The European Commission Perspective on Rural Development: Integrating New Trends into Multi-sectoral Approaches

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COOL potatoes? Poland plans to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for fresh potatoes

European Journal of Risk Regulation ◽

10.1017/err.2019.12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 208-218

Author(s):

Ignacio CARREÑO ◽

Lourdes MEDINA PÉREZ

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

European Commission ◽

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

Country Of Origin ◽

Fruit And Vegetables ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Council Regulation ◽

Draft Regulation ◽

The Eu

On 14 November 2018, Poland’s Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development notified the European Commission (hereinafter, Commission) of its intention to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling (hereinafter, COOL) for potatoes on the basis of a Draft Regulation of the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development amending the Regulation on the labelling of certain foodstuffs (hereinafter, Draft Regulation).1 Poland’s notification is the most recent example of the continuously increasing number of EU Member States’ measures on COOL for foodstuffs. While the EU already provides COOL requirements for fruits and vegetables in Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors2 (hereinafter, Regulation (EU) No 543/2011), they do not apply to fresh potatoes.

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Verbal and Non-Verbal Markers of Root Modality in EU Maritime Affairs and Fisheries vs. Agriculture and Rural Development Reports and Studies: An Overview

Kalbotyra ◽

10.15388/klbt.2015.8942 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 67 (67) ◽

pp. 45

Author(s):

Silvia Molina-Plaza

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Policy Implementation ◽

European Commission ◽

Political Discourse ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Rhetorical Strategies ◽

Control Information ◽

Shared Norms ◽

The Web ◽

Root Modality

This paper examines different options used by writers in reports and studies to control information from two departments of the European Commission: EU Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and Agriculture and Rural Development, using the web as corpus. These two Directorates or Commissions have the power of initiative, are responsible for policy formulation and policy implementation. Two comparable sub-corpora of reports and studies have been selected from the two Directorates. Fifteen markers related to key areas of root modal expression are presented: modal-evaluative adjectives like essential, necessary, suitable and appropriate (Van linden 2012); the semi- modals (e.g. have to, be able to, be supposed to, need to) (Leech et al. 2009); the emerging modal want to (Verplaetse 2010) and expressions with comparative adverbs (e.g. had better, would rather) (van der Auwera et al. 2013). The study of these markers reveals that shared norms and action in these two EU areas are constantly collectively established. Root modals are one of the rhetorical strategies of legitimization and persuasion used in EU’s political discourse by the different parties involved.

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Artificial Conditions in Managing Agriculture European Funds

Valahian Journal of Economic Studies ◽

10.1515/vjes-2017-0024 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 111-122

Author(s):

Raluca Parjoleanu

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Rural Development ◽

European Commission ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

Investment Projects ◽

Directorate General ◽

Financial Interests ◽

A Priority

Abstract The European Commission, through the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development has found that investment projects is the main way of undermining the EU’s financial interests regarding Rural Development, where three types of fraud can be found: 1. Ordinary Fraud (using funding for purposes other than those for which it was granted); 2. Rigged Procurement Procedures (e.g.: acquisition of second-hand equipment instead of new/complacency offers/manufactured/falsified and inflated offers); 3. Creation of artificial conditions for obtaining financing. Identifying and punishing them has become a priority for the Payment Authorities of the Member States of the European Union.

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ADMINISTRATION OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LITHUANIA: SYSTEM ELEMENTS AND OBJECTIVES

Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific Conference Rural Development 2015 ◽

10.15544/rd.2015.119 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Agnė PRAKAPIENĖ ◽

Jan ŽUKOVSKIS

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

European Commission ◽

Administration System ◽

Management Processes ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

Points Of View ◽

Social Environmental

Changes in agriculture and rural development, along with the vast majority of observed changes within the management processes, depend on the aims and objectives of these processes. Lithuanian and EU strategic documents and related to them agricultural and rural development legislation as well as documentation describe agriculture as one of the priority sectors and highlights its impor tance in economic, social, environmental, ethnic and cultural points of view. This is reflected in the European Commission – Europe 2020 Strategy where agriculture plays an important role. Administrative institutions are obliged to adapt to the changes that have been taking place. This article considers the elements and objectives of the Lithuanian agricultural and rural development administration system

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Η εφαρμογή της υβριδικής αξιολόγησης στα προγράμματα αγροτικής ανάπτυξης της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης

10.12681/eadd/43057 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Χρήστος Παπαλεξίου

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

European Commission ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Local Level ◽

Development Programme ◽

Policy Cycle ◽

Administrative System ◽

Rural Development Programme ◽

The Common

The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate the success and failure factorsidentified by all stakeholders involved in the stages of design, implementation andevaluation of the Greek Rural Development Programme and affect directly orindirectly the achievement of its objectives. Beginning with the main aim, thisresearch effort makes an attempt to meet the requirement for a hybrid evaluation ofall the three stages / processes of the policy cycle mentioned above, combiningquantitative and qualitative methods beyond the Common Monitoring andEvaluation Framework of the European Commission. To ensure the participation ofall those who affect and are affected by the Rural Development Policy, a twoprongedapproach is adopted. Firstly, consider the issue from the perspective ofparticipants in the politico-administrative system of the Rural DevelopmentProgramme design, implementation and evaluation at national, regional and local level and, secondly, from the perspective of the final beneficiaries who are thecountryside residents.In-depth interviews and a focus group were held and Quantitative Network Analysiswas applied, regarding the investigation of the matter from the perspective of actorsinvolved in the design, implementation and evaluation politico-administrativesystem of the Rural Development Programme of Greece. The examination of thestakeholders’ views who are participating in the politico-administrative system putsa high priority on increasing all stakeholders’ participation in the stage of design,reducing bureaucracy, increasing and continuously educating personnel the stage ofimplementation. Regarding the stage of evaluation it is proposed to combinequantitative with qualitative methods beyond the Common Monitoring andEvaluation Framework of the European Commission. The evaluation results mustrepresent reality and be used as key tool for the redesign of the current and thedesign of the next programming period and not been faced only as an institutionalduty of each EU member - state to the Commission.With respect to the study of the final beneficiaries’ profile and behavior, who are theresidents of the countryside, quantitative research was undertaken. 107beneficiaries of the measure 121 "Modernisation of agricultural holdings" of the Rural Development Programme for Greece from 2007 to 2013 from Imathia Regionof Central Macedonia were participated. Based on the empirical results, the farmersdid not participate in the design of the measure 121. They believe that there isbureaucracy and the major problems are the requirement of multiple andunnecessary documents and long delays in the approval of the applications.

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