#FutureofCAP [Update]

Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2018
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Previous issue of #FutureofCAP Volume 2, Issue 1, December 2017

On 29 November 2017 the Commission submitted its Communication on “The Future of Food and Farming” [short link: http://bit.ly/2nf6vE5], which had already been announced by President Juncker in 2016.

The text of 26 pages kicks off the multi-stage process by which the 27 EU’s Institutions eventually have to agree on the legislative acts determining the CAP after 2020. The Communication will be followed in the spring by an impact assessment and respective legislative proposals giving effect to the new plans, which would then be tabled in the second half of 2018.

The original purpose of the Communication is to:

• present the main EU agricultural challenges highlighted in the public consultation of February – May 2017;
• highlight the contribution of the agriculture sector to the ten Commission’s priorities) and to the Sustainable Development Goals in synergy with other EU policies;
• specify policy priorities for the future CAP enhancing its EU added value;
• explore operational avenues on the CAP after 2020; and
• build a simpler CAP and improve governance by better reflecting the diversity existing within EU agriculture, increasing subsidiarity for Member States, limiting the EU administrative burden for the beneficiaries and strengthening the focus on results.

@PolicyAGRI is preparing a study on #FutureofCAP for delivery in May/June 2018. This study should help inform Members of the European Parliament of different options and tools that the European Commission (EC) has proposed in its Communication on ‘Modernising and Simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy’ of 29 November 2017. It should provide an overview of the state-of-art of the present CAP, discuss the main drivers and challenges of the next CAP reform post 2020, place the EC Communication of 29 November 2017 in the context of the current strategic debates on the future of the CAP, compare the Commission’s options to the most relevant contributions on the future of the CAP already published, and evaluate the tools proposed by the EC Communication to deal the future challenges of the EU agriculture. The details of the research contract are here: bit.ly/2hHSr00

The resources listed below have been selected by @PolicyAGRI in preparation for this project.

1. The EC Communication of 29 November 2017: proposal, background documents and institutional positions

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, COM (2017) 713 of 29 November 2017, Press release, Memo – Fact sheet
Building the Future of EU Food and Farming, Commissioner Phil Hogan’s blog.
Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan on “New CAP Delivery Model” at Event for ENRD, Rural Development Managing Authorities and MS Paying Agencies, ENRD Conference, January 2018.
Future of the CAP: What’s cooking for the next CAP?
Economic challenges facing EU agriculture – Background document
Climate and environmental challenges facing agriculture and rural areas – Second background document
CAP Future in Perspective (Tassos Haniotis)
Could Climate Change be the catalyst for policy reform? (Tassos Haniotis)
Common monitoring and evaluation framework of the CAP: lessons and challenges (Tassos Haniotis)
Challenges of assessing actual results of policy action, Hans Bruyninckx, Director, European Environment Agency (EEA)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Future of EU farming: Agriculture MEPs react to Commission’s ideas, Press release, November 2017.
Own-initiative report on the Future of Food and Farming Communication, Herbert Dorfmann’s draft report, March 2018
Press release – Future of EU farming policy: MEPs to debate their response to Commission’s ideas

COUNCIL/ EUROPEAN COUNCIL

Draft policy conclusions on the EC Communication (to be adopted on 19 March), Bulgarian Presidency, March 2018
Bird Life International, Agri Council Fact Check: Leaked CAP conclusions based on environmental fiction, March 2018.
EEB, Ministers’ farm fantasy risks decreasing CAP legitimacy further, March 2018.
Remarks by President Donald Tusk following the informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government on 23 February 2018
Joint declaration of the Ministers of Agriculture of the Visegrad Group and Croatia on the Commission Communication on The Future of Food and Farming, February 2018.

COMMITTEE OF REGIONS:

Reform of Common Agricultural Policy: Local and regional representatives warn of the risk of renationalising the CAP, November 2017.

PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE

Transcription du discours du Président de la République, Emmanuel Macron, à la nouvelle génération agricole, 28 février 2018

2. The EC Communication : Academic and Stakeholders’ Reactions

AFP (FR):
Réforme de la PAC: craintes de renationalisation et discriminations, Novembre 2017.

Arc 2020:
Hogan’s CAP Communication & ARC2020 Analysis, November 2017.
CAP Communication – reactions , December 2017

Bird Life
Press Release 29 November 2017

CAP Reform.eu
Erjevec, E. (2017). The CAP Communication: Paradigmatic change or empty rhetoric?, CAPreform.eu, December 2017.
Mathews, A. (2017). Decoding CAP Communication, CAPreform.eu, December 2017.
Matthews, A. (2018). A Tale of Two Policy Documents: DEFRA vs. Commission Communication, CAPreform.eu, March 2018

E!Sharp
The CAP after 2020: small debate, big implications, January 2018.

EPP Group  – Michel Dantin et Angélique Delahaye (FR)
Réforme de la Politique agricole commune: modernisation et simplification ne doivent pas être synonymes de renationalisation, Novembre 2017.

European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Nice try – but Hogan’s direction of travel not on course to sustainable farming, November 2017.

FARM EUROPE
‘The future of agriculture and food’ deserves better than a technocratic discussion about a proposal to renationalize, November 2017.
Europe needs a common vision for the future of its Agrifood systems, March 2018
Global Food Forum – A common vision for the future of EU agri-food systems, Final report, March 2018.
Communication on the future CAP: a ‘basis for discussion’, but…, February 2018.

FOP/AGPM/AGPB/CGB (FR)
Mort programmée de la politique agricole commune, Novembre 2017.
Frehsfel & European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
Letter sent to EU Farm Commissioner Phil Hogan on the CAP’s Communication, February 2018.

Food Drink Europe
Food & Drink industry calls for pan-EU, competitive & well-funded CAP, November 2017.

IDiv
The Future of food and farming in Europe: Is the EU heading towards a real improvement of the CAP?, Comment on EC Communication, January 2018.

Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
IEEP Reaction: CAP Communication Launch, November 2017

IFOAM
EU Agriculture needs clearer direction for long-term sustainability, December 2017.

MOMAGRI (FR)
Communication PAC 2020 : Le Commissaire à l’Agriculture met tous les syndicats agricoles français d’accord … contre lui !, Novembre 2017.

Pleinchamp.com (FR)
Vers une PAC plus flexible ou la fin de la PAC, Novembre 2017.

Terre-net (FR)
Jean-Marie Séronie : « Des piques dans la Pac », Decembre 2017.
La future Pac imposera à chaque État membre un plan stratégique, Novembre 2017
La perspective d’une renationalisation de la PAC soulève un tollé général, Novembre 2017.

WWF
New EU farming policy will require Member States to deliver benefits for nature, November 2017.

3. Designing the next Multiannual Financial Framework POST 2020: CAP’s budgetary issues

EUROPEAN COMMISSION : PROPOSALS & REACTIONS

High Level Conference: Shaping our future:  Designing the next MFF (Brussels, 8-9 January 2018)

• Günther Oettinger: “A Budget Matching our Ambitions”, speech given at the conference “Shaping our Future”
• Vice-President Jyrki Katainen’s remarks in the debate “A Budget for the EU27” at the EPSC Conference “Shaping our future: Designing the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)” – Brussels, 8 January 2018
• Closing remarks by Commissioner Corina Cretu at the High-level Conference “Shaping Our Future: Designing the next Multiannual Financial Framework”
• MFF post 2020 – Stakeholder consultations

A new, modern Multiannual Financial Framework for a European Union that delivers efficiently on its priorities post-2020 (Communication of 14.2.2018)

• Press release: EU long-term budget after 2020: European Commission sets out options – and their consequences
• Multiannual financial framework : debate on political priorities – Fact Sheets

EU Observer:

1. Juncker pushes for bigger post-Brexit EU budget, January 2018.
2. Commission urges EU countries to pay more into budget, February 2018
3. Baltic states demand bigger EU budget, February 2018.
4. EU leaders to kick off post-Brexit budget debate, February 2018
5. Make budget cuts in farm and regional funds, the Dutch say, February 2018.

