EU agricultural promotion
EU Commission wants to simplify requirements for farmers
More efficient controls on site, reduction in bureaucracy, more tech use: The EU Commission promises considerable relief for farmers and authorities. So a large sum should be saved.
According to the will of the European Commission, farmers in the EU should do less paperwork. With simpler EU agricultural funding, you should be able to save yourself up to 1.58 billion euros. As the authority announced, national authorities should be able to save around 200 million euros.
“Farmers in the entire EU are subject to strict administrative requirements that often do not correspond to the realities on site,” said the Commission. Specifically, for example, organic farmers should no longer have to prove that they meet certain EU environmental requirements for which they receive EU funding.
In order to reduce administrative expenses, controls are to be increasingly carried out by the use of satellites. In addition, a new principle is planned: in the future there will only be one on-site control per year and operation.
Minister of Agriculture wants to simplify this year
Federal Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer described the proposals as a solid basis for upcoming negotiations. “Anyone who supplies animals and ordered fields needs freedom instead of forms,” said the CSU politician. The aim is to make simplifications this year. The desk should not be the most important arable land for farmers.
Before the new rules can come into force, the European Parliament and the EU countries must also agree to the project.
More money for coping with crisis
In order for farmers to get more money to deal with crises such as drought, frost, epidemics or storms, the EU countries should be able to provide three percent of EU agricultural funds in such cases. Weather -related crises in particular will become more likely in the future.
According to experts, long -lasting dry periods in summer are a result of global warming. With climate change, the likelihood of extreme heat events also increases, which can lead to poorer harvest yields. In many regions, the likelihood of storms and floods also increases.
Previously big peasant protests
Last year, after peasant protests in the EU, relief for farmers had already been decided. At that time, the relaxation of environmental requirements was made possible and smaller companies were exempted from controls. Farmers organized protests in several countries. Among other things, they complained too much bureaucracy.
dpa
Source: Stern
