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European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: The EU's rural development policy helps the rural areas of the EU to meet the wide range of economic, environmental and social challenges of the 21st century. Frequently called "the second pillar" of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), it complements the system of direct payments to farmers and measures to manage agricultural markets (the so called "first pillar"). Rural Development policy shares a number of objectives with other European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).

Just Transition Fund: to provide support to the people, economies and environment of territories which face serious socio economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate and a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050, based on the Paris Agreement.

Connecting Europe Facility EU Financing Programme (in the field of transport (Regulation EU No 2021/1153): The general objective of CEF 2021 2027 is to build, develop, modernise and complete the trans European networks, taking into account the Union long term decarbonisation commitments, and thus to contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to enhance territorial, social and economic cohesion

Common Agricultural Policy: (...) Due to delay in agreeing the EU's legal framework for the CAP for the period 2021 2027, a Transitional Regulation has been adopted to cover 2021 and 2022. The Transitional Regulation mostly extends the 2013 CAP. The CAP reform post 2020 is therefore not part of this notification. CAP has been further modernised and simplified. Moreover, Rural Development policy has been further strengthened to allow farmers to face new challenges, such as climate change, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity.

Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Oilve oil: The European Commission pursues the implementation of an Action plan for the quality of olive oil adopted in 2012. (...) Certain Member States (IT, FR and EL) benefit from EU co financing for a maximum amount of EUR 47.6 million to support programmes carried out by producer organisations and interbranch organisations in the areas of (...) improvement of environmental impact (...).

Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Fruit and vegetables: The objectives of the fruit and vegetables scheme remain to (...) enhance environmental safeguards. The support measures include: (...) (e) environmental measures, particularly those relating to water, and methods of production respecting the environment, including organic farming. Environmental measures: Producer organisations are required to devote at least 10% of expenditure in each operational programme to environmental actions or to include at least two environmental actions in their operational programme.

Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Wine: The 2008 wine reform introduced national financial envelopes (proportional to the production level in each Member State) to set up national support programmes in order to assist the wine sector to achieve the two main reform objectives. (...) Promotion on third country markets: (...) The EU contribution to promotion activities shall not exceed 50% of the eligible expenditure. The measures may consist only of: public relations, promotional or advertisement measures, in particular highlighting the (...) environmental friendliness; information campaign, in particular on the EU systems covering organic production. Restructuring and conversion of vineyards: Support for restructuring and conversion of vineyards may only cover one or more of the following activities: (...) improvements to vineyard management techniques, in particular the introduction of advanced systems of sustainable production. Harvest insurance: Support for harvest insurance contributes to safeguarding producers' incomes where these are affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events, (...)

Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Promotion of agricultural products: The EU can assist in financing measures for the information on and promotion of agricultural products and food on the EU internal market and in third countries. These measures can consist of public relations, promotional or publicity actions, participation at events and fairs, in particular those that highlight the advantages of EU products, especially in terms of (...) animal welfare or environmental friendliness of their production. Also covered are (...) information on EU quality and labelling systems and on "organic farming".

Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Direct payments: 4.3.2.3.2 Green Direct Payment: The objective of the Green Direct Payment is to enhance the environmental performance of the CAP by complementing cross compliance and second pillar agro environment climate schemes. The green direct payment of a farmer is like the other decoupled direct payments, paid per hectare for farmers respecting three annual practices that benefit the environment and the climate. These practices include diversifying crops, maintaining permanent grassland and dedicating 5% of arable land to ecologically beneficial elements ("ecological focus areas").