Science Business: EU eyes more R&D spending, but battle is on over call for EU27 to pay more, January 2018.
E3G: Climate risk and the EU budget: investing in resilience, November 2017
Eur Activ:

1. About European Council Summit, February 2018.
2. EU budget post 2020: Fortress Europe or a budget for working people?, February 2018.

Tomas Garcia Azcarate Blog: The consequences of the European budget hole, February 2018

 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Own-initiative report on Next MFF: preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020

• EP – At a glance: Post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, March 2018.
• EP -Briefing: The European Council and the Multiannual Financial Framework, February 2018.
• EP Press release: Post-2020 EU budget reform must match EU’s future ambitions, February 2018.
• EP – At a glance: The EU’s next long-term budget, January 2018.
• EP – Press release: EU’s long-term budget: Current MFF stretched to its limits, need to break 1%-ceiling, October 2017.
• EP In-depth analysis: The next MFF and its duration, October 2017.

Own-initiative report on reform of the European Union’s system of own resources
COMAGRI’s opinion on the next MFF, January 2018.
Michel Dantin (FR): Communiqué de presse – Baisse du budget de la PAC : derrière la communication de la Commission se cache des non-dits et de vrais enjeux, Février 2018.

REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE (FR)

Perspectives et attentes françaises pour le prochain cadre financier pluriannuel de l’UE – Note des autorités françaises, Décembre 2017. f

• Info Contexte (FR): Budget européen: la France prête à piocher dans la PAC et la politique régionale pour financer la défense, Décembre 2017.
• Tomas Garcia Azcarate Blog: The French position in the debate on the future of the CAP, seen from Spain, February 2018.

 IRISH FARMERS’ REACTIONS

ICMSA. Commission’s CAP 2020 Budget options are disappointing and will be ‘unacceptable to Ireland’, February 2018.
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA). Any move to reduce CAP budget post 2020 must be vigorously opposed, February 2018

Bruegel
EU budget, Common Agricultural Policy and Regional Policy – en route to reform?, February 2018

CAP Reform.eu
Matthews, A. (2018). Mr Oettinger’s budget arithmetic, CAPreform.eu, January 2018.
Matthews, A. (2018b) Rethinking EU budget spending on agriculture in the next MFF, CAPreform.eu, January 2018. 
Matthews, A. (2018c). Why national co-financing of CAP Pillar 1 payments is needed in the MFF, CAPreform.eu, February 2018

SIEPS
The EU budget after 2020 , European Policy Analysis, September 2017.

Visegrad Group
Joint statement of the Visegrad Group on the cohesion policy and the MFF, February 2018.

• Eur Activ: Hungary and Poland defend larger European budget , January 2018.

4. Selected Council Documents & Member States Contributions on the CAP after 2020

Dutch Presidency (First Semester 2016)

• ‘Food of the Future – The Future of the Food’, Discussion paper of the Netherlands Presidency, Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 24-25 May 2016
• A reformed CAP for competitive, sustainable and resilient agriculture’, French Government contribution to the informal Council of 29/31 May 2016.
• Conclusions of agricultural Ministers gathered at Chambord at the invitation of the French Agriculture Minister, 2 September 2016

Slovak Presidency (Second Half of 2016)

• ‘Strengthening of the farmers’ position in the food supply chain’, Presidency discussion paper, Informal meeting of 13 September 2016.
• ‘Future of the Common Agricultural Policy’, Presidency discussion paper prepared for the AGRIFISH Council of 14-15 November 2016.

