Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2005)304 - Community strategic guidelines for Rural Development (Programming period 2007-2013)

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dossier COM(2005)304 - Community strategic guidelines for Rural Development (Programming period 2007-2013).
source COM(2005)304 EN
date 05-07-2005
To bring rural development policy into line with the Community’s priorities, the Council Regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) provides in its Article 9 for the adoption of Community level strategic guidelines for rural development for the programming period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013. These guidelines are annexed to the proposed decision.

The target date for adoption of the Community strategic guidelines is Autumn 2005. The common framework for monitoring and evaluation should be fully elaborated by the end of 2005.

With these elements in place, Member States can finalise their national strategy plans for the end of 2005, beginning of 2006 and finalise, after agreement on the main orientations, the detailed programming in the first half of 2006. The 2nd half of 2006 would be available for the approval process.