Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 628 final/2 for a Regulation Of The European Parliament And Of The Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy

The accession of Croatia to the EU is scheduled for 1 July 2013. Although the Act of Accession has not yet been ratified by all Member States, the Commission has recently updated its Multi-Annual Financial Framework proposals in view of Croatia's accession. A similar adjustment exercise should be prepared for the CAP reform proposals to ensure that once they are adopted, Croatia will be fully covered as a new Member State.

On 19 October 2011, the Commission adopted its proposal COM(2011) 628 final/2 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy. According to recital (70) of that proposal, the adoption of new rules on the publication of information on beneficiaries of the European agricultural funds which take account of the judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-92/09 and C-93/09 should be preceded by an in depth analysis and assessment by the Commission in order to find the most appropriate way to reconcile the right to protection of personal data of the beneficiaries with the need for transparency. Pending such an analysis and assessment, the current rules on transparency in the agricultural sector should be maintained. After having carried out the said analysis and assessment, the Commission is now ready to propose new provisions on the matter.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)551: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:551:FIN

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-the-financing-management-and-monitoring-of-the-common-agricultural-policy/

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