Maltese Presidency (First Half of 2017)

• CAP post 2020 – Orientation paper prepared by the Maltese Presidency, 28 February 2017.
• ‘Non-paper’ on ‘Better functioning of the Food Supply Chain: addressing unfair trade practices (UTPs) and improving the position of farmers’ (supported by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia), 1st March 2017.
• ‘Non-paper‘ on ‘voluntary coupled support‘ (information from the Bulgarian, Croatian, Cyprus, Czech, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Romanian and Slovenian delegations), 1st March 2017.
• Debate on the CAP post 2020: Main results (AGRIFISH Council of 6 March 2017)
• Water resources & Climate Change, Informal meeting of Agriculture Ministers, 23 May 2017, Malta. Conclusions on water, climate change and agriculture interactions.
• Conclusions of the meeting of the Ministers of the Visegrad Group extended by Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia of 2 June 2017.

Estonian Presidency (Second Half of 2017)

• The Estonian Presidency Programme for the Agriculture and Fisheries Council
• ‘Non-paper’ of the Spanish Delegation on ‘the agricultural sector and CAP in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances’, 12 July.
• Joint declaration of the Ministers of Agriculture of the Visegrad Group and some Baltic States on the prospects for the EU Common Agricultural Policy after 2020, 18 July 2017.
• ‘Risk management: Empowering our farmers with effective tools to manage risks post 2020’, Presidency discussion paper prepared for the informal meeting of the AGRIFISH Council of 3-5 September 2017, Tallinn.
• AGRIFISH Presidency paper on ‘UN Sustainable Development Goals and implications for EU agricultural policy’, 25 September 2017.
• Conference on ‘Soil for sustainable food production and ecosystem services.’ AGRIFISH Council of 4-6 October 2017, Tallinn.

Bulgarian Presidency (First Half of 2018)

• Web site
• Programme of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council
• AGRIFISH Council 29 January exchange of views on the CAP Communication, January 2018.
• Agriculture Minister Porodzanov steers a transparent discussion on the future of EU’s agricultural policy, January 2018

Austrian Presidency (Second Half of 2018)

• 18-month programme of the Council (1st July 2017 – 31 December 2018) prepared by the Estonian Presidency (2017) and the future Bulgarian and Austrian Presidencies (2018)

5. Bibliography of Proposals for the CAP post 2020

(Academic, think tank and NGO references listed in alphabetical order)

