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Simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
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Communication from the Commission: "A simplified CAP for Europe
- a success for all" (18/03/2009) available [pdf] in:
Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel: Presentation of the
Communication
available in:
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As part of its ongoing drive to reduce the regulatory burden and red-tape, the European Commission proposed in 2005 a major simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy with the aim to reduce red tape for both farmers and administrations by making rules more transparent, easier to understand and less burdensome to comply with.
The Commission has carried out a number of simplification actions since the mid-1990s. The Communication forms part of the CAP's contribution to better regulation and realising the objectives of the "Lisbon Strategy".
As a fully integrated common policy, the CAP obviously replaces a large quantity of national legislation which would otherwise exist. Agricultural and rural development policies are by nature complex, reflecting the need to meet a wide range of agricultural conditions and administrative traditions, and both internal and external policy objectives.
However, the Commission shares the concerns increasingly expressed by farmers over the burdens of red tape. For this reason, the concept of "technical simplification" aims at complementing the agricultural reforms by focusing on revision of the legal framework, administrative procedures and management mechanisms to achieve streamlining and greater cost effectiveness, without changing the underlying policies. The Communication underlines that simplification must not become a pretext to reopen policy decisions.
The Communication proposed to:
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Communication from the Commission on
Simplification and Better Regulation for the Common Agricultural
Policy (19/10/2005) pdf available in: |
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Fact Sheet: "Simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy" [pdf] (03/2006)
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