Press Release: CAP reform: European Commission adopts delegated acts

On the 11 March 2014, the European Commission adopted the first package of delegated acts for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aiming at making the CAP fairer, greener and more targeted.

Those texts supplement the four basic acts adopted on 13 December 2013 by the European Parliament and the Council for the reform of the CAP.

ESO: Background information: Eurobarometer survey finds broad support among Europeans for new CAP content http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eurobarometer-survey-finds-broad-support-among-europeans-for-new-cap-content/

ESO: Background information: CAP reform deal: MEPs ensure significant improvements in future farm policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/cap-reform-deal-meps-ensure-significant-improvements-in-future-farm-policy/

ESO: Background information: Commission to recover €335 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-to-recover-e335-million-of-cap-expenditure-from-the-member-states/

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/180: Delegated acts on the CAP Reform – an explanation of the main elements http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-180_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Political agreement on new direction for common agricultural policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-political-agreement-on-new-direction-for-common-agricultural-policy/

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