COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the implementation of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy
Date: 2016-02-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, EU initiative, action programme, co-financing, common agricultural policy, dissemination of EU information, public awareness campaign

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

Brussels, 23.2.2016  
SWD(2016) 37 final 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 
Accompanying the document 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on the implementation of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council on information measures relating to the common 
agricultural policy 

{COM(2016) 83 final} 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

ANNEX 1 – Grant applications awarded and received 2013-2014……...……...………….. 3 

ANNEX 2 – Grants awarded on 2013 budget …………………………………....................4 

ANNEX 3 – Grants awarded on 2014 budget………………………………….....................5 

ANNEX 4 – Financial implications 2013-2014……………………………………………….6 

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TABLE 1: 

ANNEX 1 – GRANTS APPLICATIONS 

NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND AWARDED BY MEMBER STATE 

Applications 2013 

Applications 2014 

Rejected 

Awarded 

TOTAL 

Rejected  Awarded 

TOTAL 

AT 

BE 

BG 

CY 

CZ 

DE 

DK 

EL 

ES 

ET 

EU 

FR 

GR 

HR 

IE 

IT 

LT 

LV 

MT 

NL 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SL 

SK 

UK 

1 

5 

6 

1 

1 

2 

0 

3 

10 

1 

2 

4 

0 

0 

0 

13 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

3 

2 

1 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

1 

1 

1 

0 

1 

2 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

2  AT 

5  BE 

7  BG 

1  CY 

1  CZ 

2  DE 

0  DK 

3  EL 

1 

2 

7 

1 

0 

3 

1 

4 

12  ES 

11 

1  ET 

3  EU 

5  FR 

1  GR 

0  HR 

1 

IR 

15 

IT 

1  LT 

3  LV 

1  MT 

3  NL 

1  PL 

2  PT 

3  RO 

4  SL 

1  SK 

0  UK 

0 

2 

2 

0 

2 

0 

27 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

3 

3 

0 

0 

1 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

2 

7 

1 

0 

3 

1 

5 

12 

0 

5 

5 

0 

2 

1 

30 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

0 

1 

TOTAL 

64 

14 

78  TOTAL 

73 

13 

86 

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ANNEX 2 – GRANTS 2013 

TABLE 2: Grants awarded in 2013 on budget line 05.08.06 

Name of 
applicant 

City 

Country 

Amount 
granted 
(EUR) 

% of co- 
financing 

AGRI AWARE 

Dublin 

Ireland 

125.294,04 

50,00% 

IFOAM EU 
Group 

PASEGES - 
Panhellenic 
Confederation 
Latvia University 
of Agriculture 

Brussels 

Belgium 

341.659,00 

50,00% 

Ahens 

Greece 

100.500,00 

50,00% 

Jelgava 

Latvia 

110.000,00 

50,00% 

Unións Agrarias 

Santiago de 
Compostela 

Spain 

297.774,00 

50,00% 

Leusden 

Netherland 
s 

100.132,00 

50,00% 

Sevilla 

Spain 

225.707,50 

50,00% 

ETC Nederland 
BV 

Asociación 
Agraria Jóvenes 
Agricultores de 
Sevilla 
Radio Television 
Slovenia 
Europäische 
Landentwicklung 
und 
Dorferneuerung 
Chamber of 
Agriculture and 
Forestry of 
Slovenia 
Confédération 
Paysanne 

Arezzo Fiere e 
Congressi srl 

Ljubljana 

Slovenia 

134.555,00 

50,00% 

Bagnolet 

France 

125.512,00 

50,00% 

Arezzo 

Italy 

231.000,00 

49,83% 

Festambiante 

Grosseto 

Italy 

112.205,00 

50,00% 

SEGA JSC 

Sofia 

Bulgaria 

160.723,00 

50,00% 

TOTAL 

2.395.347,54 

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Title/ Description 

Farm Walk and CAP 
Talk 
Mind the CAP - 
Organic for a 
sustainable future 
Promoting Agricultural 
Society Objectives 
with CAP 
CAP: Back to 
Countryside 
The new CAP and its 
impact on European 
citizens 
The Future of our 
Food: finalising CAP 
reform 

The new CAP, future 
for our farmers and 
future for our society 

Agriculture is fab-
culture! 

