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23-05Commission President Barroso: Meeting with Mr. Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia
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23-05Commission President Barroso: Meeting with Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus
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23-05Ms Neelie KROES delivers speech to "Smarter Data for Europe" Webcast Conference organised by the British Embassy (Brussels)
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23-05Mr Antonio TAJANI in Rome
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23-05Global Conference on Sustainability and Reporting
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23-05Mr Michel BARNIER reçoit Mme Bernadette SEGOL, Secrétaire Générale de l’ETUC (The European Trade Union Confederation)
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23-05Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Ms Laura GEORGESCU, President of the National Audiovisual Council of Romania (NAC)
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23-05From Challenges to Opportunities - EU High Level Conference on Education and Development
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23-05Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Andris VILKS, Minister of Finance of Latvia
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23-05Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Christoph LEITL, President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce
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23-05Ms Connie HEDEGAARD in Denmark (23-24/5).
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23-05Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM meets with the Swedish Government (Stockholm)
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23-05ICE Flooding 2013
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23-05Presentation of the 2012 OLAF Report
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23-05Commission adopts European Strategy for micro and nanoelectronic components and systems
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23-05Commission proposes upgrade for 300 key European seaports
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24-05Presentation of -Masterplan Marine Biotechnologie
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24-05Public Hearing on Financial Supervision in the EU
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24-05Meeting of the Customs Code Committee - Tariff Measures section, in Brussels.
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24-05Mr José Manuel Durão Barroso in Ethiopia (24-25/5)
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24-05Ms Viviane REDING in Luxembourg
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24-05Mr Antonio TAJANI participates at the European Minerals Day (Vipiteno)
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24-05Mr Janez POTOCNIK participates in the 3rd meeting of the Water EIP (European Innovation Partnership) in Berlaymont (Brussels)
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24-05Mr Janez POTOCNIK receives Mr Andrea ORLANDO, Italian Minister for Environment
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24-05M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Seok Pil KIM, Président de Samsung Electronics Europe
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24-05M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Philippe VANNIER, PDG de Bull
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24-05Ms Androulla VASSILIOU takes part at the European Book Fair for Young People (Saarbrücken)
EC: Commission organizes conference on CAP towards 2020 - Taking stock with civil society - Hoofdinhoud
| date | July 13 2012 |
|---|---|
| city | Brussel, Belgium |
| attending | D. (Dacian) Cioloş et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) |
On 13 July 2012, the European Commission will organize a conference on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) towards 2020 – Taking stock with civil society. The event comes as a follow-up to the broad consultation on the challenges faced by European agriculture in 2010, which culminated in a similar conference in July 2010. This comes at the initiative of Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development who has always underlined that "the CAP is not just for farmers, it is for all EU citizens – but carried out by farmers".
The conference will provide a forum for civil society to discuss the CAP reform proposals for post-2013 which were published by the Commission in October 2011. The conference will focus on food security; the sustainable management of natural resources and mitigation and adaptation to climate change; and maintaining the territorial balance of rural areas in the EU.
The Common Agricultural Policy is due to be reformed by 2013. After a wide-ranging public debate held in 2010, the Commission presented a Communication outlining options for the future CAP and launching the debate with the other institutions and stakeholders. This concluded that the 3 main challenges for the future CAP were food security, the sustainable management of natural resources and maintaining the territorial balance. In October 2011 the Commission then presented a set of legal proposals to make the CAP more effective for a more competitive and sustainable agriculture and vibrant rural areas. Under co-decision with the Council and the European Parliament, the aim is to reach a political agreement on CAP reform in early 2013, so that all the different regulations and implementing acts can be completed by the end of 2013, with a view to having the CAP reform in place as from 1 January 2014.
In line with the other Commission policy initiatives for the period after 2013, the reformed CAP will promote jobs and growth, promote innovation, fight against climate change, and enhance both the economic and ecological competitiveness of agriculture.
The conference will be opened by Dacian Cioloş Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development, Sofoclis Aletraris, Minister for Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environment of the Republic of Cyprus, President in office of the Council, and Czesław Siekierski, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development.
In the course of plenary sessions and workshops, speakers will include senior officials from the Commission's AGRI Directorate General, farmers and food industry organisations, research institutes, think tanks active in environment and agriculture, and international organisations (OECD, FAO) will intervene in the plenary sessions and workshops. The event will end with a press conference.
Participation in the conference is on invitation only. Everybody will, however, have the opportunity to follow the event through live streaming.
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For information on the CAP reform:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/index_en.htm
For information on the conference:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/events/cap-conference-2012_en.htm
Commissioner Dacian Çiolos' website:
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ciolos/diary/index_en.htm
Roger Waite: +32 2 296 1404 roger.waite@ec.europa.eu
Fanny Dabertrand: +32 2 299 06 25 fanny.dabertrand@ec.europa.eu
