Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Modified by
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/669of 28 April 2016amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 as regards the amendment and the content of rural development programmes, the publicity for these programmes, and the conversion rates to livestock units, 32016R0669, April 29, 2016
(a) the type of amendment that is being proposed; (b) the reasons and/or implementation problems that justify the amendment; (c) the expected effects of the amendment; (d) the impact of the change on indicators; (e) the relationship between the change and the Partnership Agreement referred to in Chapter II of Title II of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.
(a) in case emergency measures due to natural disasters and catastrophic events formally recognized by the competent national public authority need to be taken; or (b) in case an amendment is necessary following a change to the Union legal framework; or (c) following the performance review referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; or (d) in case of a change in the EAFRD contribution planned for each year referred to in Article 8(1)(h)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 resulting from developments of the annual breakdown by Member State referred to in Article 58(7) of that Regulation; or (e) in case of amendments related to financial instruments referred to in Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.
(a) the total EAFRD contribution per programme for the entire programming period is not altered; (b) the total EAFRD allocation to the Member State concerned is not altered; (c) the annual breakdowns of the programme for the years preceding the year of the revision are not altered; (d) the annual EAFRD allocation to the Member State concerned is respected; (e) the total EAFRD funding for environmental and climate related measures as set out in Article 59(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is respected.
(a) that the period of validity of the voucher or equivalent may not exceed one year; (b) rules for obtaining the vouchers or equivalent, in particular that they shall be linked to a specific action; (c) the definition of specific conditions under which vouchers can be reimbursed to the training or other knowledge transfer and information action provider.
(a) contain only elements that are verifiable; (b) are based on figures established by appropriate expertise; (c) indicate clearly the source of the figures used; (d) are differentiated to take account of regional or local site conditions and actual land use, where applicable; (e) do not contain elements linked to investment costs.
(a) an intervention logic showing the interactions between priorities, focus areas and measures; (b) a set of common context, result and output indicators, including indicators to be used for the establishment of quantified targets in relation to rural development focus areas and a set of pre-defined indicators for the performance review; (c) common evaluation questions, as set out in Annex V; (d) data collection, storage and transmission; (e) regular reporting on monitoring and evaluation activities; (f) the evaluation plan; (g) the ex ante andex post evaluations and all other evaluation activities linked to the rural development programme, including those required to fulfil the increased requirements of the 2017 and 2019 annual implementation reports referred to in Article 50(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 75(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;(h) support to enable all actors responsible for monitoring and evaluation to fulfil their obligations.
(a) Geographical area covered by the programme. (b) Classification of the region.
(a) Description of the process, including timing of main events, intermediate reports, in relation to the key stages of RDP development. (b) Structured table containing the recommendations of the ex ante evaluation and how they have been addressed.(c) The complete ex ante evaluation report (including the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) requirements) shall be annexed to the RDP.
(a) SWOT analysis containing the following sections: (i) comprehensive overall description of the current situation of the programming area, based on common and programme-specific context indicators and other qualitative up-to-date information; (ii) strengths identified in the programming area; (iii) weaknesses identified in the programming area; (iv) opportunities identified in the programming area; (v) threats identified in the programming area; (vi) structured table containing the data for the common and programme-specific context indicators.
(b) Needs assessment, based on evidence from the SWOT analysis, for each Union priority for rural development (hereafter "priority") and focus area and the three cross-cutting objectives (environment, including the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas according to the Prioritized Action Framework Article 8(4) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7 ).
(a) A justification of the needs selected to be addressed by the RDP, and the choice of objectives, priorities, focus areas and the target setting based on evidence from the SWOT and the needs assessment. Where relevant, a justification of thematic sub-programmes included in the programme. The justification shall in particular demonstrate the fulfilment of the requirements referred to in Article 8(1)(c)(i) and (iv) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. (b) The combination and justification of the rural development measures for each focus area including the justification of the financial allocations to the measures and the adequacy of the financial ressources with the targets set, as referred to in Article 8(1)(c)(ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. The combination of measures included in the intervention logic shall be based on the evidence from the SWOT analysis and justification and prioritisation of needs referred to in point (a). (c) A description of how the cross-cutting objectives will be addressed, including the specific requirements referred to in Article 8(1)(c)(v) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. (d) A summary table of the intervention logic showing the priorities and focus areas selected for the RDP, the quantified targets, and the combination of measures to be used to achieve them, including the planned expenditure. The summary table shall be automatically generated from the information provided in point 5(b) and point 11, using the characteristics of the electronic data exchange system ("SFC2014") referred to in Article 4(a) and (b) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 184/2014 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 184/2014 of 25 February 2014 laying down pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the terms and conditions applicable to the electronic data exchange system between the Member States and the Commission and adopting pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal, the nomenclature of the categories of intervention for support from the European Regional Development Fund under the European territorial cooperation goal (OJ L 57, 27.2.2014, p. 7 ).(e) A description of the advisory capacity to ensure adequate advice and support for the regulatory requirements and for actions related to innovation to demonstrate the measures taken as required in Article 8(1)(c)(vi) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
(a) Information on the assessment of the applicability of ex-ante conditionalities.(b) For each applicable general and priority-linked ex-ante conditionality in one table:(i) assessment of its fulfilment and; (ii) list of priorities/focus areas and measures to which the conditionality applies. An indicative list of priorities/focus areas and measures of particular relevance to each ex-ante conditionality is set out in Part 4;(iii) list of relevant criteria as well as an assessment of their fulfilment; (iv) references to the strategies, legal acts or other relevant documents, including references to relevant sections, articles documenting the fulfilment of a given criterion.
(c) Two separate tables, one for applicable general and one for applicable priority linked ex-ante conditionalities which are completely unfulfilled or partially unfulfilled providing each the following information:(i) identification of the criteria not fulfilled; (ii) actions to be taken for the fulfilment of each of those criteria; (iii) deadlines for these actions; and (iv) bodies responsible for the fulfilment.
