1. E-submission of new measures within the single application Sándor Matuska Agricultural and Rural Development Agency, Hungary

2. Table of content I.E-submission in Hungary II.E-submission of new measures III.Summary of the experiences

3. Claim submission via internet I. E-submission in Hungary Farmers or Proxies Client's Gate - Authentication Filling in process and submission via internet Feed back about the submitted claim

4. History of e-submission in Hungary 2007: Voluntary e-filling in of applications over 200 ha - ~ 3 000 claims 2008: Voluntary e-submission for all farmers - ~ 180 000 claims 2009- : Obligatory e-submission for all farmers based on national regulation I. E-submission in Hungary

5. Helping farmers with e- submission Most of the farmers do not use computers in every day life Farm Advisors give technical help Out of the total ~180 000 claims: –~130 000 were submitted by farm advisors - technical help –~30 000 were submitted by proxies –~20 000 were submitted on the farmers own On the 20 th of April 2015: 22 344 claims were submitted and 11 723 were in the process of filling in I. E-submission in Hungary

6. Advantages of e-submission No formal problems in the claims –No data in wrong format –No missing data – completeness Online checking – software shows the problematic points Online help –Preliminary calculations – e.g. diversification –Offers relevant options based on the use of land –Geographical features – area measurement, layers switching –Warnings – missing attachments, different parcel size Built-in custom service for the questions arisen I. E-submission in Hungary

7. Online checking – software shows the problematic points Warning about missing data; red background to draw attention. List of the points when farmers should do something.

8. Geographical features – area measurement Above a tolerance level the software shows the difference (with red background) between the claimed area (alphanumerical area) and the area of drawn parcels (area of polygon)

9. Calculation of EFA and Diversification Total Ecological Focus Areas Total Areas of different types of cultivation from the point of view of Diversification

10. New Measures I. Small Farmers Scheme Farmers can choose it till 15 th of August Expected: ~ 80 000 claims Questions arisen: –The relation to other schemes (Agri Environmental Scheme) –How can one quit the scheme II. E-submission of new measures

11. Small Farmer Scheme II. E-submission of new measures Farmers have to choose to join the scheme or not

12. New Measures II. Greening Maintenance of Permanent Pastures Diversification Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) II. E-submission of new measures

13. New Measures III. Maintenance of permanent pastures Permanent pasture layer on screen (just preliminary) Questions: Definition of permanent pastures II. E-submission of new measures

14. New Measures IV. Diversification Online calculator to help farmers to fulfill requirements Questions arisen: –Which plants belong to the different categories? I. E-submission of new measures

15. New Measures V. Examples for Ecological Focus Areas Wooded strips Ditches Trees in line Field copses Land lying fallow Afforested areas Isolated tree Parcels with nitrogen fixing plants Questions arisen: Can special cases of forests, bushy areas, pea parcels, joint cultivation be regarded as EFA or not? I. E-submission of new measures

16. Wooded strip next to the drawn parcel I. E-submission of new measures

17. New Measures VI. Area Based Voluntary Coupled Schemes Coupled support for rice Coupled support for sugar beet Coupled support for vegetable for processing Coupled support for field vegetables Coupled support for fruits Coupled support for protein fodder Coupled support for soybean and protein crops Expected: ~ 93 000 claims Questions arisen: –The national requirements in connection with seed certification and the density of the orchards. II. E-submission of new measures

18. New Measures VII. Animal Based Voluntary Coupled Schemes Coupled support for suckler cow Coupled support for male bovine animals (beef) Coupled support for milk Coupled support for sheep Expected: ~30 000 claims Questions arisen: –How can the farmer get the veterinary‘s certification and how can it be attached? II. E-submission of new measures

19. New Measures VIII. Young Farmers Scheme Farmers under 41 years in the year of submission are eligible Expected: ~9 000 claims Questions arisen: –The participation of natural or legal persons in the scheme II. E-submission of new measures

20. Summary of the experiences Use of the software: Farmers can use new features, but they some need help Farmers need more information about new schemes Calculators help farmers, but sometimes they do not understand the calculating process in the new measures Questions via portal: farmers are active especially concerning new schemes and new features Submission activity: it is similar to previous years activity III. Summary of the experiences

21. Thank you for your attention! Sándor Matuska Matuska.Sandorifj@mvh.gov.hu Agricultural and Rural Development Agency, Hungary