5.1. Selected research documents

• Académie d’agriculture de France (2017): Quelle PAC pour quelle Agriculture?, Mars 2017.
• Baldock, D. & Mottershead, D. (2017). Towards sustainability: Future policies for European livestock, IEEP Report, February 2017.
• Bertelsmann Stiftung (2017). The Common Agricultural Policy and the Next EU Budget, Reflection Paper No. 1 &Reflection Paper No. 2.
• Boulanger, P., Dudu, H., Ferrari, E., M’Barek, R., & Philippidis, G. (2017). 2030 European agricultural policy: A new CAP at a crossroad between market competitiveness and sustainability, Conference Paper, Purdue University.
• Buckwell, A. (2015). ‘Where should the CAP go post-2020?’ in Swinnen, J. (ed), The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy: An Imperfect Storm, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), August 2015.
• Castañeda Vera, A. & Garrido, A. (2017). ‘Evaluation of risk management tools for stabilising farm income under CAP 2014-2020’ in Agricultural and Resources Economic Journal: Issue 17(1) 2017.
• Dax, T. & Copus, A. (2016). ‘The future of rural development’, in Research for AGRI Committee – CAP Reform post-2020 – Challenges in Agriculture, European Parliament, October 2016.
• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland (2017). Minister Creed’s address to the ‘Cap sur la Pac’ Conference at the OECD Paris 19th December 2017
• European Environment Agency (EEA) (2017). Food in a green light – A systems approach to sustainable food, October 2017.
• Falkenberg K. (2016). Sustainability Now! A European Vision for Sustainability, European Political Strategy Centre, EPSC Strategic Notes Issue 18, July 2016.
• Fresco, L. & Poppe; K. (2016). Towards a Common Agricultural and Food Policy, Wageningen University & Research, September 2016.
• Greer, A. (2017). ‘Post-exceptional politics in agriculture: an examination of the 2013 CAP reform’ in Daugbjerg, C. (ed.) Post-exceptionalism in public policy: transforming food and agricultural policy, Journal of European Public Policy, Volume 24, issue 11, June 2017.
• Hart, K., Buckwell, A. & Baldock, D. (2016). Learning the lessons of the Greening of the CAP, London, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), April 2016.
• IDiv (2017). Fitness Check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), December 2017.
• IEEP (2018). Measuring the CAP’s environmental and climate performance, February 2018. Paper – Ideas for defining environmental objectives and monitoring systems for a results-oriented CAP post 2020
• L’explicite (2018). Articulation du droit de la concurrence et de la politique agricole commune (PAC), Février 2018
• Mahé, L.-P. & Bureau, J.C. (2016). ‘The future of market measures and risk management schemes’, in Research for AGRI Committee – CAP Reform post-2020 – Challenges in Agriculture, European Parliament, October 2016.
• Mathijs, E. (2017d). CAP post-2020: navigating between protection and innovation, KU Leuven, December 2017.
• Matthews, A. (2016). ‘The future of direct payments’ in Research for AGRI Committee – CAP Reform post-2020 – Challenges in Agriculture, European Parliament, October 2016.
• Matthews, A. (2017a). Does capping direct payments make sense?, CAPreform.eu, April 2017.
• Matthews, A. (2017b). The budgetary context for the CAP after 2020, CAPreform.eu, September 2017.
• Matthews, A. (2017c). The challenges of new CAP: doing more with less, Agri Regioni Europa 13, No 50, September 2017.
• Matthews, A. (2017e). How Member States are implementing the new CAP, CAPreform.eu, December 2017.
• Mathews, A. (2018a). Brakes removed from voluntary coupled support, CAPreform.eu, February 2018.
• OECD (2017). Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the European Union – The CAP 2014 / 2020, July 2017.
• OECD- European Commission (2018). Workshop – Pathways to policy change on water in agriculture, February 2018. Commissioner’s speech.
• The World Bank (2017). Thinking CAP – Supporting agricultural jobs and incomes in the EU, World Bank Report on the EU.

5.2. NGO and other economic / political / environmental stakeholders’ references

• Assemblée Nationale (2017): L’avenir de la PAC après 2020, Information report including a motion for an European resolution, February 2017.
• Bird Life (2017). Towards a New European Food and Land-Use Policy, CAP position paper, October 2017.
• Bird Life – EEB – NABU (2017): Is the CAP Fit for purpose? An evidence-based fitness-check assessment, November 2017.
• CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association) (2015). Towards a New Strategic Agenda for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020, February 2015.
• COPA-COGECA (2017). The future PAC post 2020, Position paper, May 2017l
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Bird Life Europe (2016). UNCAP the Truth: Spotlight on EU Farm Policy, May 2016.
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Bird Life Europe (2017). Who will fix the broken CAP?, Conference report, July 2017.
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (2017). The future of the CAP, EEB position paper, September 2017.
• European People’s Party (EEP) (2017). EPP views on the common agricultural policy: for a strong, sustainable and innovative EU agriculture, September 2017.
• European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) (2017). A possible reshaping of the CAP, May 2017.
• Farm Europe (2017a). A new ambition for EU agri-food systems, Final report of the 2016 Global Food Forum, Brussels.
• Farm Europe (2017b). A critical perspective on the reflection paper on the future finances of the EU, Brussels, September 2017.
• IFOAM EU Group (2017). A CAP for healthy farms, healthy people, healthy planet: Public money must deliver public goods, January 2017.
• IPES (2016). Why we need a common food policy for the EU, An Open Letter to Mr Jean–Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, April 2016.
• NABU: Is the CAP fit for purpose?, November 2017.
• NGOs Common Statement (2017). Statement by over 150 NGOs calling for CAP transformation: Good Food Good Farming – Now!, March 2017.
• RISE Foundation (2017). CAP: Thinking out of the box. Further modernisation of the CAP: why, what and how? , April 2017.