(a) Where relevant, information on the selection of the indicators as referred to in Article 14(2), of milestones, of key implementation steps, as well as of the allocation of the performance reserve. The target-setting shall be justified under the strategy, in accordance with point 5(a). (b) A table setting out for each priority the allocation of the performance reserve, and for each indicator: (i) targets for 2023. Targets shall not take into account additional national financing as referred to in points 12, and state aid in the form of additional national funding as referred to in point 13; (ii) milestones for 2018 based on the targets.
(a) legal basis. (b) general description of the measure including its intervention logic and contribution to focus areas and cross-cutting objectives. (c) scope, level of support, eligible beneficiaries, and where relevant, methodology for calculation of the amount or support rate broken down by sub-measure and/or type of operation where necessary. For each type of operation specification of eligible costs, eligibility conditions, applicable amounts and support rates and principles with regard to the setting of selection criteria. Where support is provided to a financial instrument implemented under points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 38(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, description of the type of financial instrument, general categories of final recipients, general categories of eligible costs, maximum level of support and principles with regard to the setting of selection criteria. (d) description of the verifiability and controllability of the measures and/or types of operations: (i) risk(s) in the implementation of the measures and/or type of operations; (ii) mitigating actions; (iii) overall assessment of the measure and/or type of operations.’
For the measure under Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, the description shall include a table illustrating the relation between agri-environment-climate commitments and the methods of their verification and control. (e) description specific to each measure and/or type of operation as follows: 1. Knowledge transfer and information actions (Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) definition of appropriate capacities of bodies providing knowledge transfer services to carry out their tasks in the form of staff qualifications and regular training; definition of the duration and content of farm and forest exchange schemes and visits as referred to in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014.
2. Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services (Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) general principles to ensure appropriate resources in the form of regularly trained and qualified staff and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the field of advice. Identification of the elements that the advice will cover.
3. Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) indication of eligible quality schemes, including farm certification schemes, for agricultural products, cotton or foodstuffs recognized at national level and confirmation that these quality schemes are fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; indication of eligible voluntary agricultural product certification schemes recognized by the Member State as meeting the Union best practice guidelines.
4. Investments in physical assets (Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) definition of non productive investments; definition of collective investments; definition of integrated projects; definition and identification of the eligible Natura 2000 sites and other eligible areas of high nature value; description of the targeting of the support to farms in accordance with the SWOT carried out in relation to the priority referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; list of new requirements imposed by Union legislation for complying with which support may be granted under Article 17(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; where relevant, the minimum standards for energy efficiency referred to in Article 13(c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014; where relevant, definition of the thresholds referred to in Article 13(e) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014.
5. Farm and business development (Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) definition of small farm referred to in Article 19(1)(a)(iii) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; definition of upper and lower thresholds as referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 19(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; specific conditions for support for young farmers where they are not setting up as a sole head of the holding in accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014; information on the application of the grace period referred to in Article 2(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014; summary of the requirements of the business plan; use of the possibility to combine different measures through the business plan giving access of the young farmer to those measures; domains of diversification covered.
6. Basic services and village reveal in rural areas (Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) Definition of small scale infrastructure, including small scale tourism infrastructure as referred to in Article 20(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; if applicable, specific derogation allowing to support bigger scale infrustructure for investments in broad band and renewable energy; the minimum standards for energy efficiency referred to in Article 13(c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014; definition of the thresholds referred to in Article 13(e) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014.
7. Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests (Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) definition and justification of the holding size above which support will be conditional on the submission of a forest management plan or equivalent instrument in line with sustainable forest management; definition of an "equivalent instrument".
Afforestation and creation of woodlands Identification of species, areas and methods to be used to avoid inappropriate afforestation as referred to in Article 6(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014, including the description of the environmental and climatic conditions of the areas in which afforestation is foreseen as referred to in Article 6(b) of that Regulation; definition of the minimum environmental requirements referred to in Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014.
Establishment of agro-forestry systems Specification of minimum and maximum number of trees to be planted and, when mature, to be retained, per hectare and forest species to be used as referred to in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; indication of expected environmental benefits of the supported systems.
Prevention and restoration of damage from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events Where relevant, list of species of organisms harmful to plants which may cause a disaster; identification of forest areas classified as being at medium to high risk of forest fire according to the relevant forest protection plan; in case of preventive actions concerning pests and diseases, description of a relevant disaster occurrence, supported by scientific evidence, including, where relevant, recommendations on dealing with pests and diseases made by scientific organisations.
Investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems Definition of types of eligible investment and their expected environmental outcome and/or public amenity value.
8. Setting up of producer groups and organisations (Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) Description of the official procedure for recognising the groups and organisations.
9. Agri-environment-climate (Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) Identification and definition of the relevant baseline elements; this shall include the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549 ).Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608 ).the minimum requirements for fertilisers must include, inter alia, the Codes of Good Practice introduced by Council Directive 91/676/EEC Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1 ).Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71 ).a table illustrating the relation between agri-environment-climate commitments and relevant usual farming practices and the relevant elements of the reference level (baseline elements), i.e. good agricultural and environmental conditions and statutory management requirements, minimum requirements for fertilisers and pesticides, other relevant national/regional requirements, and minimum activities. list of local breeds in danger of being lost to farming and of plant genetic resources under threat of genetic erosion; description of the methodology and of the agronomic assumptions and parameters including the description of the baseline requirements as referred to in Article 28(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, which are relevant for each particular type of commitment used as reference for the calculations justifying additional costs, income foregone resulting from the commitment made and level of the transaction costs; where relevant, that methodology shall take into account aid granted under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, including payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, in order to exclude double funding; where appropriate, the conversion method used for other units in accordance with Article 9 of this Regulation.
