rotational fallowing system | rotational set-aside

frost heave [ frost heaving | frost upheaval | frost lifting | frost thrusting ]

freeze/thaw cycle [ freeze-thaw cycle | freezing-thawing cycle | gelival cycle ]

gel pen | gel-ink pen | gel ink rollerball pen

frost heave | frost lifting

feature freeze | freeze

agri-environment: in the follow-up to cross-compliance, the Communication proposes an increase of 10% in the co-financing rates of agri-environment measures -especially for animal welfare - in Objective 1 (85%) and Objective 2 (60%) areas; this is to be compared with the current situation where co-financing rates are 75% and 50% respectively; the compulsory 10% rate of rotational set aside would be replaced by a compulsory long-term (10 years) non-rotational environmental set-aside as an element of cross-compliance requirements; an aid of 45€/hectare ("carbon credit") on a Maximum Guaranteed Area (MGA) of 1,5 Million hectares would be ...[+++] granted for energy crops on set-aside land under a contract to be entered between producers and processors, with a view to substituting CO2.

In this context and bearing in mind the fact that the rate of non- rotational set-aside must be 5% above the rate for rotational set-aside, the Commission stated in a discussion paper adopted today that: - If a combination of rotational and non-rotational set-aside were to be permitted on the same farm, the 20% rate should apply.

The proposal provides in particular for measures to: - introduce greater flexibility in regionalization plans (whilst ensuring that historic average national yields are reflected); - refashion the set-aside conditions by providing for: = an increase in the compensation from ECU 45 to ECU 57 per tonne; = the possibility of 3-year rotation; = authorization to combine rotational and fixed set-aside, with entitlement to an extra five percentage points; = relaxation of the transfer rules; = extension of the possibilities for using land set aside; = the possibility of granting compensation for set-aside in excess of the compulsory minimu ...[+++]m; - allow, in certain cases, for exceptions to Article 9 in order to cover specific situations (e.g. regrouping) without, however, calling into question the principle behind this Article that land which was under permanent pasture, permanent crops or trees or was used for non- agricultural purposes until 31 December 1991 does not qualify for compensation.

The Commission noted that, in the view of a large majority of the Council, it would considerably simplify the application of the CAP if the same rate of set-aside could be set for rotational and non-rotational set-aside in 1996/1997.