Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy

This report concerns the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 814/2000 (hereinafter "the Regulation") for the years 2011 and 2012.

The objectives of the information measures as defined in the Regulation are:
– helping to explain the CAP as well as to implement and develop it
– promoting the European Model of agriculture and helping people to understand it
– providing information for farmers and others living in rural areas
– raising public awareness of the issues and objectives of the CAP.

Actions fall into two main categories:
– Those submitted by third party organisations for co-financing under the EAGF (grants)
– Those at the initiative of the Commission and financed at a rate of 100% under the EAGF (direct actions)

It was decided by the Council that a report on the implementation of the regulation should be presented to the European Parliament and the Council every two years. This is the fifth such report. The annexes mentioned in the text are to be found in the accompanying Commission Staff Working Document.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)645: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:645:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2013)338: Annexes http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2013:338:FIN

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