10. Organic farming (Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) Identification and definition of the relevant baseline elements; this shall include the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the relevant criteria and minimum activities established pursuant to Article 4(1)(c)(ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the relevant minimum requirements for fertilisers and plant protection products use, and other relevant mandatory requirements established by national law; Description of the methodology and of the agronomic assumptions and parameters including the description of the baseline requirements referred to in Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 which are relevant for each particular type of commitment, used as reference for the calculations justifying additional costs, income foregone resulting from the commitment made and level of the transaction costs; where relevant, that methodology shall take into account aid granted under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, including payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, in order to exclude double funding; where appropriate, the conversion method used for other units in accordance with Article 9 of this Regulation.
11. Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive ("WFD") payments (Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) for Natura 2000: the areas designated to implement Council Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7 ).in case other delimited nature protection areas with environmental restrictions are chosen to be supported within this measure, specification of the sites and contribution to the implementation of Article 10 of Directive 92/43/EEC; for WFD payments: definition of major changes in type of land use and description of the links with the programmes of measures of the river basin management plan referred to in Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1 ).identification and definition of the baseline elements; for Natura 2000 payments this shall include the good agricultural and environmental condition referred to in Article 94 and Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and the relevant criteria and minimum activities referred to in Article 4(1)(c)(ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013; for WFD payments this shall include mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and the relevant criteria and minimum activities established pursuant to Article 4(1)(c)(ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013; indication of the link between the implementation of the measure and the Prioritized Action Framwework (Art 8(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC); identification of the restrictions/disadvantages based on which payments can be granted and indication of compulsory practices; description of the methodology and the agronomic assumptions including the description of the baseline requirements referred to in Article 30(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 for Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC and in Article 30(4) of that Regulation for the WFD used as reference for the calculations justifying additional costs and income foregone resulting from the disadvantages in the areas concerned related to the implementation of Directives 92/43/EEC, 2009/147/EC and the WFD; where relevant, that methodology shall take into account payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment granted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, in order to exclude double funding.
12. Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints (Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) definition of the threshold level of area per holding on the basis of which the Member State calculates degressivity of payments;
Designation of areas facing natural and other specific constraints description of the local unit-level applied for the designation of the areas; description of the application of the method including the criteria referred to in Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 for the delimitation of the three categories of areas referred to in that Article including the description and results of the fine-tuning exercise for areas facing natural and other specific constraints other than mountain areas.
13. Animal welfare (Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) definition and identification of the national and the Union requirements corresponding to the mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; description of the methodology and of the agronomic/zoo-technical assumptions and parameters, including the description of the baseline requirements referred to in Article 33(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 which are relevant for each particular type of commitment, used as reference for the calculations justifying additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitment made.
14. Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation (Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) Definition and justification of the holding size above which support will be conditional on the submission of a forest management plan or equivalent instrument; definition of an "equivalent instrument"; identification of relevant mandatory requirements established by the national forestry act or other relevant national legislation; description of the methodology and of the assumptions and parameters, including the description of the baseline requirements as referred to in Article 34(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 which are relevant for each particular type of commitment, used as reference for the calculations justifying additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitment made.
15. Cooperation (Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) Specification of the characteristics of pilot projects, clusters, networks, short supply chains and local markets.
16. Risk management (Articles 36.37 and 38 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) Description of mechanisms to ensure that no overcompensation takes place.
Crop, animal, and plant insurance Description of conditions for insurance contracts to be eligible for support, to include at least: (a) particular risks insured against, (b) particular economic losses covered;
rules to be used for establishing the calculation of the proportion of the average annual production of a farmer which has been destroyed.
Mutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents Principles for funding arrangements, constitution and management of the mutual funds, to include in particular: (a) the list of adverse climatic events, animal or plant diseases, pest infestations or environmental incidents which may give rise to compensation to be paid to farmers, including geographical scope where appropriate, (b) the criteria for assessing whether a given event shall give rise to the payment of compensation to farmers, (c) the methods for calculating the additional costs which constitute economic losses, (d) the calculation of the administrative costs, (e) the method to be used for establishing the calculation of the proportion of the average annual production of a farmer which has been destroyed, (f) any limits to the costs that are eligible for a financial contribution;
where the source of the financial compensation to be paid by the mutual fund is a commercial loan, minimum and maximum duration of the commercial loan.
Income stabilisation tool Principles for funding arrangements, constitution and management of the mutual funds, for granting of compensation payments to farmers, to include in particular: (a) the calculation of the administrative costs, (b) rules to be used for establishing the calculation of the drop in income, (c) any limits to the costs that are eligible for a financial contribution;
where the source of the financial compensation to be paid by the mutual fund is a commercial loan, minimum and maximum duration of the commercial loan.
17. Community-led local development (LEADER) (Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, Articles 43 and 44 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) description of the obligatory community-led local development (hereafter "CLLD") elements of which the LEADER measure is composed: preparatory support, implementation of operations under the CLLD strategy, preparation and implementation of cooperation activities of the local action group (hereafter "LAG"), running costs and animation, referred to in Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; description of the use of the LEADER start-up-kit referred to in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 as specific type of preparatory support, if relevant; description of the system for ongoing application for LEADER cooperation projects referred to in Article 44(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; the procedure and the timetable to select the local development strategies; justification for selection of geographical areas for local development strategy implementation whose population falls outside the limits laid down in Article 33(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; coordination with the other European Structural and Investment (hereafter "ESI") Funds as regards CLLD, including possible solution applied with regard to the use of the lead fund option, and any global complementarities between the ESI Funds in financing the preparatory support; possibility or not of paying advances; definition of the tasks of the Managing Authority, the paying agency and the LAGs under LEADER, in particular with regard to a non-discriminatory and transparent selection procedure and objective criteria for the selection of operations referred to in Article 34(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; description of coordination mechanisms foreseen and complementarities ensured with operations supported under other rural development measures especially as regards: investments in non-agricultural activities and business start-up aid under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, investments under Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and cooperation under Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 in particular implementation of local development strategies by public-private partnerships.
