THE STANDPOINT OF THE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES OF ROMANIA ON THE MODERNIZATION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY (CAP) Prof. dr. Valeriu TABĂRĂ Vicepresident Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe-Ionescu-Sisesti” Bucharest, Romania UEAA meeting, September 28, 2017, Brussels

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should continue in 2021-2027 taking into account the following aspects: Maintaining the financial share from EU budget at the level of 2014- 2020; A CAP with two or even there pillars. Pillar Nr. 3 should consider financial instruments for the agricultural field; CAP should be more open to the national realities and specificities; The development of some measures and objectives which consider the development of different systems of agriculture where higher specificity degree products should be achieved; A higher mobility of financial resources inside the two CAP pillars; May require more than one slide prof. V. Tabara, AAFS, Romania UEAA meeting, September 28, 2017, Brussels

The development of regional and local markets; The development of some well individualized measures in CAP regarding the conservation of natural resources: water, soil, biodiversity, genetic resources (European and national heritage); Measures to strengthen the position of the agricultural producers in the food chain; Measures to conserve and promote the cultural and material heritage in the European and national rural space; The elimination of any discriminations among the agricultural producers from the EU member states; The development of regional and local markets; prof. V. Tabara, AAFS, Romania UEAA meeting , September 28, 2017, Brussels

Development of the valorization system at “the farm gate”; The introduction into CAP of an educational, research-innovation- extension system. Funds for applied agricultural research for DG- AGRI; Development of the integrated production system (primary production, processing, delivery/commercialization) towards consumers; Development of the valorization system at “the farm gate”; Simplifying the CAP bureaucratic system; The development of a technical assistance system (consultancy) for rural space economy. These are only some of the measures proposed for CAP 2021-2027. prof. V. Tabara, AAFS, Romania UEAA meeting, September 28, 2017, Brussels

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! prof. V. Tabara, AAFS, Romania UEAA meeting, September 28, 2017, Brussels