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Supplementary Information Sheet on Agri-environmental and animal welfare aid
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Supplementary Information Sheet on Agri-environmental and animal welfare aidThis form must be used for the notification of any state aid measure to support agricultural production methods designed to protect the environment and to maintain the countryside (agri-environment) or to improve animal welfare covered by point IV.C. of the Community Guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013 (hereinafter called ‘the guidelines’) and articles 39 and 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.²82
yes no If yes, please refer to the part of this SIS relating to ‘aid for agri-environmental commitments.’
yes no If yes, please refer to the part of this SIS relating to ‘aid for animal welfare commitments’.
yes no If yes, please refer to SIS relating to ‘Investment aids in the agricultural sector’.
yes no If yes, please refer to SIS relating to point IV.K of the guidelines.
Please provide a complete description of the measure(s).
yes no If yes, please provide that documentation hereunder or in an annex to this supplementary information sheet. The aid fits into and is coherent with Measure 214 of the Rural Development Plan. The required documentation is set out under Measure 214 (Agri-environmental payments (Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) and Organic Farming) of Axis 2 of the RDP. If no, please note that this documentation is requested in conformity with point 26 of the agricultural guidelines.
Which one of the following specific objectives does the support measure promote? Ways of using agricultural land which are compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, the landscape and its features, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity, reduce production costs An environmentally-favourable extensification of farming and management of low-intensity pasture systems, improve and re-deploy production The conservation of high nature-value farmed environments, which are under threat increase quality The upkeep of the landscape and historical features on agricultural land The use of environmental planning in farming practice. If the measure does not pursue any of the above objectives, please indicate which are the objectives aimed at in terms of environmental protection? (Please submit a detailed description) ………………………………………………………………… If the measure in question has already been applied in the past, what have been the results in terms of environmental protection? Over two million hectares of agricultural land are being farmed by almost 60,000 farmers to environmental standards which go beyond the requirements of regulation 1782/2003. REPS has increased awareness among the farming community of the relationship between farming activity and the wider environment. The scheme has delivered in terms of habitat protection and the protection of watercourses. It has also delivered in biodiversity terms by establishment of new hedgerows, uncultivated field margins, the creation of wildlife habitats and providing crops for seed-eating birds. The table below sets out the main pro-active achievements since the amendment of the programme in 2004. REPS FACTSHEET 2006
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