(a) activities needed to evaluate the contribution of each RDP Union priority as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 to the rural development objectives laid down in Article 4 of that Regulation, assessment of result and impact indicator values, analysis of net effects, thematic issues, including sub-programmes, cross-cutting issues, national rural network, contribution of CLLD strategies; (b) planned support for evaluation at LAG level; (c) programme specific elements such as work needed to develop methodologies or to address specific policy areas.
(i) for all types of the regions referred to in Article 59(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, (ii) for the amounts referred to in Article 59(4)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and funds transferred to the EAFRD, referred to in Article 58(6) of that Regulation, (iii) for resources allocated to the performance reserve in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013;
(i) total Union contribution, EAFRD contribution rate, and indicative breakdown of the total Union contribution by focus area The indicative breakdown of the total Union contribution by focus area is to be used within the context of the contribution of the rural development programme to the thematic objectives and climate change objectives referred to in Article 15(1)(a)(iv) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, of suspensions referred to in Articles 19(5) and 22(6) of that Regulation and, where relevant, of the calculation of amounts to be reserved under Article 59(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. (ii) for the measures referred to in Articles 17 and 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 the total Union contribution reserved for operations referred to in Article 59(6) of that Regulation, (iii) for technical assistance the total Union contribution and the EAFRD contribution rate used in accordance with Article 51(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, (iv) for the expenditure related to legal commitments to beneficiaries incurred under the measures of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, which have no correspondence in the programming period 2014 to 2020, the total Union contribution and the EAFRD contribution rate.
(a) by focus area, the quantified targets accompanied by planned outputs and planned total public expenditure of the measures selected to address the focus area; (b) for agriculture and forestry the detailed calculation of the targets of priorities laid down in Article 5(4) and Article 5(5)(d) and (e) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; (c) qualitatively, the additional contribution of measures to other focus areas.
other Union instruments and, in particular with ESI Funds and Pillar 1, including greening, and other instruments of the common agricultural policy; where a Member State has opted to submit a national programme and a set of regional programmes as referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, information on complementarity between them.
(a) the designation by the Member State of all authorities referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and a summary description of the management and control structure of the programme referred to in Article 8(1)(m)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and arrangements under Article 74(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; (b) the envisaged composition of the Monitoring Committee; (c) provisions to ensure that the programme is publicised, including through the national rural network, making reference to the information and publicity strategy referred to in Article 13; (d) description of mechanisms to ensure coherence with regard to local development strategies implemented under LEADER, activities envisaged under the cooperation measure referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, the basic services and village renewal in rural areas measure referred to in Article 20 of that Regulation, and other ESI Funds; (e) description of actions to achieve a reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; (f) description of the use of technical assistance including actions related to the preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and control of the programme and its implementation, as well as the activities concerning previous or subsequent programming periods as referred to in Article 59(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.
(a) the procedure and the timetable for establishing the national rural network (hereinafter "NRN"); (b) the planned organisation of the NRN, namely the way organisations and administrations involved in rural development, including the partners, as referred to in Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 will be involved and how the networking activities will be facilitated; (c) a summary description of the main categories of activity to be undertaken by the NRN in accordance with the objectives of the programme; (d) the resources available for establishing and operating the NRN.
statement by the Managing Authority and the paying agency on the verifiability and controllability of the measures supported under the RDP; statement by the functionally independent body referred to in Article 62(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 confirming the adequacy and accuracy of the calculations of standard costs, additional costs and income foregone.
description of the transitional conditions by measure; indicative carry-over table.
(a) Analysis based on the SWOT methodology containing the following sections: (i) comprehensive overall description of the theme of the sub-programme using common and programme-specific context indicators and qualitative information; (ii) strengths identified with regard to the theme of the sub-programme; (iii) weaknesses with regard to the theme of the sub-programme; (iv) opportunities with regard to the theme of the sub-programme; (v) threats with regard to the theme of the sub-programme;
(b) needs assessment, based on evidence from the SWOT analysis, for each priority and focus area and the three cross-cutting objectives (environment, climate change mitigation and adaption, innovation) to which the thematic sub-programme contributes.
(a) Where not all the needs identified under point 20(1)(b) can be addressed by the thematic sub-programme, a justification of the needs selected to be addressed and the choice of objectives, priorities and focus areas based on evidence from the SWOT and the needs assessment; (b) the combination and justification of the rural development measures for each focus area to which the thematic sub-programme contributes, including the justification of the financial allocations to the measures and the adequacy of the financial ressources with the targets set as referred to in Article 8(1)(c)(ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. The combination of measures included in the intervention logic shall be based on the evidence from the SWOT analysis and, where relevant, justification and prioritisation of needs under point (a); (c) a description of how the cross-cutting themes will be addressed, including the specific requirements referred to in Article 8(1)(c)(v) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; (d) a summary table of the intervention logic showing the priorities and focus areas selected for the sub-programme, the quantified targets, and the combination of measures to be used to achieve them, including the planned expenditure. The summary table shall be automatically generated from the information provided in point 5(b) and point 11, using the characteristics of SFC2014.
(a) By focus area, quantified targets accompanied by planned outputs and planned total public expenditure of the measures selected to address the focus area; (b) for agriculture and forestry, the detailed calculation of the targets of priorities laid down in Article 5(4) and Article 5(5)(d) and (e) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
(a) Legal basis. (b) General description of the measure including general principles for its intervention logic and contribution to focus areas and cross-cutting objectives. (c) Scope, level of support, eligible beneficiaries, and where relevant, methodology for calculation of the amount or support rate broken down by sub-measure and/or type of operation where necessary. For each type of operation specification of eligible costs, eligibility conditions, applicable amounts and support rates and principles with regard to the setting of selection criteria. Where support is provided to a financial instrument implemented under points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 38(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, description of the type of financial instrument, general categories of final recipients, general categories of eligible costs, maximum level of support and principles with regard to the setting of selection criteria. (d) General principles for verifiability and controllability of the measures and, where relevant, the methodology for the calculation of the amount of support. (e) Where relevant, description specific to each measure referred to in point 8(2) of Part 1.
