Agricultural Market Agency

Agricultural
Market Agency
2014
Building of Conference and Office Complex – the Headquarters of the ARR
Agencja Rynku Rolnego
ul. Nowy Świat 6/12
00-400 Warszawa
Poland
Agricultural Market
Agency (ARR)
is a public body supporting agricultural production in
Poland. Since 1990 the ARR has been carrying out activities aimed at supporting and maintaining economic balance in the Polish agri-food sector.
In 2004 the Agency was accredited as the EU Paying
Agency and since then it has been distributing financial support and conducting controls of production of
agricultural products under the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The Agency is supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Finance within the scope of the CAP and related tasks.
ARR tasks
• Distribution of aid to the beneficiaries under selected Comon Agricultural Policy and national
schemes focused on securing agri-food market
stabilisation
• Promotion of agri-food products in the EU and
third countries
• Activities aimed at strengthening the development of external trade exchange
• Information activities relating to the relevant
EU Common Agricultural Policy and national
schemes implementation
• Agri-food markets analysis
• Participation in the EU decision-making process
as regards relevant policy areas
• Institutional support under pre-accession assistance programmes for the agri-food sector institutions of the EU Candidate Countries as well
as expert support for the institutions of developing countries
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Beneficiaries
ARR expenditure for agri-food sector
in May 2004 – June 2014
The beneficiaries of ARR activities are: farmers, market
operators involved in production, processing or trade
in agricultural and food products, branch organisations, consumers and educational establishments.
Expenditure
financed from
the state budget
33%
0.9
billion
Sources of funding
EUR
Total
2.7
billion
EUR
1.8
billion
EUR
Expenditure
financed from
the EU budget
67%
Average exchange rate PLN-EUR 2013 published by the National
Bank of Poland is applied to all figures expressed in EUR in this brochure
(1 EUR = 4,1975 PLN)
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CAP schemes administered by the ARR are mainly financed or co-financed from the European Agricultural
Guarantee Fund (EAGF). Funds for co-financing of certain measures come from the State budget, from funds
of organisations which associate producers, processors
and operators, or from the beneficiaries themselves.
National aid programmes are fully financed from the
State budget.
The institutional support activities are financed from
the EU funds provided under the Instrument for PreAccession Assistance (IPA), the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument (ENPI) as well as from the
State budget under the Polish Development Cooperation Programme.
ARR
PRESIDENT
Deputy President
Deputy President
Deputy President
Organisation
and
Legal Department
Control
Department
Finance and
Administration
Department
Analyses
and Intervention
Department
European
Cooperation and
External Trade
Department
Quotas
Management
Department
Legal Office
Internal
Audit Office
Finance and
Accounting Office
Plant Products
Office
International
Cooperation
Office
Milk Quota
Administration
Office
Human Resources
Management
Office
Technical Control
Office
IT Office
Consumption
Support Office
External
Trade Office
Quality Systems
Office
Internal
Control Office
Administration
Office
Animal Products
Office
Food Promotion
Office
Sugar and
Biofuels
Office
Analyses and
Programming
Office
Organisation of the Arr
The ARR consists of the Headquarters and 16 Regional Branches located in each voivodship (administrative
district of Poland). The Agency’s head is the President
who represents the Agency and manages its activities.
The ARR’s organisational structure has been founded
on a basic objective to ensure flexibility, effective operations and full absorption of the Agency’s resources.
The transfer of decisions making process to lower organisational levels allows for direct contact with
stakeholders and facilitates the identification of real
customer needs, which has a positive influence on
performance of tasks.
The structure of the ARR ensures clear division between the Agency’s functions as an institution verifying applications, carrying out controls and making effecting payments.
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Highest standards of work
The quality of work of the Agency is ensured by compliance with a range of standards:
• certified quality management system based on
the PN-EN ISO 9001:2009 standard,
• information security management regulations
in accordance with PN-ISO/IEC 17799:2007
standard,
• System Management Certification – Preventing
Corruption Risk within administration of the
CAP schemes, national schemes and promotion
funds.
Processes in the ARR are subject to continuous controls, analysis and assessments. ARR’s internal control
services work to verify and assure that all the processes in the Agency are in line with the procedures
and the relevant CAP and national schemes are implemented in compliance with the requirements of
the EU and national law.
Results of inspections and audits performed by the
EU and domestic control bodies and services are an
important source of information for the introduction
of changes to optimise the functioning of the Agency
and to improve its standards of work.
