Impact assessment for "CAP towards 2020"
The European Commission's proposals for a reform of the CAP after 2013 aim to strengthen the competitiveness and the sustainability of agriculture and maintain its presence in all regions, in order to guarantee European citizens healthy and quality food production, to preserve the environment and to help develop rural areas.
On 12 October 2011 the Commission presented a set of legal proposals designed to make the CAP a more effective policy for a more competitive and sustainable agriculture and vibrant rural areas.
The legal proposals are accompanied by an impact assessment that evaluates alternative scenarios for the evolution of the policy on the basis of extensive quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Impact assessment
Executive summary 
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Main report [834 KB]
Annexes:
Annex 1: Situation and prospects for EU agriculture and rural areas [1024 KB]
Annex 2: Greening the CAP [108 KB]
2A: Fact sheet Biodiversity and Agriculture [291 KB]
2C: Available information on costs of greening [670 KB]
2D: Greening - Results of partial analysis on impact on farm income using FADN [2 MB]
2E: Technical annex on cross-compliance [34 KB]
Annex 3: Direct payments
3A - 3D [707 KB]
3E: Suppression of coupled support for beef, sheep and goat sectors [258 KB]
Annex 4: Rural Development [338 KB]
Annex 5: Market Measures [216 KB]
Annex 6: Risk Management [286 KB]
Annex 7: Research and Innovation [94 KB]
Annex 8: Simplification [227 KB]
Annex 9: Report on the Public Consultation [197 KB]
Annex 10: Impact of Scenarios on the Distribution of Direct Payments and Farm Income [977 KB]
Annex 11: Methodology; evaluations and research projects relating to CAP [419 KB]
Annex 12: Developing countries [105 KB]