Slovenia
• 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
Slovenia |
Comparison with EU-25 |
Population, 2005 (*1,000,000): 2.0 |
0.4% of population in EU-25 |
Population density, 2003 (inh./km2): 99 |
118 in EU-25 |
GDP/capita, 2005 (PPS): 18,900 |
81% of GDP/capita in EU-25 |
Share agriculture in total employment, 2002 (%): 11 |
5% in EU-25 |
Share Utilized Agricultural Area in total land area, 2003 (%): 25 |
46% in EU-25 in 1998 |
Average farm size, 2005 (ha): 7 |
19 in EU-15 |
Number of farms, 2005 (*1000): 60.9 |
0.9% 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
Slovenia does not apply the Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS). In 2007 it implemented a flat-rate model.
Coupling measures
- special male bovine premium (75% coupled);
- sheep and goat premium (50% coupled);
- hops payments (25% coupled); article 69 application:
- reduction for beef (10%) to support certain livestock production (ABC, 2007).
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)
(Source IEEP 2005; )
Selected standards of the GAEC
Issue |
Standards |
Summary of farmers' obligations |
Soil erosion |
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Agricultural land should be cultivated in a manner minimizing soil erosion |
soil organic matter |
standards for crop rotation where applicable |
3 year crop rotation is obligatory on at least 50% of the arable land of an individual farm |
|
arable stubble management |
Burning is prohibited |
Soil structure |
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Farmers must take account of climatic conditions including water logging. Vehicle tracks must not exceed 20 cm |
Protection of permanent pasture |
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Re-establishment of pp |
minimum level of maintenance |
retention of landscape features (lf) |
The proportion of naturally regenerating land on a holding shall not increase. |
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avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land |
Newly acquired land that is overgrown shall be cleared within a two year period Agricultural land shall be cultivated at least once a year |
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 RDP for whole Slovenia. The Rural Development Committee (consisting of representatives of the 27 Member States) has approved the RDP for Slovenia on 25 July 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 |
51 |
11 |
3 |
1) Figures excluding Technical Assistance Source: Own calculations based on Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (2007)
B.3 Integration of Leader in axes 1, 2 and 3
Leader contributes to all axes, but especially axis 3 (Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano, 2007).
B.4 Local Action Groups (LAGs)
It is intended to create 20 LAGs in Slovenia in the period 2007-2013 (Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano, 2007). At the moment there are no official LAGs, but about 31 LAG-like partnerships, covering almost the whole country.*
B.5 RDP budget 2007-2013 (million euros)
total public budget |
% co-financing EAFRD1) |
EAFRD budget |
Contribution private sector |
Total costs |
National top-ups |
1158.9 |
78 |
900.3 |
407.9 |
1566.8 |
0 |
1) % of co-financing may vary per axis
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (2007)
B.6 Less Favoured Areas
In 2005, 359,000 ha was classified as Less Favoured Area (LFA), which is 74% of UAA (CEU, 2005).
B.7 Drivers of RDP strategy
Fit within national policy (please specify national policy documents); Try to implement EU rural development priorities as an addition to the national policy.
The most relevant document is the Act on Agriculture. **
* Information provided by Andreja Purkart-Martinez, Embassy of Slovenia, The Hague.
** Ibid
C. Vision on the CAP beyond 2013
No information
D. Literature, sources, references
- ABC (2007), "Annex: AGRA FACTS Summary of different CAP Single Payment Scheme (SPS) Models applied in EU Member States in 2007", AGRA FACTS 18-07
- 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
- Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano, Program razvoja podezelja Republike Slovenije za obdobje 2007 - 2013, Ljubljana, version 20 July 2007
