I therefore take note of your position regarding the three options for new rural development measures to support risk and crisis management.

It was also agreed in 2004 that 50% of the Community support to the tobacco sector would go into the rural development measures.

I agree with your comments on improving and enhancing rural development measures.

Can rural development measures really compensate for such shortcomings?

That is why we have also proposed that it should be accompanied by rural development measures.

It will also need to be taken into account when the future set-aside rate and the options for rural development measures are discussed.

Several rural development measures were introduced including diversification, setting up producer groups and support for young farmers.

The rural development measures are financed as non-compulsory expenditure under Category 1.

In addition, the Commission's proposal will exclude fruit and vegetable growers from the benefits of the rural development measures.

Do the Commission and the Council really expect the timid rural development measures to compensate for that impact?

Rural depopulation is rife, in spite of all the rural development measures.

Thus, there will be an impact, and that impact will have to be accompanied by rural development measures.

I also agree that the rural development measures under Objective 1 and the Community Initiatives should be included in the guidance section.

Equal opportunities for rural women are a necessary prerequisite if we are to achieve the full potential of rural development measures.

I particularly endorse the sentiments of the rapporteur that rural development measures should not drain resources intended for direct payments to farmers.

It also focuses on the challenge of greening the CAP through primarily rural development measures.

In that respect, environmental measures outside the Objective 1 areas will certainly attract a higher cofinancing rate in future than other rural development measures.

The rural development measures must ensure that there are active rural areas with diversified production in the candidate countries and especially that they guarantee employment.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development is also concerned about rural development measures.

I voted against the report by Mr Roszkowski on complementarities and coordination of cohesion policy with rural development measures.

The rural development measures proposed are going to be implemented to give preferential treatment to the richer Member States that have a smaller percentage of farmers.

The rural development measures will be complemented by the actions that will be undertaken under the LIFE+ programme for the next financial period.

These penalties reduce direct aid and cut specific rural development measures, especially payments for the Natura 2000 regions as well as agri-environmental payments.

The same applies to rural development measures and other, more specific, economic or environmental programmes, in parallel with actions for using up workable timber, which represents about 50% of the windfall.

The European Economic Recovery Plan provides investments amounting to EUR 5 billion for energy projects, broadband Internet and rural development measures.