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New public consultation on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Consultation on modernising and simplifying the common agricultural policy (CAP)

The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was developed in the early sixties to translate in policy terms the objectives defined in the Treaty of Rome (1957), and subsequently taken over in the Treaty on the European Union. Like all other EU policies or programmes, the CAP is also subject to other provisions of the Treaty to ensure coherence with the overall objectives of the Union.

Article 39 of the Treaty (ex Article 33 TEC) specifies that the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy shall be:

(a) to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the optimum utilisation of the factors of production, in particular labour;

(b) thus to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, in particular by increasing the individual earnings of persons engaged in agriculture;

(c) to stabilise markets;

(d) to assure the availability of supplies;

(e) to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.

The CAP has undergone several waves of reforms, with the latest reform decided in 2013 and implemented in 2015. Since then, the context in which that reform was forged has shifted significantly. In particular:

Agricultural prices have fallen substantially and market uncertainty has increased, due amongst others to macroeconomic factors, geopolitical tensions, inhibiting a clear long-term planning of the sector
The emphasis of trade negotiations has moved more visibly from multilateral to bilateral deals, requiring a careful balancing of offensive and defensive interests, with due attention paid to certain sensitive sectors
The EU has signed up to new international commitments, especially those concerning climate change (through the 21^st Conference of Parties COP 21) and broad aspects of sustainable development (through the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs), and is also exposed to other geopolitical developments such as new large-scale migration.

The above prompted a vigorous public debate about whether the 2013 reform went far enough to meet broader challenges related to the balance of support, the economic prospects for agriculture and rural areas, care for the environment (e.g. greening), action over climate change, sustainable and safe food production. Emerging opportunities in the areas of health, trade, the bioeconomy, the circular economy and the digital economy also need to be further considered.

Against this background, as part of its working programme for 2017, the Commission will take forward work and consult widely on simplification and modernisation of the CAP to maximise its contribution to the Commission’s ten priorities and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This will focus on specific policy priorities for the future, taking into account the opinion of the REFIT Platform and without prejudice to the next Multiannual Financial Framework. The starting point must be will be a well-founded assessment of the performance of the current policy.

While the future of the CAP is already debated in various instances, the process will include a broad consultation and an impact assessment. The goal is to summarise available evidence on the performance of the CAP so far, draw lessons from the implementation of the latest reform, have a structured dialogue, confirm what the current difficulties are, and anticipate needs for modernisation and simplification of the CAP.

This questionnaire is part of this wide consultation process and will contribute to the impact assessment. Results of this questionnaire will be published on this webpage and communicated in a public conference in July 2017.

This consultation does not prejudge in any way the financial allocation for the CAP in the next MFF.

Questionnaire

This public consultation is open until the 2^nd May 2017.

Inception Impact Assessment

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eTendering survey 2017

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Dear Madam/Sir,

We would like to invite you to tell us your opinion about the eTendering platform and your ideas for further improvements. As a registered eTendering user, both your positive and negative feedback are important so we can better focus on your needs. This allows us to continue our task, with a commitment to making it easy for you to use our application.

We kindly ask you to submit your opinion through this web page.

Answering it should only take you less than ten minutes.

All completed surveys will remain strictly confidential and will only be used for the purpose of improving eTendering services.

Thank you for your collaboration.

Yours sincerely,

Maria Manuela Cruz
Head of Unit
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Publications Office of the European Union
Dissemination and reuse directorate
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Madame, Monsieur

Nous souhaiterions connaitre votre avis sur le site eTendering ainsi que vos idées pour de futures améliorations.

En tant qu’utilisateur inscrit sur eTendering, votre feedback positif et négatif est important pour nous, car il nous permettra de mieux nous focaliser sur vos besoins et de poursuivre nos efforts à rendre l’utilisation d’eTendering plus facile.

Vous pouvez vous rendre à l’adresse suivante pour nous faire part de vos remarques.

Répondre à ce sondage ne devrait pas prendre plus que 10 minutes.

Les réponses resteront strictement confidentielles et ne seront utilisées qu’à des fins d’amélioration des services eTendering.

Merci de votre collaboration.

Cordialement,

Maria Manuela Cruz
Chef d’unité
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Office des publications de l’Union européenne
Direction Diffusion et réutilisation
Unité EUR-Lex et TED

Sehr geehrte Frau/sehr geehrter Herr

Wir möchten Sie bitten, uns Ihre Meinung zu der eTendering-Plattform und Ihre Ideen zu weiteren Verbesserungen mitzuteilen. Als registrierter eTendering-Nutzer sind sowohl Ihre positiven als auch Ihre negativen Kommentare wichtig, so dass wir uns noch mehr auf Ihre Bedürfnisse konzentrieren können. Dies erlaubt uns, unsere Arbeit fortzusetzen mit der Verpflichtung, es Ihnen möglichst einfach zu machen, unsere Plattform zu nutzen.

Wir möchten Sie höflich bitten, uns Ihre Meinung über diese Webseite zu übermitteln.

Die Beantwortung sollte weniger als zehn Minuten dauern.

Wir behandeln alle ausgefüllten Umfragen streng vertraulich und verwenden sie ausschließlich zur Verbesserung des eTendering-Dienstes.

Vielen Dank für Ihre Mitarbeit.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Maria Manuela Cruz
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