Policy Summary
1 Introduction
2 Cross Compliance and WFD implementation – Background information
2.1 The Common Agricultural Policy
2.2 Cross compliance
2.2.1 Cross-compliance in general context of environmental quality standards
2.3 Water Framework Directive
2.4 Timetable of CAP modifications and WFD implementation
2.5 Key messages
3 Interactions between Cross Compliance and WFD implementation?
3.1 How Cross Compliance can support the WFD implementation
3.1.1 Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) (Annex III) directly or indirectly linked to the objectives of the WFD
3.1.2 Good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) (Annex IV)
3.2 The Cross Compliance regime and its relation to agricultural pressures
3.3 Key messages
4 Implementing Cross- Compliance – lessons learned from the MS
4.1 SMR and GAEC
4.2 Control mechanism
4.3 The role of advisory systems
4.4 Key messages
5 Options to use the CC-schemes in the mid/long term perspective to contribute more effectively to the WFD objective
5.1 Options for a further development
5.2 Pros and Cons of the different options for improving Cross Compliance
5.3 Key messages
6 Conclusions
7 Bibliography
Annex 1: Overview of the SMRs that build the basis of CC including the relevant articles
Annex 2: Overview of the GAEC implementation in the EU 25 (stand 2005)
Annex 3: The implementation of CC in the New Member State – The Example of Poland
Tables
Table 1: Timetable between CAP and WFD
Table 2: How the SMRs could support to tackle various agricultural pressures on water
Table 3: GAEC and their potential for supporting WFD implementation
Table 4: Possible linkages between the WFD and the SMR
Table 5: The different options to further develop CC and their related pros and cons
Table 6: Statutory management requirements referred to in Article 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (amended by Regulation (EC) No 21/2004)
Figures
Figure 1: Cross-compliance in context of environmental quality standards
Figure 2: Interlinkages between the Cross-Compliance Framework and the WFD