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Meetings with National Parliaments - CAP post-2020 - the future of food and farming: interparliamentary committee meeting - 24-04-2018 - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 25-04-2018 12:44 PM CEST The European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) organised a meeting with national Parliaments dedicated to an exchange of views on the Communication of the European Commission on the 'Future of Food and Farming' adopted in November 2017, which is to be followed by legislative proposals on CAP reform expected at the end of May. At stake is the future shape of the Common Agriculture Policy. Czesław SIEKIERSKI, AGRI Chair opened the meeting together with Agricultural Commissioner Phil HOGAN and Bulgarian Agricultural Minister Rumen PORODZANOV from the EU Presidency. They were followed by interventions of guest speakers from the future Austrian EU Presidency, the French Senate, the European Commission and the Irish Houses of the Oireachtas. National Parliaments had the opportunity to express their views in regard to the future of the CAP with the members of AGRI on the main elements of the new agricultural policy with a special focus on implementation challenges at national level. The ICM will be part of the monthly ordinary meeting of AGRI and is organised with the support of the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments. Location : Meeting room József Antall (JAN) 4Q2, European Parliament, Brussels (BE) Further information Agenda Thematic Digest Topical Digest The Future of Food and Farming Communication, February 2018 The Future of Food and Farming - EC Communication, November 2017 List of participants National Parliaments' meetings Chamber/Parliament Position Documents      Czech Republic      Finland      France      Croatia      Irland      Italy      Lithuania      Romania      Sweden      United Kingdom Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - CAP post-2020 - the future of food and farming: interparliamentary committee meeting - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 25-04-2018 12:42 PM CEST The European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) organised a meeting with national Parliaments on 24 April dedicated to an exchange of views on the Communication of the European Commission on the 'Future of Food and Farming' adopted in November 2017, which is to be followed by legislative proposals on CAP reform expected at the end of May. At stake is the future shape of the Common Agriculture Policy. Czesław SIEKIERSKI, AGRI Chair opened the meeting together with Agricultural Commissioner Phil HOGAN and Bulgarian Agricultural Minister Rumen PORODZANOV from the EU Presidency. They were followed by interventions of guest speakers from the future Austrian EU Presidency, the French Senate, the European Commission and the Irish Houses of the Oireachtas. National Parliaments had the opportunity to express their views in regard to the future of the CAP with the members of AGRI on the main elements of the new agricultural policy with a special focus on implementation challenges at national level. The ICM was part of the monthly ordinary meeting of AGRI and was organised with the support of the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments. The agenda of the meeting is available via the link below. Further information Agenda Thematic Digest Topical Digest The Future of Food and Farming Communication, February 2018 The Future of Food and Farming - EC Communication, November 2017 List of Participants National Parliaments' meetings Chamber/Parliament Position Documents Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - European Court of Auditors (ECA) report on Basic Payment Scheme - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 25-04-2018 12:40 PM CEST European Court of Auditors (ECA) Member João Figueiredo presented to AGRI Members the findings of an ECA Special Report on the Basic Payment Scheme, which examines what impact this scheme introduced by the 2013 CAP Reform had on farmers and the EU and to what extent it has actually achieved its objectives. The report also makes some recommendations for improving the scheme. (23.04.2018) Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - ECA briefing paper on the future CAP - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 25-04-2018 12:40 PM CEST Mr Figueiredo also presented a briefing paper prepared by the ECA on the CAP post-2020. The paper constitutes the ECA's response to the Commission Communication of November 2017 on the future of food and farming and formulates a set of criteria for assessing the future CAP (23.04.2018) Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Latest news - Next AGRI meetings - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 25-04-2018 12:38 PM CEST 16 May 2018, 09.00-12.30 and 14.30-18.30 (Brussels) ** (11.30-12.30 in camera) 17 May 2018, 09.00-12.30 Meeting room József Antall (JAN) 4Q1, European Parliament, Brussels (BE) Our meetings (except 'in camera') are webstreamed on the EPTV. Further information Link to Committee calendars 2018 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? 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