(a) geographical area covered by the programme; (b) classification of the region.
(a) The annual EAFRD contribution; (b) the total Union contribution and the EAFRD contribution rate.
(a) The designation by the Member State of all authorities referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and a summary description of the management and control structure of the programme referred to in Article 8(1)(m)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and arrangements under Article 74(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; (b) the envisaged composition of the Monitoring Committee; (c) description of the monitoring and evaluation system.
(a) the procedure and the timetable for establishing the NRN; (b) the planned establishment and operation of the NRN, namely the way organisations and administrations involved in rural development, including the partnership referred to in Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 will be involved and how the networking activities will be facilitated. Where a Member State has opted to support the NRN from the NRN specific programme and regional programmes, information on complementarity between them; (c) a summary description of the main categories of activities to be undertaken by the NRN in accordance with the objectives of the programme; (d) the resources available for establishing and operating the NRN.
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| Measure under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 | Measure code under this Regulation | Sub-measure for programming purposes | Sub-measure code under this Regulation | |
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| Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | knowledge transfer and information actions | support for vocational training and skills acquisition actions | 1.1 | |
| support for demonstration activities and information actions | 1.2 | |||
| support for short-term farm and forest management exchange as well as farm and forest visits | 1.3 | |||
| Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | advisory services, farm management and farm relief services | support to help benefiting from the use of advisory services | 2.1 | |
| support for the setting up of farm management, farm relief and farm advisory services as well as forestry advisory services | 2.2 | |||
| support for training of advisors | 2.3 | |||
| Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs | support for new participation in quality schemes | 3.1 | |
| support for information and promotion activities implemented by groups of producers in the internal market | 3.2 | |||
| Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | investments in physical assets | support for investments in agricultural holdings | 4.1 | |
| support for investments in processing/marketing and/or development of agricultural products | 4.2 | |||
| support for investments in infrastructure related to development, modernisation or adaptation of agriculture and forestry | 4.3 | |||
| support for non-productive investments linked to the achievement of agri-environment-climate objectives | 4.4 | |||
| Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introduction of appropriate prevention | support for investments in preventive actions aimed at reducing the consequences of probable natural disasters, adverse climatic events and catastrophic events | 5.1 | |
| support for investments for the restoration of agricultural land and production potential damaged by natural disasters, adverse climatic events and catastrophic events | 5.2 | |||
| Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | farm and business development | business start up aid for young farmers | 6.1 | |
| business start up aid for non-agricultural activities in rural areas | 6.2 | |||
| business start up aid for the development of small farms | 6.3 | |||
| support for investments in creation and development of non-agricultural activities | 6.4 | |||
| payments for farmers eligible for the small farmers scheme who permanently transfer their holding to another farmer | 6.5 | |||
| Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | basic services and village renewal in rural areas | support for drawing up and updating of plans for the development of municipalities and villages in rural areas and their basic services and of protection and management plans relating to Natura 2000 sites and other areas of high nature value | 7.1 | |
| support for investments in the creation, improvement or expansion of all types of small scale infrastructure, including investments in renewable energy and energy saving | 7.2 | |||
| support for broadband infrastructure, including its creation, improvement and expansion, passive broadband infrastructure and provision of access to broadband and public e-government | 7.3 | |||
| support for investments in the setting-up, improvement or expansion of local basic services for the rural population including leisure and culture, and the related infrastructure | 7.4 | |||
| support for investments for public use in recreational infrastructure, tourist information and small scale tourism infrastructure | 7.5 | |||
| support for studies/investments associated with the maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the cultural and natural heritage of villages, rural landscapes and high nature value sites including related socioeconomic aspects, as well as environmental awareness actions | 7.6 | |||
| support for investments targeting the relocation of activities and conversion of buildings or other facilities located inside or close to rural settlements, with a view to improving the quality of life or increasing the environmental performance of the settlement | 7.7 | |||
| others | 7.8 | |||
| Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests | support for afforestation/creation of woodland | 8.1 | |
| support for establishment and maintenance of agro-forestry systems | 8.2 | |||
| support for prevention of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events | 8.3 | |||
| support for restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events | 8.4 | |||
| support for investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems | 8.5 | |||
| support for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forest products | 8.6 | |||
| Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | setting up of producer groups and organisations | setting up of producer groups and organisations in the agriculture and forestry sectors | 9 | |
| Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | agri-environment-climate | payment for agri-environment-climate commitments | 10.1 | |
| support for conservation and sustainable use and development of genetic resources in agriculture | 10.2 | |||
| Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | organic farming | payment to convert to organic farming practices and methods | 11.1 | |
| payment to maintain organic farming practices and methods | 11.2 | |||
| Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments | compensation payment for Natura 2000 agricultural areas | 12.1 | |
| compensation payment for Natura 2000 forest areas | 12.2 | |||
| compensation payment for agricultural areas included in river basin management plans | 12.3 | |||
| Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints | compensation payment in mountain areas | 13.1 | |
| compensation payment for other areas facing significant natural constraints | 13.2 | |||
| compensation payment to other areas affected by specific constraints | 13.3 | |||
| Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | animal welfare | payment for animal welfare | 14 | |
| Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation | payment for forest-environmental and climate commitments | 15.1 | |
| support for the conservation and promotion of forest genetic resources | 15.2 | |||
| Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | cooperation | support for the establishment and operation of operational groups of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability | 16.1 | |