La PAC : ça me 
concerne ! 
Agri - tour : la PAC 
verso il 2020, 
l'agricoltura in 
movimento 
AgriCULTURE. La 
Politique Agricole 
Commune à l'horizon 
de l'Europe 2020 
Promotion of green and 
sustainable future in 
Bulgaria, through 
public awareness 
raising 

Ljubljana 

Slovenia 

202.043,00 

50,00% 

Food for the future 

St. Poelten 

Austria 

128.243,00 

50,00% 

European Rural 
Visions 2020 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ANNEX 3 – GRANTS 2014 

TABLE 3: Grants awarded in 2014 on budget line 05.08.06 

Applicant 

City 

Country 

Amount 
committed 
(EUR) 

% of co-financing 

Associazione Nazionale 
Condifesa (Asnacodi) 

Rome 

Italy 

268.880,40 

50,00% 

Confederation paysanne 

Bagnolet 

France1 

333.592,00 

75,00% 

The Agricultural Awareness 
Trust (Agri Aware) 

Dublin 

ACLI Terra – Associazione 
Professionale Agricola 

Rome 

Ireland 

199.880,00 

50,00% 

Italy 

271.260,55 

50,00% 

Institut National de l'Origine 
et de la Qualité (INAO) 

Montreuil sous 
Bois  

France 

161.251,00 

50,00% 

Friends of Earth Europe 

Brussels 

Belgium2 

374.118,75 

75,00% 

Confederazione Nazionale 
Coldiretti 

Rome 

Italy 

133.397,10 

50,00% 

EUROMONTANA 

Paris 

France3 

271.774,35 

75,00% 

EFEAGRO 

France Médias Monde 

Madrid 

Issy-les-
Moulineaux 

Spain 

264.815,07 

50,00% 

France4 

219.591,36 

50,00% 

Stichting Groep van Brugge 
(Groupe de Bruges) 

Wageningen 

Netherlands5 

155.390,46 

50,00% 

Agentia  Pentru  Protectia 
Mediului Harghita 

Miercurea Ciuc, 
Hargita County 

Romania 

163.065,60 

50,00% 

Panhellenic Confederation 
of Unions of Agricultural 
Cooperatives (PASEGES) 

Athens 

Greece 

245.738,40 

50,00% 

TOTAL 

3.062.755,04 

1 Implemented with affiliated entities in BE, IT, PT, ES 
2 Implemented with affiliated entities in the CZ, ES, PO, BU, DE, HU 
3 Implemented with affiliated entities in ES, FR, SL, PO, IT and RO 
4 Implemented with an affiliated entity in RO 
5 Implemented without affiliated entities at EU 
level. 

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ANNEX 4 - FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 2013-2014 

TABLE 4: List of direct actions financed through public procurement in 2013  
on budget line 05.0806 

MEDIA NETWORKING 

Year 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

2013 & 2014 

Press trips and Study trips 

2013 

Meeting of the European Network of 
Agricultural Journalists (ENAJ) 

2013 

E platform for agri press 

 EU 

IR 

 EU 

217.949,78 

46.813,00 

280,00 

Total 

265.042,78 

STAKEHOLDERS NETWORKING 

Year 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

2013 

CAP  communication award 

2013 

2013 

Ag-Press & CAP Communication 
networking event 

Networking meetings (ministries, grant 
beneficiaries, etc) 

2013 

Milk Conference 

2013 

Family Farming Conference 

BE 

BE 

BE 

BE 

BE 

181.282,53 

292.393,00 

22.730,00 

158.993,00 

273.785,39 

Total 

929.183,92 

GENERAL PUBLIC ACTIVITIES 

Year 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

2013-2014 

CAPcampaign – Taking Care of our 
Roots - Design, development and 
implementtion 

2013 

Bloom Fair Dublin 

2013 

Bjelovarski Sajam 2013 

2013 

Bruxelles Champêtre  - Open Doors 
Event 

EU 

IE 

HR 

BE 

3.091.334,00 

292.575,01 

106.050,51 

Total 

3.489.959,52 

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HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