ARR activities
I. Aid for consumption
Two CAP schemes support increase in consumption
– School Milk Scheme or School Fruit and Vegetables
Scheme. Both schemes are provided for children of
school and preschool age and aimed at developing
healthy eating habits in the society.
School Milk Scheme
Payments made by the ARR under the scheme allow children and the youth attending preschools and
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school (except institutions of higher education) to
consume “a glass of milk” per day, at no fee or for a
symbolic payment. The range of products under the
scheme includes plain and flavoured milk, cheese,
cottage cheese and yoghurt.
There are three sources of funding the scheme in
Poland: the EU budget, the State budget and the
Milk Promotion Fund.
Structure of expedinture for “School Milk Scheme”
from May 2004 till June 2014
EU AID
National Aid
28% 69%
Total
255
3% million
EUR
Milk
Promotion Fund
Source: ARR data
Since Poland’s accession to the EU,
the “School Milk Scheme” has been
the subject of growing interest. The
number of pupils covered by the
scheme is systematically growing,
and the basic assumptions of the
scheme are being implemented on
an increasingly larger scale.
Since the school year 2007/2008 Poland has been a leading country in
the European Union in terms of the
consumed dairy products covered
by the scheme. In the school year
2013/2014, the aid was granted to
over 2.4 million children and pupils,
including 2.2 million pupils from primary schools. It is four times more
than in the school year 2004/2005
when the scheme started.
Since the implementation of the School Milk Scheme
in Poland by the end of June 2014 the Agency has
paid nearly EUR 255 million of financial aid in framework of the scheme.
School Fruit and
Vegetables Scheme
“School Fruit and Vegetables
Scheme” started in September
2009 under the name “School Fruit
Scheme” – as the programme of the
Common Agricultural Policy aiming
at improvement of health condition
and dietary habits of the EU inhabitants, mainly children.
Main goal of the scheme is to increase the proportion of vegetables
and fruits in children’s daily diet as
well as to promote healthy eating
habits by educational programmes.
In Poland, pupils in primary schools covered by the
scheme may receive fresh fruit (apples, pears, strawberries), fresh vegetables (carrots, radishes, sweet
peppers) and fruit and vegetable juices. All portions
are free of charge.
Pupils and primary schools in School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme
Primary schools (in thou.)
Increase 319%
8,2
Pupils (in thou.)
Increase 400%
8,6
9,2
10,0
10,4
10,6
10,8
9,7
891,7
917,8
950,8
968,0
976,6
5,6
2,6
297,5
571,1
I sem. II sem.
2009/2010
767,0
792,1
I sem. II sem.
2010/2011
859,0
I sem. II sem.
2011/2012
I sem. II sem.
2012/2013
I sem. II sem.
2013/2014
Source: ARR data
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Financing of the “School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme” from the EU budget in the school years 2009/10 and
2014/15 (in EUR million)
2012/2013
30
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2013/2014
Budget for the EU
• 20 512
2009/2010 – EUR 90 million
(10,25% for Poland)
2014/2015 – EUR 150 million
(13,67% for Poland)
• 9 223
Italy
Poland
Germany
France
Spain
Czech Rep.
Romania
Hungary
Belgium
The
Bulgaria
Netherlands
The obligatory activities including promotion, education and evaluation of scheme effectiveness are also
carried out under the scheme.
Similarly to the School Milk Scheme, the interest of
the beneficiaries in the scheme has been gradually
growing. In the school year 2013/2014 number of pupils taking part in the scheme increased over three
times compared with the school year 2009/2010.
Slovakia
Portugal
Denmark
Greece
Lithuania
Austria
Latvia
Croatia
Others
United
Kingdom
The payment in the framework of the School Fruit
and Vegetables Scheme made by the Agency since
the launch of the scheme in Poland amounts to 48.8
million.
Distribution of food to the most deprived
persons in the eu
Cooperating with Polish charity organisations such as
the Federation of Polish Food Banks (Federacja Polskich
Banków Żywności), Caritas Poland (Caritas Polska). The
Polish Red Cross (Polski Czerwony Krzyż)
The Food Distribution programme for the Most Deprived Persons
and the Polish Social Assistance Commitof the Community as implemented in Poland in period 2004–2013
tee (Polski Komitet Pomocy Społecznej),
the Agricultural Market Agency, in conjunction with a wide range of local orEntrepreneurs
Intervention
ganisations, in the years 2004–2013 destocks
livered – under the EU Food Distribution
EUR
programme for the Most Deprived Per596 million 926 thou.
