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

The present report is the third 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 2007-2013 strategic guidelines for rural development.

This Commission report is based on the analysis and review of the summary reports submitted by the Member States in 2014 as well as on other available information, notably the financial and physical common monitoring indicators, and on the activities of the European Network for Rural Development. It provides a summary of the main developments, current trends and challenges undertaken for the implementation of the NSP and the Community Strategic Guidelines.

It is important to note that the data used in this report is aggregated from the beginning of the programming period in 2007 until the end of 2013. Although 2013 corresponds to the end of the programming period, this is not the end of its implementation, which extends until 31 December 2015. Significant numbers of operations will still be undertaken until that point, and a final overview of the programmes' achievements will not be available before the end of 2016.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2015)114: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2015:114:FIN

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)288: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:288:FIN

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