| support for pilot projects and for the development of new products, practices, processes and technologies | 16.2 | |||
| cooperation among small operators in organising joint work processes and sharing facilities and resources, and for developing and marketing tourism | 16.3 | |||
| support for horizontal and vertical cooperation among supply chain actors for the establishment and development of short supply chains and local markets and for promotion activities in a local context relating to the development of short supply chains and local markets | 16.4 | |||
| support for joint action undertaken with a view to mitigating or adapting to climate change and for joint approaches to environmental projects and ongoing environmental practices | 16.5 | |||
| support for cooperation among supply chain actors for sustainable provision of biomass for use in food and energy production and industrial processes | 16.6 | |||
| support for non-CLLD strategies | 16.7 | |||
| support for drawing up of forest management plans or equivalent instruments | 16.8 | |||
| support for diversification of farming activities into activities concerning health care, social integration, community-supported agriculture and education about the environment and food | 16.9 | |||
| others | 16.10 | |||
| Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | risk management | crop, animal and plant insurance premium | 17.1 | |
| mutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents | 17.2 | |||
| income stabilisation tool | 17.3 | |||
| Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia | financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia | 18 | |
| Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 | support for LEADER local development (CLLD) | preparatory support | 19.1 | |
| support for implementation of operations under the CLLD strategy | 19.2 | |||
| preparation and implementation of cooperation activities of the local action group | 19.3 | |||
| support for running costs and animation | 19.4 | |||
| Articles 51 to 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 | technical assistance | Support for technical assistance (other than NRN) | 20.1 | |
| support for establishing and operating the NRN | 20.2 | |||
| Priority | Article of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013/focus area code | Focus area |
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| Priority 1: Fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry, and rural areas | Article 5(1)(a) = focus area 1A | Fostering innovation, cooperation, and the development of the knowledge base in rural areas |
| Article 5(1)(b) = focus area 1B | Strengthening the links between agriculture, food production and forestry and research and innovation, including for the purpose of improved environmental management and performance | |
| Article 5(1)(c) = focus area 1C | Fostering lifelong learning and vocational training in the agricultural and forestry sectors | |
| Priority 2: Enhancing farm viability and competitiveness of all types of agriculture in all regions and promoting innovative farm technologies and sustainable management of forest | Article 5(2)(a) = focus area 2A | Improving the economic performance of all farms and facilitating farm restructuring and modernisation, notably with a view to increasing market participation and orientation as well as agricultural diversification |
| Article 5(2)(b) = focus area 2B | Facilitating the entry of adequately skilled farmers into the agricultural sector and, in particular, generational renewal | |
| Priority 3: Promoting food chain organisation, including processing and marketing of agricultural products, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture | Article 5(3)(a) = focus area 3A | Improving competitiveness of primary producers by better integrating them into the agri-food chain through quality schemes, adding value to agricultural products, promotion in local markets and short supply circuits, producer groups and organisations and inter-branch organisations |
| Article 5(3)(b) = focus area 3B | Supporting farm risk prevention and management | |
| Priority 4: Restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry | Article 5(4)(a) = focus area 4A | Restoring, preserving and enhancing biodiversity, including in Natura 2000 areas, and in areas facing natural or other specific constraints, and high nature value farming, as well as the state of European landscapes |
| Article 5(4)(b) = focus area 4B | Improving water management, including fertiliser and pesticide management | |
| Article 5(4)(c) = focus area 4C | Preventing soil erosion and improving soil management | |
| Priority 5: Promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in agriculture, food and forestry sectors | Article 5(5)(a) = focus area 5A | Increasing efficiency in water use by agriculture |
| Article 5(5)(b) = focus area 5B | Increasing efficiency in energy use in agriculture and food processing | |
| Article 5(5)(c) = focus area 5C | Facilitating the supply and use of renewable sources of energy, of by-products, wastes and residues and of other non-food raw material, for the purposes of the bio-economy | |
| Article 5(5)(d) = focus area 5D | Reducing greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from agriculture | |
| Article 5(5)(e) = focus area 5E | Fostering carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry | |
| Priority 6: Promoting social inclusion poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas | Article 5(6)(a) = focus area 6A | Facilitating diversification, creation and development of small enterprises, as well as job creation |
| Article 5(6)(b) = focus area 6B | Fostering local development in rural areas | |
| Article 5(6)(c) = focus area 6C | Enhancing the accessibility, use and quality of information and communication technologies (ICT) in rural areas |
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(a) the aims of the strategy and its target groups; (b) a description of the content of the information and publicity actions; (c) the indicative budget of the strategy; (d) a description of the administrative bodies, including the staff resources, responsible for implementing the information and publicity actions; (e) a description of the role played by the NRN and how its communication plan referred to in Article 54(3)(vi) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 will contribute to the implementation of the strategy; (f) a description of how the information and publicity actions shall be assessed in terms of visibility and awareness of the policy framework, programmes and operations, and of the role played by the EAFRD and the Union; (g) an annual update setting out the information and publicity activities to be carried out in the following year.
(a) the funding opportunities and the launching of calls under the RDPs; (b) the administrative procedures to be followed in order to qualify for financing under a RDP; (c) the procedures for examining applications for financing; (d) the eligibility conditions and/or criteria for selecting and evaluating the projects to be financed; (e) the names of persons or contacts at national, regional or local level who can explain the way RDPs work and the criteria for selecting and evaluating the operations; (f) the responsibility of beneficiaries to inform the public about the aim of the operation and the support from the EAFRD to the operation in accordance with section 2 of Part 1. The Managing Authority may request potential beneficiaries to propose indicative communication activities, proportional to the size of the operation, in the applications; (g) the procedures for the examination of complaints under Article 74(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.
(a) partners as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; (b) information centers on Europe, as well as Commission representation offices, and Information offices of the European Parliament in Member States; (c) educational and research institutions.
(a) the Union emblem; (b) a reference to the support from the EAFRD.