3.5 million
granted
of most deprived
sons of the Community – food products
tones
to Poland
persons yearly
of food
to the most deprived persons entitled to
products
social assistance.
Charity
organizations
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The range of products delivered
under the scheme has been changing throughout the period following Poland’s accession into the
EU. In 2004 those products included mainly rice, pasta and skimmed
milk powder. In 2013 the range of
products amounted to 21.
Since Poland’s accession to the EU,
the most deprived (about 3 million persons yearly) have received
926 thousand tonnes of food products such as i.e. pasta, wheat flour,
barley groats, rice, sugar, ripening
cheese, processed cheese, cornflakes, jams and prepared dishes.
In the period May 2004 – June 2014 the food products
of the value of EUR 571 million were distributed under the programme.
In the new EU financial perspective 2014–2020 in Poland programme “Distribution of food to the most
deprived persons in the European Union” will be replaced by the operational programme “Food Aid
2014–2020” financed from Fund for European Aid to
the Most Deprived (FEAD) and national budget.
The ARR will be the intermediary institution responsible for information and communication activities as
well as cooperation with partner organisations and
entrepreneurs under the programme.
II. Promotion of agri-food products
The promotion and information activities are aimed
not only at enlarging the volume of food export, but
also at developing the internal market – by increasing
the added value of the agri-food sector and its contribution to the European economy.
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Budgets of Polish branch campaigns in period
May 2004 – April 2014 by product group (in thou. EUR)
Beef, pigmeat, poultry
10
Fruit and vegetables
(fresh, frozen, processed)
3
Milk and milk products
5
Regional and traditional products
2
32 722
14 952
14 171
5 358
Organic products
3 027
Pasta
3 000
Carrot juice
1 769
Rapeseed oil
1 650
Honey and apiary products
683
Total
77.3
million
EUR
for 25
campaigns
2 number of campaigns
Source: data on the basis of decisions of European Commission
The Agency’s activities within this scope are directed
at local and regional markets, the EU internal market as well as markets of third countries. The ARR
supports the promotion of agri-food products by cofinancing the promotion and information campaigns
carried out by branch organisations. Moreover, it initiates promotion activities intended for development of local production – with particular emphasis
on regional, traditional and organic food, as well as
products produced under food quality systems. The
financing comes from the EU budget, State budget
and from nine promotion funds administered by the
Agency.
Support for promotion and information
activities on the markets of selected
agricultural products
The Common Agricultural Policy provides support for
information and promotion activities carried out on
the market of agri-food products. The organisations
of producers, processors and distributors, representative for the agricultural industry may apply for a grant
for promotion campaigns implemented in the EU or
on third country markets.
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Under this scheme, from Poland’s accession to the EU tot the end of 2013, the
Agency has provided financial support for
the implementation of 22 campaigns (12
finished campaigns, 10 still in progress). In
the first half of 2014 the Agency has started implementation of 2 new campaigns.
The promotion and information campaigns
currently supported by the ARR are:
• Trade Milk – promoting milk products
such as flavoured milk, milk powder,
yoghurts, ripening cheese on the markets of China and Russia;
• Quality Assurance QAFP – informing
on culinary pork and meat products
produced under QAFP system on the
Polish market;
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• Tradition and quality of European meat – continuation of the campaign promoting fresh,
chilled, frozen beef and pork meat and their
products on the markets of South Korea, USA
and Vietnam;
• European meat – tradition, quality and taste –
continuation of the campaign promoting fresh,
chilled, frozen meat and meat products (beef,
pork and poultry) on the markets of Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates;
• Three marks of taste – campaign on the market of Poland informing on the European systems for protection of regional and traditional
products on the market of Poland;
• I am crazy about milk – promoting milk and
milk products in Poland;
• QMP – always good beef – promoting fresh,
chilled and frozen beef produced under national quality system QMP on the Polish market;
• Pasta of Europe – addressed to the Ukrainian
market and promoting pasta;
• Apples every day – promoting apples on the
markets of Russia and Ukraine;
• New quality in the poultry industry – informing
on poultry meat produced under QAFP quality
system on the markets of Poland and Germany;
• 5 portions of vegetables, juices and fruits –
continuation of the campaign promoting vegetables, fruit and juices on the markets of Poland
and Romania,
• Love rapeseed oil – promoting rapeseed oil on
the markets of Poland and Latvia.
From Poland’s accession to the EU to end of June 2014
the ARR provided aid in the amount of EUR 38.3 million as a support given to branch organisations for the
implementation of promotion and information campaigns, out of which EUR 23.30 million was from the EU
budget and EUR 15 million from the State budget.
