Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Second report on the implementation of the national strategy plans and the Community strategic guidelines for rural development (2007-2013)

This report is the second report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of the National Strategy Plans (NSP) and the Community strategic guidelines for rural development (2007-2013).

This Commission report is based on the analysis and appraisal of the summary reports submitted by Member States (MS) in 2012 as well as from other available information, notably the financial and physical common monitoring indicators and some outcomes from the European Network for Rural Development.

It provides a summary of the main current developments, trends and challenges relating to the implementation of the national strategy plans and the Community strategic guidelines.

It is important to note that the data used in the 2012 summary reports by MS are aggregates from the beginning of the programming period in 2007 to the end of 2011. The adjustments of the NSP and the related Rural Development Programmes (RDP) which followed the CAP-Health Check (HC) and the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP) finalised in 2010 are taken into consideration in this current report.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)640: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:640:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2013)335: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2013:335:FIN

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