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"Mr President, the Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries is, unfortunately, unable to be here today, so, on behalf of the Danish Minister and the Presidency, I will answer questions 70 and 71 concerning delimitation of Less-Favoured Areas in the context of the reform of the common agricultural policy.
In connection with its work to obtain an understanding of the precise impact of the application of eight biophysical criteria used to designate Less-Favoured Areas, the Commission asked the Member States to produce maps of particular areas. These are areas that will be eligible to receive Less-Favoured Area payments on the basis of simulations of the application of the criteria.
I understand that Parliament wanted the detailed maps to be distributed. Unfortunately, that has not yet happened.
The question of new criteria for the designation of Less-Favoured Areas is now being included in the reform of the common agricultural policy. Nevertheless, no official information has yet been presented concerning the impact of the application of the eight biophysical criteria. I agree with the authors that both Parliament and the Council should have access to the same basic information concerning the impact of the application of the biophysical criteria for the designation of land that is eligible for subsidies in areas with severe limitations for agricultural production.
As far as I am aware, all Member States have now submitted provisional information and maps concerning the impact of the application of the eight biophysical criteria to the Commission. Even if this information and these data are provisional, they will provide useful information on the impact of the application of the new criteria, which may be relevant to both the Council’s and Parliament’s understanding of the issue.
However, the Council does not have access to this information and these maps. The maps belong to the Member States and they can only be made available to Parliament and the Council once the Member States have given the Commission permission to distribute them. The Commission is not able either to publish or to distribute this information without permission.
I am given to understand, however, that 12 Member States have now agreed to grant the Commission permission to provide information on the impact of the application of the eight biophysical criteria for the designation of Less-Favoured Areas in these 12 Member States. This will happen at the meeting of Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on Monday, 23 April.
Despite this cooperativeness, I also understand and share the authors’ surprise at the lack of disclosure and transparency in relation to this information. At the most recent meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture on 16 April 2012, the Presidency therefore encouraged more Member States to reconsider their position and to grant this permission, so as to ensure that there is as much transparency as possible in this process. I hope that more Member States will now grant the necessary permission so that both Parliament and the Council can gain understanding of the impact of the proposed biophysical criteria.
On account of this situation, the Council is unfortunately not able to make any further comments on the questions raised, and I therefore propose that any further questions concerning the details of this matter be directed to the Commission at the forthcoming meeting in Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, which will take place on 23 April 2012."@en1
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