Promotion funds for agri-food products
The Agricultural Market Agency administers 9 promotion funds for the following agri-food products:
milk pigmeat, beef, horsemeat, sheepmeat, grains of
cereals and processed cereal products, fruit and vegetables, poultry and fish. The funds have been created in order to ensure the relevant financial resources
for branch contribution to promotion, supporting agricultural marketing and consumption growth of agricultural and food products.
These objectives are accomplished for example by: financing the information and promotion campaigns,
promoting consumption of selected products, providing education for target groups (mainly young
people and children), conducting scientific and market research as well as carrying out development
activities to improve the quality of food products,
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quality schemes and to increase consumer interest
in the EU food quality issues, specific characteristics
and advantages of European food products, as well as
high standards of animal welfare.
The support may be granted to groups of producers
who manufacture high quality food under the EU certification systems such as Protected Designation of
Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
and Traditional Specialities Guaranteed (TSG) as well
as organic farming or recognised national certification
systems such as Integrated Plant Production, Quality
and Tradition as well as Quality Meat Program (QMP).
From September 2009 toz August 2014 the ARR has
concluded 25 contracts under this form of support for
the amount of over EUR 3.34 million.
financing trainings for producers and processors,
and by supporting national branch organisations.
arr own measures relating to the promotion
of agricultural and agri-food products
The manner of allotting the financial means from
the promotion funds is solely determined by the
representatives of branch organisations representing agricultural producers and processors operating
in the sector.
The ARR’s own information and promotion activities
are intended for Polish, as well as the EU and third
country markets and are primarily aimed at promot-
The value of expenditure from agri-food products
promotion funds in the period May 2004 – June
2014* amounts to EUR 62.4 million.
In 2013 the expenditures of the promotion funds
amounted to EUR 12 243 million.
Measure 133 “Information and Publicity” of the
Polish rural development programme for years
2007–2013
The measure is aimed at supporting groups of food
producers in their information and promotion activities carried out to promote products under food
* Between May 2004 and June 2009 the expenditure relates only to Milk
Promotion Fund, whereas since 1 July 2009 it relates to 9 agri-food products promotion funds.
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ing the unique characteristics and
value of Polish food products.
The ARR supports the development of trade in agricultural and food products by organising Polish food promotion events,
conferences and meetings, mainly
during the important and worldknown food trade fairs and exhibitions. In recent years, promotional activities were organised on
such markets as Algerian, Canadian, Chinese and in selected EU
countries.
Poland’s stand at Food Expo 2014 in Hongkong (14–18 August 2014)
The ARR own promotion activities carried out on the
national level are targeted at the broad group of CAP
schemes participants and the general public. Such activities carried out by the ARR include e.g. workshops and
cooking shows of educational character for students of
primary and catering schools, lectures on healthy and
balanced nutrition, conferences, seminars and trainings
for food producers and teachers, meetings promoting
high quality agri-food products at fairs and festivities,
contests relating to agri-food products and food quality
systems, and many other activities aimed at promotion
of agricultural and agri-food products.
Activities devoted to development of external
trade
The Agency provides the Polish entrepreneurs interested in commercial cooperation with foreign partners with information on markets of agri-food products. For this purpose, the ARR acquires, analyzes and
distributes materials and information obtained from other domestic and foreign institutions
and diplomatic posts on the possibility of institutional, economic and commercial cooperation
with foreign partners.
Seminar on Polish food sector during DJAZAGRO Food Fair (Algiers, 21 April 2014)
Information collected by the
Agency is distributed to Polish
entrepreneurs through the ARR
website: www.arr.gov.pl (tab
“Foreign trade” and the main
web page) as well as to unions
and associations of producers
and processors or individual agrifood producers via e-mail: [email protected].
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Sector Promotion
Programme for Polish Food
Specialities
Since 2012 the ARR has been
carrying out a three-year Sector Promotion Programme for
Polish Food Specialities as a part
of the Ministry of Economy system project entitled: “Promotion
of Polish Economy on International Markets” under the Innovative Economy Operational Programme.
