Prasidėjus diskusijoms dėl naujos finansinės perspektyvos (2014–2020 m.), iškyla daug klausimų dėl bendros žemės ūkio politikos (BŽŪP) finansavimo po 2013 m. Lietuvos ir kitų šalių žemdirbiai ne kartą tvirtino, kad bet kokia BŽŪP reforma turėtų laikytis esminių principų, tokių kaip BŽŪP koordinavimas Bendrijos lygiu, kad būtų išlaikytas tolygus finansavimo paskirstymas naujoms ir senoms ES narėms ir kad būtų išlaikytos gamtą tausojančios ūkio gamybos skatinimo priemonės. Didelį nerimą kelia vis dar netolygus paramos žemdirbiams paskirstymas, laikantis „dviejų greičių politikos“, t. y. kai išskiriamos senosios ir naujosios ES narės.

Kokie yra Lenkijos pirmininkavimo prioritetai žemės ūkio srityje?

Ką ketinama daryti, kad būtų išvengta minėtos „dviejų greičių politikos“?

Kokie yra Lenkijos pirmininkavimo planai dėl kitos finansinės perspektyvos, kokios lėšos numatomos BŽŪP finansuoti?

Kokių priemonių Taryba imsis, kad būtų užtikrinta darni ir gamtą tausojanti žemės ūkio sektoriaus plėtra Europoje?

The present answer, which has been drawn up by the Presidency and is not binding on either the Council or its members as such, was not presented orally at Question Time to the Council during the September I 2011 part-session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

On 12 July 2011 the Polish Presidency presented the priorities in the field of agriculture in the Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. These priorities are also included in the Polish Presidency's work programme for agriculture and fisheries which was presented to the Council on 19 July⁽¹⁾ .

The future of the Common Agricultural Policy is one of those priorities. The European Commission has announced that it will submit to the European Parliament and the Council a package of legislative proposals concerning, among others, the system of direct payments and the policy of rural development and market regulation. The Council will examine these proposals as soon as they are transmitted by the Commission. One of the Presidency's objectives will be to identify a basis for an agreement on a new system of direct payments, based on objective rather than historical criteria⁽²⁾ . In this context, the Polish Presidency recalls that in the Hungarian Presidency's conclusions on the future of the CAP, dated 17 March 2011⁽³⁾ , supported by 20 Member States, the Council recognized the need for a more equitable distribution of direct income support between Member States stepwise reducing the link to historical references, and having regard to the overall context of the future EU budget.

As regards the Polish Presidency's plans on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework, the Council has started working on the Commission's package: the Communication "A budget for Europe 2020"⁽⁴⁾ and the proposal for a Regulation laying down the multiannual framework for the years 2014-2020⁽⁵⁾ , according to the common approach worked out by the Hungarian, Polish, Danish and Cypriot Presidencies⁽⁶⁾ .

Finally, as regards measures to ensure sustainability of the agricultural sector, the Council will address this issue in discussions on the future CAP. The Polish Presidency recalls that, in the abovementioned Presidency conclusions, sustainable management of natural resources is identified as one of the three main objectives for the future CAP.