Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 834/2014 of 22 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of the common monitoring and evaluation framework of the common agricultural policy

The indicators allowing for the assessment of the progress, effectiveness and efficiency of the common agricultural policy (CAP) against its objectives as referred to in Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be measurable. Those indicators shall include: (a) impact indicators, as specified in Section 1 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting the areas where the CAP is expected to have an influence; (b) result indicators, as specified in Section 2 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting the main achievements of: (i) Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ; (ii) Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; (iii) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ; and (iv) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ; (c) output indicators, as specified in Section 3 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting the implementation of related CAP instruments; (d) context indicators, as referred to in Section 4 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting relevant aspects of the general contextual trends that are likely to have an influence on the implementation, achievements and performance of the CAP. Result indicators, output indicators and context indicators relevant for the monitoring and evaluation of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) shall be as set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014. .

1 Member States shall provide the Commission with the information necessary for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the performance of the CAP within the deadlines for reporting and notifications of information relating to the operation of CAP instruments as provided for in Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013. That information shall be accurate and reliable.

2 For the purposes of the common monitoring and evaluation framework the Commission shall use, to the extent possible, the following information already made available by Member States via existing tools for information exchange: (a) information, notifications and reports made available to the Commission in relation to the implementation of the instruments operating within the CAP and to the implementation of relevant Union environmental legislation; (b) information made available to the Commission for the purposes of the clearance of accounts; (c) information made available to Eurostat.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.