Luxembourg
• General country description
• A. First pillar: implementation of CAP reforms (2003)
• B. Second pillar: implementation of RDP measures during 2007-2013
• C. Vision for the CAP beyond 2013: a short overview of the debate (at Member State level) on future CAP reform
• D. Literature, sources, references
• The comparative analysis provides a compact overview of CAP implementation across all 27 Member States and their visions of the future of the CAP
General country discription
Luxembourg |
Comparison with EU-25 |
Population, 2005 (*1,000,000): 0.5 |
0.1% of population in EU-25 |
Population density, 2003 (inh./km2): 174 |
118 in EU-25 |
GDP/capita, 2005 (PPS): 53,900 |
230% of GDP/capita in EU-25 |
Share agriculture in total employment, 2002 (%): 1 |
5% in EU-25 |
Share Utilized Agricultural Area in total land area, 2003 (%): 50 |
46% in EU-25 in 1998 |
Average farm size, 2005 (ha): 54 |
19 in EU-15 |
Number of farms, 2005 (*1000): 2.4 |
0.0% of farms in EU-25 |
Source: own calculations based on Eurostat
Distribution of farming types, 2005 (% of total)
Source: own calculations based on Eurostat
EU funding for the Single Payment Scheme (SPS)
and the second pillar, 2007-2013
Funding according to CAP budget including Bulgaria and Romania.
Sources: Agra Europe (2007); CEU (2006); EC (2007a)
A. First pillar: implementation CAP reform (2003)
A.1 Single Payment Scheme
Model
SFP static hybrid (EC, 2007b)
Coupling measures
Complete decoupling, dairy premium in 2005.
Reason for selection
No information
A.2 EU budget for Single Payment Scheme (SPS) per year (National ceiling) 2005-2013
Source: 2005: EC (2006); 2006-2013: CEU (2006) and Agra Europe (2007)
Share of the farms that receive SPS of the total number of farms (% of total)
No information
Tradability of SPS
No information
A.3 Cross-compliance: Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC)
Selected standards of the GAEC
Issue |
Standards |
Summary of farmers’ obligations
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Soil erosion |
Minimum soil cover |
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minimum land management reflecting site-specific conditions |
Prevention of ditch erosion Meadows (with slope> 12%) must not be ploughed |
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retain terraces |
Terraces have to be retained |
soil organic matter |
standards for crop rotation where applicable |
Obligation for crop rotation (at least 3 crops, only for farms with>50% arable land & < 0.75 manure units / ha) The humus balance must meet specified requirements |
protection of permanent pastures |
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Authorization required for converting PP, newly created PP must be kept as such for 5 years |
Minimum level of maintenance |
retention of landscape features (lf) |
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avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land |
Prevent spread of unwanted vegetation through grazing or mowing Agricultural land must not be abandoned Plant cover on arable land needs to be cut once a year Minimum livestock density is 0.5 LU/ha |
Reason for selection of cross compliance standards
No information.
A.4 Further reform of market regulations
No information.
B. Second pillar: implementation of RDP measures 2007-2013
B.1 Programme level and approval
There is one national RDP. The Rural Development Committee (consisting of representatives of the 27 Member States) has approved the RDP for Luxembourg on 20 September 2007.
B.2 Distribution of public budget over the axes (%)1)
axis 1: competitiveness |
axis 2: environment and land management |
axis 3: rural economy |
Axis 4: Leader |
35 |
58 |
4 |
4 |
1) Figures excluding Technical Assistance
Source: Own calculations based on Ministère de l´Agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural (2007)
B.3 Integration of Leader in axes 1, 2 and 3
Leader contributes most to axis 3.
B.4 Local Action Groups (LAGs)
There is an intention to create 5 LAGs, covering 1.488,64 km2 (compared to 4 LAGs in the previous period) (Ministère de l´Agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural (2007).
B.5 RDP budget 2007-2013 (million euros)
total public budget |
% co-financing EAFRD1) |
EAFRD budget |
Contribution private sector |
Total costs |
National top-ups |
368.5 |
25 |
90.0 |
224.1 |
592.6 |
3.0 |
1) % of co-financing may vary per axis
Source: Ministère de l´Agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural (2007)
B.6 Less Favoured Areas
Luxembourg is intended to design 116,000 ha as areas with handicaps other than mountain areas (Ministère de l´Agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural, 2007: 171). In 2005 123,000 ha was designed as Less Favoured Areas (LFA) (areas with handicaps other than mountain areas), which is 97% of UAA (CEU, 2005).
B.7 Drivers of RDP strategy
No information
C. Vision on the CAP beyond 2013
No information
D. Literature, sources, references
- Agra Europe (2007), "Threat of SFP cuts rises as NMS accede", Agra Europe Weekly, January 12
- Council of the European Union (CEU) (2005), Proposal for a Council Regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - redefinition of intermediate less-favoured areas, Brussels, Working Party on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development, working document (7971/05), 15 April
- Council of the European Union (CEU) (2006), Council Regulation 1782/2003 (consolidated version - August 5, 2006), Annex VIII and VIIIa, Brussels
- European Commission (EC) (2006), 35th Financial Report on the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee section, 2005 Financial Year, SEC(2006)1152
- European Commission (EC) (2007a), EU support for rural development 2007-2013; Pre-allocated funding under Heading 2 "Natural Resources" of the Financial Framework, Brussels: European Commission
- European Commission (EC) (2007b), Overview of the implementation of direct payments under the CAP in Member States Version February 2007, EC, DG for Agriculture and Rural Development
- IEEP (2005), The development and implementation of cross compliance in the EU15: an analysis. Report for the RSPB, Institute for European Environmental Policy
- Ministère de l´Agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural (2007), Programme de développement rural du G.-D. de Luxembourg (2007-2013), version 19 September 2007