5.3. Selected Inputs from the European Commission Preparing the next CAP Reform

(in chronological order – 2018, 2017 & 2016)

• Distribution of direct aid to farmers – Agriculture and rural development, Financial Year 2016, European Commission, DG AGRI, February 2018
• CAP Context Indicators 2017 – Update, European Commission, DG AGRI, January 2018
• Performance fo rural development programmes of the 2007 – 2013 period, Your voice, Public consultation, January – April 2018. Press release: Rural development under the microscope
• Challenges of Global Agriculture in a climate change context by 2050, JRC Science Policy Report, 2017.
• Evaluation study of the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, European Commission, DG AGRI, December 2017
• Scenar 2030 – Pathways for the European agriculture and food sector beyond 2020 (Summary report), EU Science Hub, December 2017
• EU Agricultural Outlook Conference, 18 December 2017

1. EU Agricultural Outlook for the EU agricultural markets and income 2017-  2030, Report, Full text
2. Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at EU Agricultural Outlook Conference 2017
3. EU agricultural outlook: Arable land area to continue its decline
4. EU agricultural outlook: European livestock sector to benefit from higher global demand
5. EU agricultural outlook: wine, olive oil and fruits & vegetable exports to grow
6.  EU agricultural outlook: European emissions linked to agriculture set to decrease by 2030
7. EU agricultural outlook: European agricultural labour and total income expected to decrease by 2030
8. EU agricultural outlook: European sugar exports to double, continuous growth of cereal production expected
9. Reflexions from Tassos Haniotis on the 2017 Agri Outlook conference

• Fact Sheet: Simplification, November 2017.
• Fact Sheet: Agriculture and the CAP in the EU, November 2017.
• Fact Sheet: Support to farmers, November 2017.
• Fact Sheet: CAP and the environment, November 2017.
• Fact Sheet: Agriculture 2.0, November 2017.
• Tassos Haniotis – Could Climate Change be the Catalyst for Farm Policy Reform?, LinkedIn, November 2017.
• Tassos Haniotis – The CAP, its Challenges and the Role of Research and Innovation, LinkedIn, October 2017.
• Assessing potential coupling factors of European decoupled payments with the Modular Agricultural General Equilibrium Tool (MAGNET), JRC Technical Report, 2017.
• Bioeconomy report 2016, JRC Report, 2017.
• Young farmers in the EU – structural and economic characteristics – Farm Economic Brief No 15, October 2017.
• Future of CAP: Protecting our traditions, 30 October 2017.
• Future of CAP: Monitoring from outer space, 18 October 2017.
• Future of CAP: Feeding the world, 16 October 2017.
• Future of CAP: Where are all the women?, 15 October 2017.
• Future of CAP: Who’ll provide our food?, 13 October 2017.
• Future of CAP: Robots in the field?, 11 October 2017.
• Harnessing Research and Innovation for FOOD 2030, Conference report, October 2017
• Tassos Haniotis presentation – CAP Challenges & Dilemmas: pertinent policy questions, EAAE 2017 Congress, September 2017
• Risk management schemes in EU agriculture. Dealing with risk and volatility, EU Agricultural Markets Brief, No 12 September 2017.
• The CAP: Have your say, Conference of 7 July 2017. Presentations:

1. Haniotis, Did you know that…? : economic and environmental dimensions.
2. Haniotis – Did you know that…? : societal dimensions
3. Thoyer – Best practices addressing environment and climate change
4. Juvancic – Risk management
5. Mathijs – Food and related issues
6. Matthews – Socioeconomic issues

