Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1864 of 5 October 2022 setting out the organisational structure and operation of the European CAP network and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/825/EU
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Subject matter
This Decision sets out the organisational structure and operation of the European CAP network by setting up an Assembly and a Steering Group, providing for their composition and their tasks and laying down rules for their operation.
European CAP Network Assembly
The Assembly of the European CAP network, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Assembly’, is hereby set up.
Assembly’s tasks
The tasks of the Assembly shall be in particular: (a) to promote exchange and networking among public and private entities active in agriculture and rural development, in innovation related to specific objectives of the CAP and in monitoring and evaluation in agriculture and rural development; (b) to ensure coordination between the thematic strands of the European CAP network; (c) to provide the strategic framework and guidance for the activities of the European CAP network, including the thematic works; (d) to ensure appropriate monitoring and assessment of the activities of the European CAP network with regard to the objectives set out in Article 126(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and the tasks listed in Article 126(4) of that Regulation; (e) to propose to the Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (‘the Director-General’) the members of the Steering Group.
Assembly membership
1. The Assembly shall be composed of the following members: (a) national CAP networks referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State); (b) managing authorities referred to in Article 123 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State); (c) paying agencies referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ) (one member from each Member State); (d) Union-wide non-governmental organisations, registered in the Transparency Register, who have been appointed members of the civil dialogue groups on the common agricultural policy (CAP) pursuant to Decision 2013/767/EU and who have expressed their interest in participating in the Assembly; (e) Union-wide organisations representing regional or local authorities active in agriculture and rural development, including the connections between rural and urban areas (maximum 3 members); (f) LEADER local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 (one member from each Member State); (g) farm advisory services active in innovation support services linked to EIP operational groups’ projects referred to in Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State); (h) agricultural research institutes active in innovation activities linked to EIP operational groups’ projects referred to in Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State). 2. Members referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h), shall be designated by the respective Member State. Members referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), shall be appointed by the Director-General on the basis of a call for applications. 3. Members States’ authorities shall nominate the permanent representatives for each of the categories referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h). The organisations referred to in paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), shall nominate their permanent representatives. 4. The names of the members of the Assembly shall be published in the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities (‘the Register’) and on the website of the European CAP network.
Assembly’s operation
1. The Assembly shall be chaired by a representative of the Commission. The chair shall convene a meeting at least once a year. 2. In agreement with the Commission, the Assembly may set up sub-groups on specific thematic strands related to the objectives and the tasks of the European CAP network, including permanent sub-groups on: (a) innovation and knowledge exchange; (b) LEADER and territorial development; and (c) CAP Strategic Plans. Sub-groups shall carry out thematic works on the basis of a mandate defined by the Assembly. Non-permanent sub-groups shall be disbanded as soon as their mandate is fulfilled. 3. The Commission’s representative may invite experts and observers from outside the Assembly with specific competence in a subject on the agenda to participate in the work of the Assembly or sub-groups on an ad hoc basis. Members of the Assembly, as well as invited experts and observers, shall comply with the obligations of professional secrecy laid down by the Treaties and their implementing rules, as well as with the Commission’s rules on security regarding the protection of EU classified information, laid down in Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 ( 8 ) . If they fail to respect these obligations, the Commission shall take all appropriate measures. 4. The meetings of the Assembly and its sub-groups shall be held on Commission premises, unless the chair decides otherwise. The Commission shall provide secretarial services. Commission officials with an interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the Assembly and its sub-groups. 5. The Assembly shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedure for expert groups adopted by the Commission. 6. The Commission in principle publishes all relevant documents on the activities carried out by the Assembly (such as agendas, minutes and participants’ submissions) in the Register and on the European CAP network website. 7. The work of the Assembly may be coordinated with that of other expert groups and committees established in the context of the civil dialogue on the CAP as well as in the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.
Reimbursement of expenses
1. Members of the Assembly shall not be remunerated for the services they render. 2. Travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the members of the Assembly for their participation in the Assembly’s meetings, including the sub-groups, shall be reimbursed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission. 3. The expenses referred to in paragraph 2 shall be reimbursed within the limits of the available appropriations allocated under the annual procedure for the allocation of resources.
European CAP network’s Steering Group
The Steering Group of the European CAP network, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Steering Group’, is hereby set up.
Steering Group’s tasks
The tasks of the Steering Group shall be in particular: (a) preparing and following-up the activities of the European CAP network, in accordance with the strategic framework provided by the Assembly; (b) coordinating the thematic strands in accordance with the framework provided by the Assembly and following-up its implementation; (c) assessing on an on-going basis the effectiveness and efficiency of the activities of the European CAP network; (d) ensuring the coordination of the work of the Assembly with that of other expert groups and committees established in the context of the civil dialogue on the CAP as well as in the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060; (e) reporting to the Assembly as regards its activities.
Steering Group’s membership
1. The Steering Group shall be composed of the following members: (a) eight members from the Assembly; (b) four members from each of the permanent sub-groups established by the Assembly; (c) two members from the expert group on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan Regulation, related to monitoring and evaluation. 2. The members of the Steering Group shall be appointed by the Director-General following a proposal of the Assembly, reflecting the geographic and thematic diversity of the members of the European CAP network and based on the voluntary commitment of the proposed members. For each of the categories referred to in paragraph 1, the Assembly may propose a rotation of the members of the Steering Group. 3. A member of the Steering Group may be replaced by the Director-General following a proposal of the Assembly where: (a) it withdraws from the Steering Group; (b) it does not regularly designate representatives for the meetings of the Steering Group; (c) it is no longer able to contribute effectively to the tasks of the Steering Group; (d) it does not comply with the non-disclosure requirement relating to information covered by the obligation of professional secrecy laid down in Article 339 of the Treaty. 4. The representatives of civil dialogue groups on the CAP may take part in the Steering Group’s meetings as observers.
Steering Group’s operation and meeting expenses
Articles 5 and 6 shall apply , mutatis mutandis , to the operation and the meeting expenses of the Steering Group.
Repeal
Implementing Decision 2014/825/EU is repealed.
Transitional measures
Where one or more members of the Assembly or of the Steering Group of the European CAP network, referred to in Articles 4(1) or 9(1) respectively of this Decision, are not yet designated or appointed, the respective member(s) of the Assembly or the Steering Group of the ENRD and EIP-AGRI networks, designated or appointed pursuant to Article 4(1) or 9(1) respectively of Implementing Decision 2014/825/EU, shall become member(s) of the Assembly or the Steering Group of the European CAP network until the designation or appointment of the new member(s).
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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