1. Meeting of the Water Directors - Athens, 17/18 June 2003
The Common Agricultural Policy and the Water Framework Directive
This presentation does not necessarily represent the views of the European Commission or its services

2. Table of contents
The Structure of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Impact of agricultural production on water
Measures of the CAP to implement the Water Framework Directive (WFD)
Possibilities for Member States
Timing
Conclusions

3. Horizontal regulation (voluntary cross- compliance, modulation)
Overview of the CAP
CAP
Common Market
Organisations
Horizontal regulation
(voluntary cross- compliance, modulation)
Cereals
Milk
Beef
Olive oil
Others
Rural Development
Rural development
plans
Investments
Agri-environment
Less-fav. areas
Forestry
others

4. Horizontal regulation (voluntary cross- compliance, modulation)
Overview of the CAP
CAP
Rural Development
Common Market
Organisations
Horizontal regulation
(voluntary cross- compliance, modulation)
Rural development
plans
Cereals
Milk
Beef
Olive oil
Others
Investments
Agri-environment
Less-fav. areas
Forestry
others

5. Horizontal regulation (voluntary cross- compliance, modulation)
Overview of the CAP
CAP
Common Market
Organisations
Horizontal regulation
(voluntary cross- compliance, modulation)
Cereals
Milk
Beef
Olive oil
Others
Rural Development
Rural development
plans
Investments
Agri-environment
Less-fav. areas
Forestry

6. compliance, modulation,
Overview of the CAP
CAP
Single farm payment
Compulsory cross
compliance, modulation,
degressivity
Olive oil
Others
Rural Development
Rural development
plans
Investments
Agri-environment
Less-fav. areas
Forestry
New standards

7. Impact of agricultural production on water
Quality of water: contamination by e.g. pesticides and fertilisers
Quantity of water: abstraction for irrigation purposes, drainage
Land use: Competition with agriculture due to establishing flow-patterns and protecting wetlands
Ensuring better resource efficiency and resource and waste management

8. Measures of the CAP to implement the WFD
CMO: Cross compliance (= link of market support to compliance with statutory standards), previously voluntary for Member States, now proposed to become compulsory
Currently the WFD is not contained in the list of statutory standards in the MTR legal proposals
Member States can request the Commission to include the WFD into their list of statutory standards

9. Measures of the CAP to implement the WFD
Code of Good Farming Practice (GFP)
Mandatory standard farmers need to comply with on their own costs. Requirements for participating in agri- environment and less favoured areas.
Agri-environment
Everything going beyond the code of GFP can be compensated (= agri-environment)
Member States should target such measures in affected, special areas

10. Measures of the CAP to implement the WFD
Less favoured areas - article 16
Compensation of farmers for restrictions coming from Community legislation (for NATURA 2000)
New standards
Degressive and temporary support for farmers to meet new standards (this could include standards resulting from river basin management plans, e.g. regarding investments for machinery, storage capacities etc.)
to harmful effects on human health and the environment
Ensuring better resource efficiency and resource and waste management

11. Measures of the CAP to implement the WFD
Investments (and young farmers)
Support to farmers given for investments
This could contain support for environmental friendly investments (i.a. reduction of emissions, irrigation equipment)
Farmers benefiting need to comply with minimum standards on hygiene, environment and animal welfare
where the pollution level does not give rise to harmful effects on human health and the environment
Ensuring better resource efficiency and resource and waste management

12. Possibilities for Member States
Target measures to WFD issues, e.g.
pollution by pesticides and fertilisers
erosion
water abstraction
Allocate sufficient funding to those measures, e.g.
premia should be attractive
special incentives for sensitive areas under WFD
armful effects on human health and the environment
Ensuring better resource efficiency and resource and waste management

13. Possibilities for Member States
Design such measures on river basin rather than on regional/national level
co-operate between water authorities and Rural Development planning
align measures under river basin management plans with rural development plans
where the pollution level does not give rise to harmful effects on human health and the environment
Ensuring better resource efficiency and resource and waste management

14. Timing of CAP and WFD

15. Conclusions The CAP offers possibilities to implement the WFD
Main measures are agri-environment, article 16 under less favoured areas, investments, codes of Good Farming Practice, new standards, and cross compliance
Member States should take account of the WFD in Rural Development planning
Authorities for river basin management and rural Development planning will need to co-operate .