Press Release: Rural Development Next Generation: better, broader, simpler

The European Commission has adopted a proposal to reinforce the European Union's rural development policy and to greatly simplify its implementation. Reflecting citizens' demands to focus on the environment, food safety and quality, the Commission wants the EU's rural development policy to play a more important role in the new, reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The proposal will increase EU funding, amounting to total EU funding of €13.7 billion per year for 2007-2013. By introducing a single funding and programming instrument, the new policy will be much simpler to manage and control. Coherence, transparency and visibility will be increased. Member States and regions will have more freedom as to how to implement the programmes.

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http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/04/180&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/04/180&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

European Commission: Agriculture and Rural Development: Rural development http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rural-development-2014-2020/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/agriculture/capreform/rurdevprop_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/comm/agriculture/capreform/rurdevprop_en.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/agriculture/rur/publi/propimpact/text_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/comm/agriculture/rur/publi/propimpact/text_en.pdf

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