Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy

This report concerns the implementation of information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (CAP) for 2013 and 2014.

Until 1 January 2014, the legal basis was Council Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 of 17 April 2000 on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy. This legal basis changed with the entry into force of 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.

Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 now includes the reference to information measures related to the CAP previously covered by Regulation (EC) No 814/2000. The objectives of the information measures as defined in Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 were:
- helping to explain the CAP as well as to implement and develop it
- promoting the European model of agriculture and helping people to understand it
- providing information for farmers and others living in rural areas
- raising public awareness of the issues and objectives of the CAP.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2016)37: Annexes http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2016:037:FIN

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