• Agri-environment schemes: impacts on the agricultural environment, Science for Environment Policy, Thematic Issue 57, June 2017.
• Evaluation of the instruments applicable to State aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas, April 2017.
• Annual activity report 2016 – Agriculture & Rural Development, April 2017.
• Managing risk in the dairy sector: how futures markets could help, EU Agricultural Markets Brief, No 11, March 2017.
• Evaluation of the impact of the CAP measures towards the general objective “viable food production“, February 2017.
• Evaluation study on the implementation of the EIP, November 2016.
• New entrants into farming: lessons to foster innovation and entrepreneurship, EIP AGRI Focus Group, Final Report, May 2016.
• Delivering on EU Food Safety and Nutrition in 2050. Future challenges and policy preparedness. JRC Report, 2016.

5.4. Selected Inputs from the European Parliament and other European Bodies Preparing the next CAP Reform

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT:

EP resolutions linked to the next CAP reform:

• European Parliament Resolution of 27 April 2017 on ‘the state of play of farmland concentration in the EU: how to facilitate the access to land for farmers
• European Parliament Resolution of 4 April 2017 on ‘Women and their roles in rural areas’
• European Parliament Resolution of 14 December 2016 on ‘CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets’
• European Parliament Resolution of 27 October 2016 on ‘How the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas
• European Parliament Resolution of 7 June 2016 on ‘unfair trading practices in the EU food supply chain’
• European Parliament Resolution of 7 June 2016 on ‘Enhancing innovation and economic development in future European farm management’

CAP Reform post 2020 Workshop
CAP Reform post-2020 – Challenges in Agriculture, European Parliament, Policy Department B, October 2016

Policy Department’s studies published preparing the next CAP reform:

1) Studies on the CAP 2014-2020 implementation

• Young farmers – Policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform, October 2017.
• Programmes Implementing the 2015-2020 Rural Development Policy, May 2016.
• State of Play of Risk Management Tools Implemented by Member States during the Period 2014-2020: National and European Framework, March 2016.
• Implementation of the First Pillar of the CAP 2014–2020 in the EU Member States, Annexes, July 2015.
• Precision Agriculture: An Opportunity for EU-Farmers – Potential Support with the CAP 2014-2020, March 2014.

 2) Studies related to policy issues of the CAP

• The Consequences of Climate Change for EU Agriculture: Follow-Up to the COP21 UN Paris Climate Change Conference, February 2017;
•  The EU cattle sector: challenges and opportunities – meat and milk, Annexes, February 2017.
•  Policy support for productivity vs. in EU agriculture: towards viable farming and green growth, January 2017.
•  The Consequences of Climate Change for EU Agriculture: Follow-Up to the COP21 UN Paris Climate Change Conference, February 2017.
•  The Role of the EU’S Common Agricultural Policy in Creating Rural Jobs, April 2016.
•  Structural Change in EU Farming: How Can the CAP Support a 21st Century European Model of Agriculture? March 2016.
•  Overview of the Agricultural Inputs Sector in the EU, July 2015.
•  Comparison of Farmers’ Incomes in the EU Member States, June 2015.
•  The First CAP Reform under the Ordinary Legislative Procedure: A Political Economy Perspective, December 2014.
•  Comparative Analysis of Risk Management Tools Supported by the 2014 US Farm Bill and the CAP 2014-2020, December 2014.
•  Family Farming in Europe: Challenges and Prospects, April 2014.
•  CAP 2014-2020 Tools to Enhance Family Farming: Opportunities and Limits, April 2014.

European Courts of Auditors (ECA):

Special report No 16/2017: Rural Development Programming: less complexity and more focus on results needed , November 2017.
Special report 21/2017 – Greening the CAP: income support more complex and not yet environmentally effective, December 2017.