PRESENTATION FROM THE LEARNING NETWORK MICHAEL COOPER 39th Conference of Directors of EU Paying Agencies Amsterdam, May 2016

PLENARY MEETING - 11 FEB 2016 Hosted by IFAP in Lisbon 20 participants from 13 Member States 2

PLENARY MEETING - 11 FEB 2016 Main topics discussed: Progress with 2015 claim year payments Plans for 2016 claim year Certification audit financial year 2015 Learning from conformity clearance audits CAP simplification, especially greening Costs of management and control Preparation for 39th Conference of Directors Election of new officers and Steering Group 3

OFFICERS AND STEERING GROUP From second half of 2016: Chairman: Anders Egonson (Sweden) Co-Chairman: Luís Souto Barreiros (Portugal) Secretary: José Alvarez Ramos (Spain) DE and LT added to the Steering Group Steering Group: Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Slovakia (Presidency, second half of 2016) Thank you to Hans van Ek for his work as Secretary and to Luís Souto Barreiros for his presentation to Panta Rhei in Sibenik, Croatia (April 2016) 4

DG AGRI/SG MEETING 13 APR participants from both DG AGRI and Steering Group Main issues discussed: State of play for claim year 2015 New sanctioning rules, including simplification of administrative penalties and ‘yellow card’ system Claim year 2016, including deadline for applications and rules for advance payments Certification audit reports for financial year 2015 Costs of management and control CAP simplification proposals CAP 2020 – plans for next round of CAP reform 5

DIGITAL PLATFORM Learning Network Digital Platform About 400 members from all Member States Gathering ideas and suggestions Preparing and circulating documents Sharing information/questions and answers between members Organizing meetings/circulating agendas and minutes Member details 6

PLENARY MEETING - 4 JULY 2016 Next plenary meeting in Sweden (Bjertorps Slott) on 4 July 2016, including DG AGRI. Provisional agenda (will be further developed): Greening - possible changes for claim year 2017 Audit findings arising from the new CAP CAP technical simplification proposals Single audit concept – taking maximum assurance from the work of certification bodies Preparation for 40th Conference of Directors in Slovakia 7

LEARNING NETWORK CONTACTS Secretary: José Alvarez Learning Network Digital Platform  #EUPayingagencies 8