Year 

2013 

Eurobarometer survey on "Europeans 
and agriculture" 

2013 

Video News Release 

2013 

Website updating and maintenance 

2013 

Visitor groups 

2013-2014 

Distribution and storage of publications 

2013-2014 

Brochures, reprints, banners, posters, 
photos, material for fairs and events 

EU 

EU 

EU 

BE 

EU 

EU 

395.952,00 

60.000,00 

23.683,00 

4.000,00 

100.000,00 

263.663,00 

TOTAL AMOUNT COMMITTED BY DG AGRI 

5.531.484,22 

Total 

847.298,00 

TABLE 5: List of direct actions financed through public procurement in 2014  
on budget line 05.0806   

MEDIA NETWORKING 

Year 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

2014 

Press and study trips 

IT-BG-PT-RO-AU-BE-GR 

210.187,66

2014 

AG-press annual event 

Belgium 

2014  Maintenance of e-platform 

2014-
2015 

Social media subscription 

EU 

EU 

77.341,99

17.310,00

3.399,45

TOTAL 

308.239,10

STAKEHOLDERS NETWORKING 

Year 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

2014 

Agri markets conference 

Belgium 

26.925,51

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2014 

2014 

Meetings with grant 
beneficiaries and member states 
communication experts 

CAP Communication award 
and event , including website 
management 

GENERAL PUBLIC ACTIVITIES 

Portugal-Belgium 

40.016,72

Belgium 

399.138,92

TOTAL 

466.081,15

Year 

2014-
2015 

2014-
2015 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

Maintenance and update of 
CAP campaign website 
Maintenance and update of 
"events in your country" 
website 

EU 

EU 

100.000,00

50.000,00

2014 

Organisation of an event 

Mega picnic Lisbon  

2014 

Organisation of an event 

Royal Highlands Show - 
Edinburgh 

619.950,35

2014 

Organisation of an event 

Bruxelles Champêtre 

2014 

Organisation of an event 

Rural Fest Bucarest 

2014 

Organisation of an event 

EU Open days - Brussels 

45.957,01

2014 

2015 

2015 

2014 

2014-
2015 

2014-
2015 

Organisation of an event – co-
organised with DG SANTE 

Organisation of an event – co-
organised with DG SANTE 

Organisation of an event – co-
organised with DG SANTE 

Media buying - CAP campaign 
"Taking care of our roots" - TV 
broadcasted 

Design and development of an 
Edutainment pack for pupils 
and teachers 

Design and development of the 
toolkit "How to open my farm" 

HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES 

Salone del Gusto - Torino 

95.552,50

Salon de l'Agriculture - Paris 

Grüne Woche – Berlin 

229.997,44

EU 13 

1.237.246,90

EU 

EU 

344.771,71

180.000,00

TOTAL 

2.903.475,91

Year 

Details 

Place 

Commitments (€) 

2014 

Visitor groups  

Belgium 

3.000,00

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2014-
2015 

2014-
2015 

2014-
2015 

2015 

Maintenance of AGRI and 
Commissioner's websites 

Video production for the Post-
show in the EU Pavillion 

Layout, printing, stocking and 
distribution of publications 
Organisation of events 
(conferences, seminars, 
workshops) 

EU 

21.378,83

EXPO Milano 

150.000,00

EU 

195.845,45

EXPO Milano 

692.000,00

TOTAL 

1.062.224,28

TOTAL AMOUNT COMMITTED BY DG AGRI 

4.740.020,44

CO-DELEGATED ACTIVITIES 

2014 

Corporate communication 
campaign - project totally 
managed by DG COMM 

EU 

3.000.000,00

AMOUNT COMMITTED BY DG COMM 

TOTAL AMOUNT COMMITTED AGRI+COMM 

3.000.000,00

7.740.020,44

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