Assessing the future structure of direct payments and the rural development interventions in the light of the EU Agricultural and environmental challenges : Research for AGRI Committee - The CAP support beyond 2020

This study provides an assessment of the structure and type of interventions as proposed by the European Commission on the CAP beyond 2020 (Title III of the proposal(COM2018) 392). All Direct Payment and Rural development inerventions have been examined in the context of the main Agricultural and environmental challenges the EU faces. A set of recommendation is made for the improvement of specific instruments and to address policy priorities and level playing field concerns.