(a) providing on the beneficiary’s website for professional use, where such a website exists, a short description of the operation where a link between the purpose of the website and the support provided to the operation can be established, proportionate to the level of support, including its aims and results, and highlighting the financial support from the Union; (b) for operations not falling under point (c) the total public support of which exceeds EUR 50000 , placing at least a poster (minimum size A3) or plaque with information about the project, highlighting the financial support from the Union, at a location readily visible to the public. However, Member States may decide that this requirement shall not apply to, or that the threshold shall be increased for, operations under points (a) and (b) of Article 21(1) (concerning income forgone and maintenance costs) and Articles 28 to 31, 33, 34 and 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Member States may also decide that this requirement shall not apply to, or that the threshold shall be increased for, other operations which do not result in an investment where, because of the nature of the operation funded, it is not possible to identify a suitable location for the poster or plaque. An explanatory plaque shall be installed in the premises of the local action groups financed by LEADER;(c) putting up, at a location readily visible to the public, a temporary billboard of a significant size for each operation consisting of the financing of infrastructure or construction operations for which the total public support to the operation exceeds EUR 500000 .
(i) the total public support to the operation exceeds EUR 500000 ;(ii) the operation consists of the purchase of a physical object or of the financing of infrastructure or of construction operations.
(a) the Union emblem in accordance with the graphic standards as presented on http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/emblem/download_en.htm, together with an explanation of the Union’s role, by means of the following statement: "The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas". (b) for the actions and measures financed by LEADER, the LEADER logo: ++ LEADER logo++
(a) mention the contribution of the EAFRD at least on the home page; (b) include a hyperlink to the Commission website concerning EAFRD.
| Number | Output indicators | Measure codes (Articles of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) |
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| O.1 | All measures | |
| O.2 | 4 (Article 17), 5 (Article 18), 6.4 (Article 19), 7.2 to 7.8 (Article 20), 8.5 and 8.6 (Article 21) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.3 | 1 (Article 14), 2 (Article 15), 4 (Article 17), 7 (Article 20), 8.5 and 8.6 (Article 21), 9 (Article 27), 17.2 and 17.3 (Article 36) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.4 | 3 (Article 16), 4.1 (Article 17), 5 (Article 18), 6 (Article 19), 8.1 to 8.4 (Article 21), 11 (Article 29), 12 (Article 30), 13 (Article 31), 14 (Article 33), 17.1 (Article 36) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.5 | 4 (Article 17), 8.1 to 8.5 (Article 21), 10 (Article 28), 11 (Article 29), 12 (Article 30), 13 (Article 31), 15 (Article 34) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.6 | 10 (Article 28) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.7 | 10 (Article 28), 15 (Article 34) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.8 | 14 (Article 33), 4 (Article 17) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.9 | 9 (Article 27), 16.4 (Article 35), 17.2 and 17.3 (Article 36) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.10 | 17.2 and 17.3 (Article 36) (Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.11 | 1 (Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.12 | 1 (Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.13 | 2 (Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.14 | 2 (Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.15 | 7 (Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.16 | 16 (Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.17 | 16 (Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.18 | 19 (Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) | |
| O.19 | 19 (Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) | |
| O.20 | 19 (Article 35(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) | |
| O.21 | 19 (Article 35(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) | |
| O.22 | 19 (Article 35(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) | |
| O.23 | 19 (Article 35(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) | |
| O.24 | Networking (Article 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.25 | Networking (Article 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) | |
| O.26 | Networking (Article 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) |
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| Priority 2 (P2) | Total Public Expenditure P2 (EUR) | O.1 |
| Number of agricultural holdings with RDP support for investment in restructuring or modernisation (focus area 2A) + holdings with RDP supported business development plan/investment for young farmers (focus area 2B) | O.4 | |
| Total Public Expenditure P3 (EUR) | O.1 | |
| Number of supported agricultural holdings receiving support for participating in quality schemes, local markets/short supply circuits, and producer groups (focus area 3A) | O.4, O.9 | |
| Number of agricultural holdings participating in risk management schemes (focus area 3B) | O.4, O.9 | |
| Total Public Expenditure P4 (EUR) | O.1 | |
| Agricultural land under management contracts contributing to biodiversity (focus area 4A) + improving water management (focus area 4B) + improving soil management and/preventing soil erosion (focus area 4C) | O.5 | |
| Total Public Expenditure P5 (EUR) | O.1 | |
| Number of investment operations in energy savings and efficiency (focus area 5B) + in renewable energy production (focus area 5C) | O.3 | |
| Agricultural and forest land under management to foster carbon sequestration/conservation (focus area 5E) + Agricultural land under management contracts targeting reduction of GHG and/or ammonia emissions (focus area 5D) + Irrigated land switching to more efficient irrigation system (focus area 5A) | O.5 | |
| Total Public Expenditure P6 (EUR) | O.1 | |
| Number of operations supported to improve basic services and infrastructures in rural areas (focus areas 6B and 6C) | O.3 | |
| Population covered by LAG (focus area 6B) | O.18 |
1. Focus area 1A: To what extent have RDP interventions supported innovation, cooperation and the development of the knowledge base in rural areas? 2. Focus area 1B: To what extent have RDP interventions supported the strengthening of links between agriculture, food production and forestry and research and innovation, including for the purpose of improved environmental management and performance? 3. Focus area 1C: To what extent have RDP interventions supported lifelong learning and vocational training in the agriculture and forestry sectors? 4. Focus area 2A: To what extent have RDP interventions contributed to improving the economic performance, restructuring and modernization of supported farms in particular through increasing their market participation and agricultural diversification? 5. Focus area 2B: To what extent have RDP interventions supported the entry of adequately skilled farmers into the agricultural sector and in particular, generational renewal? 6. Focus area 3A: To what extent have RDP interventions contributed to improving the competitiveness of supported primary producers by better integrating them into the agri-food chain through quality schemes, adding value to the agricultural products, promoting local markets and short supply circuits, producer groups and inter-branch organization? 7. Focus area 3B: To what extent have RDP interventions supported farm risk prevention and management? 8. Focus area 4A: To what extent have RDP interventions supported the restoration, preservation and enhancement of biodiversity including in Natura 2000 areas, areas facing natural or other specific constraints and HNV farming, and the state of European landscape? 9. Focus area 4B: To what extent have RDP interventions supported the improvement of water management, including fertilizer and pesticide management? 10. Focus area 4C: To what extent have RDP interventions supported the prevention of soil erosion and improvement of soil management? 11. Focus area 5A: To what extent have RDP interventions contributed to increasing efficiency in water use by agriculture? 12. Focus area 5B: To what extent have RDP interventions contributed to increasing efficiency in energy use in agriculture and food processing? 13. Focus area 5C: To what extent have RDP interventions contributed to the supply and use of renewable sources of energy, of by-products, wastes, residues and other non-food raw material for purposes of the bio-economy? 14. Focus area 5D: To what extent have RDP interventions contributed to reducing GHG and ammonia emissions from agriculture? 15. Focus area 5E: To what extent have RDP interventions supported carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry? 16. Focus area 6A: To what extent have RDP interventions supported the diversification, creation and development of small enterprises and job creation? 17. Focus area 6B: To what extent have RDP interventions supported local development in rural areas? 18. Focus area 6C: To what extent have RDP interventions enhanced the accessibility, use and quality of information and communication technologies (ICT) in rural areas?
