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3. 1. CAP reform process: first steps
General consultation till June 3rd
Conference on July 19th/20th
Communication by DG AGRI in November
First legal proposals in July 2011
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4. 2. Expert Group on WFD & agriculture: role to play
The Expert Group has the competence & the legitimacy to provide for inputs  keynote
Input is limited to technical aspects
the document does not prejudge positions of the Member-States & the COM  disclaimer
This paper is presenting first ideas, which will be developed in a second paper
The Water Directors to take note of the document by the Expert Group
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5. Questions addressed in the keynote:
3. Keynote on CAP reform
& water protection
Questions addressed in the keynote:
1. What has to be taken into account for an achievement of WFD goals in the agricultural sector?
2. To what extent does the current CAP enable MS and their farmers to achieve the European objectives on water protection?
3. Post 2013 CAP: what could be the best policy options to achieve WFD objectives?
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6. In a nutshell, the current CAP: Structural adjustment
Pillar I
Direct payments
Safety net
Adjusted SPS
Income
Markets
Price support/
Quotas reform
GAEC/CC
Public goods
Structural adjustment
Axis 1
(structural
adjustment)
Axis 2
(environment)
Pillar II
Rural development
Axis 3
(territory and
diversification)

7. The CAP budgets: Markets Pillar I Direct payments Pillar II Rural
Development
Modulation

8. What has to be taken into account?
3. Keynote on CAP reform
& water protection
What has to be taken into account?
Technically relevant measures enabled
Sufficient funding
Constraints acceptable for farmers
Advice sufficiently provided
Measures not conflicting within the CAP
A flexible implementing tool
Controls which reach a relevant level
Administrative burden to be moderate for farmers & administrations.
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9. 3. Keynote on CAP reform & water protection
2. To what extent does the current CAP
enable to achieve WFD objectives?
Following issues considered:
Pillar I & cross-compliance
Article 68 of the Rural Developement (RD)
Abolishment of set aside
Modulation
Pillar II measures
Funding
River basin approach (WFD) vs regional approach (RD)
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10. 3. Keynote on CAP reform & water protection
3. What could be the best policy options to achieve WFD objectives?
- FLEXIBILITY SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY -
Following issues considered:
Types of payments
Funding
Targeting of measures supporting the production of public goods
Ceiling of the support
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11. 3. What could be the best policy options to achieve WFD objectives?
3. Keynote on CAP reform
& water protection
3. What could be the best policy options to achieve WFD objectives?
Contradictions between CAP payments
Cross compliance
Safeguard mechanism
Administrative burden for farmers & administrations
Duration of the contract with the farmer and payment modalities
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12. 3. What could be the best policy options to achieve WFD objectives?
3. Keynote on CAP reform
& water protection
3. What could be the best policy options to achieve WFD objectives?
Increase of farm advice
Administration more working together
Co-operative approach with the farmers
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13. 3. Keynote on CAP reform & water protection
A second paper will be developed
by the Expert Group later this year
Other issues to be then further discussed:
Lump sum payements
Cofinancing
Ways to enlarge cross-compliance …
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