Lithuania
• 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
Lithuania |
Comparison with EU-25 |
Population, 2005 (*1,000,000): 3.4 |
0.7% of population in EU-25 |
Population density, 2003 (inh./km2): 53 |
118 in EU-25 |
GDP/capita, 2005 (PPS): 11,900 |
51% of GDP/capita in EU-25 |
Share agriculture in total employment, 2002 (%): 18 |
5% in EU-25 |
Share Utilized Agricultural Area in total land area, 2003 (%): 40 |
46% in EU-25 in 1998 |
Average farm size, 2005 (ha): 18 |
19 in EU-15 |
Number of farms, 2005 (*1000): 128.6 |
2.0% 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
Implementation in 2009. SAPS
Coupling measures
Separate sugar payments
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)
Tradability of SPS
No information
A.3 Cross-compliance: Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC)
Source: Cross-Compliance in Central and Eastern European Countries
Selected standards of the GAEC
Issue |
Standards |
Comment (CC in Central and Esatern European Countries)
|
Soil erosion |
Minimum soil cover |
Arable land must be sown with crops, if fallow than green cover. |
Soil organic matter |
arable stubble management |
no burning, residues of plant and stubble must be ploughed into the soil or used for the production of fertilizers. |
Protection of permanent pastures |
|
Authorization required for convertion. |
minimum level of maintenance |
minimum livestock stocking rates or/and appropriate regimes |
keep grassland and meadows in good condition; hay or green mass cut and removed from field at least 1x year and before 1-9; keep arable land cropped or as green or black soil. |
|
avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land |
keep land free from trees or bushes and remnant herbs; also valid for black fallow land |
Lithuania focuses mainly on land abandonment. All agricultural land has to be cultivated or covered.
Reason for selection of cross compliance standards
No information.
A.4 Further reform of market regulations
Separate sugar payments (EC, 2007b), further 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 Lithuania 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 |
43 |
38 |
13 |
6 |
1) Figures excluding Technical Assistance
Source: Own calculations based on Ministry of Agriculture (2007)
B.3 Integration of Leader in axes 1, 2 and 3
Leader contributes to Axis 3.
B.4 Local Action Groups (LAGs)
From 2004 to 2006 35 LAGs were set up in Lithuania. In the new programming period it is intended to set up 50 LAGs (of which 40 newly selected). The LAGs should cover 63,800 km2.
B.5 RDP budget 2007-2013 (million euros)
total public budget |
% co-financing EAFRD1) |
EAFRD budget |
Contribution private sector |
Total costs |
National top-ups |
2260.1 |
77 |
1743.4 |
877.2 |
3137.3 |
0 |
% of co-financing may vary per axis
Source: Ministry of Agriculture (2007))
B.6 Less Favoured Areas
In 2005 44% of the Utilized Agricultural Area (UAA) (1,467,000 ha) was classified as Less Favoured Area (LFA) (CEU, 2005).
B.7 Drivers of RDP strategy
No information
C. Vision on the CAP beyond 2013*
C.1 Stages in the development of the CAP debate
Is there a debate about the CAP beyond 2013?
No, there is hardly any debate about the CAP beyond 2013. The focus is rather on the preparations for the Health Check.
C2 Key issues in the debate
Components and role of the CAP
- to maintain the current instruments of the CAP.
Organization of the CAP (first and second pillar)
No information
Financing of the CAP
- CAP should be financed by common means.
* Information provided by Wouter Verhey, Counsellor Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Netherlands Embassy in Warsaw.
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 November 2007, EC, DG for Agriculture and Rural Development
- IREAS Institute for Structural policy (2004), Cross-Compliance in Central and Eastern European Countries
- Ministry of Agriculture (2007), Rural Development Programme for Lithuania 2007-2013, version 24 January 2007
