Annexes to COM(2020)846 - Recommendations to the Member States as regards their strategic plan for the Common Agricultural Policy

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dossier COM(2020)846 - Recommendations to the Member States as regards their strategic plan for the Common Agricultural Policy.
document COM(2020)846 EN
date December 18, 2020
Annexes to this Communication: Annex I presents the reference values for the quantified Green Deal targets (as defined in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies); Annex II presents developments of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land use, land use change and forestry sectors in the EU.
(7) The recommendations are organised according to the nine specific objectives proposed in Article 6 of the proposal for a Regulation on CAP Strategic Plans (COM(2018) 392 final). These objectives address the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability, as reflected in the general objectives in Article 5 of the aforementioned legislative proposal. Furthermore, specific attention is paid to the crosscutting objective on knowledge, innovation and digitalisation.
(8) For LU, FI and SE, "market income", which is the income generated by agricultural activity without taking into account any public support, is negative. This means that on average, the proceeds of sale do not cover production costs. In these cases, operating subsidies cover this negative market income and constitute the net income of the farm.
(9) Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development. CAP context indicators C.25 Agricultural factor income and CAP context indicator C.26 Agricultural entrepreneurial income. Income based on EUROSTAT [ aact_eaa04 ], [ aact_ali01 ] and [ aact_eaa06 ], adding back the compensation of employees to the entrepreneurial income and divided by the total number of annual working units. Note: 2019 data estimated. The average wage in the economy based on EUROSTAT data on thousand hours worked using employees domestic concept [ nama_10_a10_e ] and EUROSTA data on ‘wages and salaries’ [ nama_10_a10 ]. Caution should be exercised when comparing absolute levels of agricultural factor income per AWU as they are influenced by different calculations depending on national rules and are not specifically designed to be comparable across countries.
(10) For example, ammonia emissions have decreased by 26 % from 1990 to 2018 (Source: EEA), estimated soil erosion by water reduced by 9.5% on average in the EU over the past decade, and by 20% for arable lands (Source: Panagos, et al., 2015,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.08.012 ). The concentration of nitrates and phosphate in rivers at EU level decreased by 9% and 17% respectively during the period 2006-2016 (3 years average) (Source: EEA). At the same time, the use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers slightly decreased from 2008 and 2018 (Eurostat (aei_fm_usefert) ).
(11) De Vries, W., P.F.A.M. Römkens, J. Kros, J.C Voogd, G. Louwagie and L Schulte-Uebbing, 2019a. Impacts of nutrients and heavy metals in European agriculture. Current and critical inputs in view of air, soil and water quality. ETC/ULS Report (in press). The nitrogen (N) surplus in EU-27 for the year 2010 was calculated as the total N input, by fertilizer, manure, biosolids, N fixing crops and deposition, minus the uptake of N with the model INTEGRATOR. The exceedances of critical N inputs to agricultural land in EU27 for the year 2010 was calculated as the total N input by fertilizer, manure, biosolids, N fixing crops and deposition minus the critical N input  in view of adverse impacts on water quality. The critical N input was based on a critical N concentration in runoff to surface water of 2.5 mg N/l.
(12) Besides the impact of climate change, invasive species, over extraction of natural resources, pollution etc.
(13) European Commission. CAP context indicator C.19 Agricultural area under organic farming. Based on EUROSTAT [ org_cropar_h1 ] combined with [ apro_cpsh1 ],and [ org_cropar ]. Data for Croatia are for the year 2019.
(14)

     European Commission. CAP context indicator C.23 Age structure of farm managers. Based on EUROSTAT [ ef_m_farmang ]

(15) In line with Article 174 TFEU.
(16) COM(2020)152 final
(17) European Commission. Digital Economy and Society Index. DESI individual indicators – 1b1 Fast BB (NGA) coverage [ desi_1b1_fbbc ].
(18) See Annexes to this Communication
(19) Staff Working Document (2020) 93 final on the “Analysis of links between the CAP reform and the Green Deal”
(20) See footnote 19
(21) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds