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COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 17 December 2013 (OR. en) PRESSE 592

CAP reform: signature of the documents

Following the adoption by the Council on 16 December of the common agricultural policy (CAP) reform package and transitional CAP measures for 2014 (see document ), the President of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council ratified today the documents in presence of the ministers from Denmark, Cyprus and Ireland and the vice-minister from Poland

The CAP reform package includes four regulations on direct payments, common organisation of the markets, rural development and financing of the CAP. The package also includes a transitional regulation for the year 2014 to bridge the gap between the existing legal framework and the elements of the reform for which it was decided that they will apply only from 2015

With this signature, the Lithuanian Presidency finalises the process initiated in 2011 by the Polish Presidency and carried on successively by the Danish Presidency, the Cyprus Presidency and the Irish Presidency under which a political agreement on the package was reached with the European Parliament

This reform sets out the new rules for the CAP in the next seven-year period, in order to equip the European agricultural sector for the opportunities and challenges of the future. The main objectives of the reform are to make the CAP greener and better targeted, with a more equitable distribution of income support to farmers across the Union and a more effective rural development policy

The CAP reform package and transitional CAP measures for 2014 will also be signed by the President of the European Parliament