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Common Agricultural Policy Direct payments and interventions in markets ("First Pillar"): Voluntary Coupled Support: Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors that are particularly important for economic, social or environmental reasons undergo certain difficulties.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Policy Framework: The Europe 2020 Strategy, the EU Environmental Action Programme 2020 and the 2020 Climate and Energy Package are just as relevant to the countryside as to the towns and cities. (...) On this basis Member States build their 2014 2020 Rural Development Programmes based upon at least four of the six common EU priorities: 1. Fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas; 2. Enhancing the viability / competitiveness of all types of agriculture, and promoting innovative farm technologies and sustainable forest management; 3. Promoting food chain organisation, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture; 4. Restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry; 5. Promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift toward a low carbon and climate resilient economy in the agriculture, food and forestry sectors;(...)

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Investments in physical assets is a support scheme to be carried out in order to improve the economic and environmental performance of agricultural holdings and rural enterprises, (...) The support contributes to the development of infrastructure needed for the development of agriculture and forestry and support non productive investments necessary to achieve environmental aims (...). Investment measures have been highly relevant in meeting the needs of agriculture via improving competitiveness and contributing to the maintenance of sustainable agricultural structures, and have served multiple economic, social and environmental priorities at once.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): • Restoring of agricultural production potential. In order to prevent the negative consequences of natural disasters, adverse climatic events and catastrophic events, investments in prevention and restoration may be supported. (...)

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Basic services for the economy and rural population: The support covers the development of local basic services, including cultural and leisure activities, and investments in small scale infrastructure. Specific derogations for the size exist for the investments in broadband and renewable energy. Conservation and upgrading of the rural heritage are also eligible here. The support covers the drawing up of protection and management plans relating to Natura 2000 sites and other places of high natural value, environmental awareness actions and investments associated with maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the natural heritage and with the development of high natural value sites.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Forestry support contributes to the achievement of some of the most crucial environmental, societal and economic targets of the rural development policy. (...) the support aims at establishing forests and agro forestry systems, prevention and restoration of damaged forests. Moreover, the support covers investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forests and investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forest products. A separate support scheme is dedicated to operations of forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Agri-environment-climate payments: The exact types of operation/intervention to be available in a given part of that territory will depend on the particular environmental/climate needs identified by Member States/regions in the SWOT analysis. Agri environment climate payments aim to preserve and promote the necessary changes to agricultural practices that make a positive contribution to the environment and climate. (...) Support may also be provided for the conservation and the sustainable use and development of genetic resources in agriculture.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Organic farming measure in the current programming period 2014 2020 is established as a separate support scheme. It was part of the agri environment measure earlier. This was decided to provide more visibility to the scheme. The support under this measure is dedicated for the conversion to and/or maintenance of organic farming practices with a view to encourage farmers to participate in such schemes, thus answering society's demand for the use of environmentally friendly farm practices.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Natura 2000 payments and payments linked to Directive 2000/60/EC. The support under this measure is to be granted to beneficiaries of this measure who suffer from particular disadvantages due to specific mandatory requirements that go beyond certain baseline level in the areas concerned resulting from the implementation of Birds and Habitats Directives and Water Framework Directive (WFD) when compared to the situation of farmers and foresters in other areas not concerned by these disadvantages.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of the CAP): Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints compensate farmers annually per hectare for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the constraints for agricultural production in the area concerned. Payments encourage continued use of agricultural land, contribute to maintaining the countryside and to maintain and promote sustainable farming systems (...).