19. To what extent have the synergies among priorities and focus areas enhanced the effectiveness of the RDP? 20. To what extent has technical assistance contributed to achieving the objectives laid down in Article 59 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013? 21. To what extent has the NRN contributed to achieving the objectives laid down in Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013?
22. To what extent has the RDP contributed to achieving the EU 2020 headline target of raising the employment rate of the population aged 20 to 64 to at least 75 %? 23. To what extent has the RDP contributed to achieving the EU2020 headline target of investing 3 % of EU’s GDP in research and development and innovation? 24. To what extent has the RDP contributed to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to achieving the EU 2020 headline target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 % compared to 1990 levels, or by 30 % if the conditions are right, to increasing the share of renewable energy in final energy consumption to 20 %, and achieving 20 % increase in energy efficiency? 25. To what extent has the RDP contributed to achieving the EU 2020 headline target of reducing the number of Europeans living below the national poverty line? 26. To what extent has the RDP contributed to improving the environment and to achieving the EU biodiversity strategy target of halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services, and to restore them? 27. To what extent has the RDP contributed to the CAP objective of fostering the competitiveness of agriculture? 28. To what extent has the RDP contributed to the CAP objective of ensuring sustainable management of natural resources and climate action? 29. To what extent has the RDP contributed to the CAP objective of achieving a balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities including the creation and maintenance of employment? 30. To what extent has the RDP contributed to fostering innovation?
(1) Fiches for each of the common indicators, which include a definition of the indicator; the link to the intervention logic; the unit of measurement; methodology used to obtain values; the data required and the sources of the data; information on data collection including the body responsible and the frequency of data collection; reporting requirements. (2) Methodological guidance to support Member States and evaluators in fulfilling the requirements of the monitoring and evaluation system, covering its various components, including evaluation methodologies and approaches, and the provision of support on specific issues such as evaluation of CLLD. (3) Guidance on the ex ante evaluation of RDPs covering the purpose ofex ante evaluation, the process and roles of the actors involved, and the scope of the exercise and providing methodological support on suitable approaches and methods, and a toolbox of indicative templates.(4) Guidance on the preparation of evaluation plans covering the purpose and benefits of an evaluation plan, the elements which shall be included, and recommendations on appropriate processes to establish it. Considerations linked to governance and implementation are covered, as are indicative templates for aspects of the exercise. (5) Guidance on the use and establishment of proxy indicators, targeted particularly at regional RDPs, describing the purpose and characteristics of proxy indicators and identifying data and methods which could be used where proxies are required. (6) Guidance on the indicator plan covering the elements which shall be included, the rules to be applied and the template tables. (7) Guidance on the monitoring covering the elements which shall be included in the annual implementation reports, rules to be applied and the template tables. (8) Guidance on the assessment of values for the complementary result indicators, covering identification of the relevant population of projects, sampling strategies, appropriate methodologies, data sources and assessment techniques. (9) Guidance on assessing the impacts of RDPs, covering the purpose and use of the impact indicators, linkages between rural development policy and other policies and factors which affect impact indicator values, and proposed methods for estimating the net effect of rural development interventions. (10) Guidance on answering the common evaluation questions for rural development, including links to the intervention logic and common indicators, and proposing additional data, judgement criteria and a range of possible approaches which could be used to answer the questions. (11) Guidance on the ex post evaluation of 2014-2020 RDPs covering the purpose, process and scope of the exercise, providing methodological support and identifying good practices, and including indicative templates for aspects of the exercise.
Table A: Committed expenditure by measure and focus area Table B: Realised output indicators by measure and focus area Table C: Breakdown for relevant outputs and measures by type of area, gender and/or age Table D: Progress towards targets Table E: Monitoring of transitional measures Table F: Achievement of the performance framework indicators
(a) Description of any modifications made to the evaluation plan in the RDP during the year, with their justification. (b) A description of the evaluation activities undertaken during the year (in relation to section 3 of the evaluation plan).* (c) A description of activities undertaken in relation to the provision and management of data (in relation to section 4 of the evaluation plan).* (d) A list of completed evaluations, including references to where they have been published on-line. (e) A summary of completed evaluations, focussing on evaluation findings. (f) A description of communication activities undertaken in relation to publicising evaluation findings (in relation to section 6 of the evaluation plan).* (g) Description of the follow-up given to evaluation results (in relation to section 6 of the evaluation plan).*