European Union - Seventh Report
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CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
FOREWORD—WHAT THIS REPORT IS ABOUT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Purpose and Scope of this Inquiry, Structure
of this Report
Introducing the CAP post-2003
Table 1: CAP Expenditure over the 2007-2013
Financial Perspective
Pillar I
Box 1: What is cross-compliance?
Box 2: What is modulation?
Pillar II
Box 3: The EAFRD
The Health Check
Funding the CAP
Enlargement and the Financial Discipline
Mechanism
Box 4: Single Farm Payments in the new Member
States
The 2005 Budget Deal
The Budget Review
Other Influences on the CAP: WTO Negotiations
Box 5: What are the WTO Trade Boxes?
CHAPTER 2: THE PURPOSE OF THE CAP POST-2013
Economic Goals
Social Goals
Environmental Goals
CHAPTER 3: PILLAR I AFTER THE HEALTH CHECK
Basis for Single Farm Payments
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Upper and Lower Limits for Direct Payments
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Cross Compliance
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Decoupling
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Set-Aside
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Market Intervention
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Export Subsidies & Import Tariffs
Witnesses' Views
Box 6: SPS Standards Explained
Conclusions
CHAPTER 4: PILLAR II AFTER THE HEALTH
CHECK
Modulation
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Risk Management
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions
Climate Change, Bio-Energy, Water Management,
Biodiversity
Witnesses' Views: Mitigation
Witnesses' Views: Adaptation
Witnesses' Views: Biofuels
Witnesses' Views: Resources
Conclusions
CHAPTER 5: LOOKING AHEAD
The long-term future for Pillar I
Phasing out direct payments
Transferring funds to Pillar II
Conclusions
The long-term future for Pillar II
Purchasing Public Benefits—Land
Management (EAFRD Axis 2)
Business Development (EAFRD Axes 1 and 3)
Rural Development (EAFRD Axis 3)
Delivery
Conclusions
CHAPTER 6: SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Purpose of the CAP post-2013
Social Goals
Environmental Goals
Pillar I after the Health Check
Basis for Single Farm Payments
Upper and Lower Limits for Direct Payments
Cross Compliance
Decoupling
Set-Aside
Market Intervention
Export Subsidies & Import Tariffs
Pillar II after the Health Check
Risk Management
Climate Change, Bio-Energy, Water Management,
Biodiversity
Looking Ahead
The long-term future for Pillar I
The long-term future for Pillar II
APPENDIX 1: Sub-Committee D (Environment
and Agriculture)
APPENDIX 2: List of Witnesses
APPENDIX 3: Call for Evidence
APPENDIX 4: Note of a Meeting with the
Scottish Executive
APPENDIX 5: Note of a Meeting with Mr
John Scott MSP, Mr Mike Rumbles MSP and Ms Sarah Boyack MSP
APPENDIX 6: Recent Reports
NOTE: References in the text of the report are as
follows:
(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence
(p) refers to a page of written evidence
(Para.) refers to a paragraph of written evidence
The evidence received in the course of this inquiry is published
in Volume II (HL Paper 54-II)
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 54-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 54-II)
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