The activities are implemented
in years 2012–2015 and provide
Polish companies with an opportunity to promote extensiveMr. Marek Sawicki, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development opening the Polish
national stand at SIAL CHINA in Shanghai (May 2014)
ly their products abroad. Promotion Programme for Polish Food
Specialities Sector is intended to create new strong
By organising economic missions and business meetPolish brands which will be recognisable all over the
ings for Polish entrepreneurs of the agri-food sector,
world and, therefore, associated with the country
and providing the entrepreneurs with an opportunity
of origin. Activities carried out under the proto participate in exhibitions and trade fairs abroad, the
gramme are targeted in particular at the marAgency enables operators to benefit from the instrukets of France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine,
ments of financial support offered by the Ministry
China and the United Arab Emirates and
of Economy under aid schemes covered by the EU
consist in participation in fairs and
funds and national aid.
exhibitions such as World Food
Moscow, SIAL Paris, Gulffood,
Each year the Agency coordinates or takes part in organising a variety of international economic forums,
trade missions and business seminars like the Annual Polish-Russian Entrepreneurs Forums of Agri-Food
Sector and Polish-Belarusian Economic Forums “Good
Neighbourship”. In 2014 the ARR also organised economic missions for Polish producers of agri-food
products under trade fairs in Algeria (DJAZAGRO)
and Hong Kong (Food Expo) as well as the participation of entrepreneurs of agri-food sector in the
first edition of the fair World Food Warsaw in Poland.
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SIAL China, World Food Ukraine, Anuga, participation
in the economic missions, seminars and conferences as
well as distribution of promotional brochures and film
on Polish Food Specialities sectors and organisation of
Polish study tours for foreign journalists.
The programme is aimed at promoting the domestic products such as: meat, fruit and vegetables, milk,
cheese, milled cereal products, bread
and fresh cakes, pasta, cocoa, chocolate, confectionery, tea and coffee,
vodkas, cider, fruit wines, beer.
markets, the trends in external trade in agri-food
products, as well as the prognosis for the development of basic agri-food markets in Poland.
ARR experts analyse the entrepreneurs’ interest in
external markets in order to support their participation in the agri-food branch operations undertaken
to promote external trade development. Trade infor-
III. Analytical and information
activities
The ARR fulfils an important role in
performing and distributing information on agricultural and food markets.
ARR specialists cooperate with independent market experts to analyse the
situation on agri-food markets. They
conduct studies and prepare reports
on price fluctuations, changes in demand vs. supply on the basic agri-food
mation is obtained and distributed
during conferences and seminars
organised by the Agency. It is also
published on the Agency’s website.
The ARR reports, analyses and market forecasts are of great interest to institutions and associations
connected with the agriculture and
food economy as well as the media.
Polish national stand at World Food Moscow 2014 (September 2014)
ARR also publishes information on
possibilities of profiting from the
CAP and national funds as well as the
information on current ARR activities. The information can be found
on the ARR website www.arr.gov.pl,
in brochures, in ARR Information
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Private storage
This scheme ensures stability of market prices by
compensating expenditure incurred by private operators for purchase and storage of commodities
for defined period indicated in the EU provisions. It
may be applied to the markets in butter, white sugar,
beef products, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat,
skimmed milk powder, cheese, and flax fibre.
The scheme is launched upon the European Commission decision in case of a difficult situation on the
market.
Measures for specific market support
In the occurrence of particularly difficult circumstances on the agricultural markets caused by livestock diseases as well as other unexpected disturbances, the
ARR may – upon the European Commission decision
– grant financial support provided in the EU legislation to operators or other market participants.
Bulletin and other printed or electronic publications.
A popular source of information is the ARR Call Center (+48 22 661 7272), widely used by beneficiaries.
IV. Safety net measures
Market intervention
Intervention measures of CAP schemes apply to the
markets in cereals, skimmed milk powder, butter and
beef products.
Such activities consist in the purchase of eligible
products at intervention price or under tender procedures, their storage, and then – upon the European
Commission decision – reintroduction to the market
through a tender or use within the Fund for European
Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD).
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In 2014 the ARR granted such an exceptional support
to those beneficiaries who suffered losses because of
African swine fever (ASF) outbreak affecting pig populations in the eastern regions of Poland.
Specific support may be also launched in the framework of state aid. In the years 2007–2011 the ARR
granted aid for sowing or planting
seed of the basic seed or certified
seed categories. The measure was
directed to farmers who suffered severe losses due to natural disasters
such as droughts, floods or landslides that occurred in Poland in the
aforementioned period.
State aid
The Treaty on the functioning of
the European Union lays down the
possibility of providing state aid
by its Member States. Such aid is
adapted to local needs and fully financed from national budgets.
Currently, the ARR beneficiaries
may take advantage of the state aid
for sowing or planting basic or certified seeds in the
form of de minimis assistance. The amount of aid for
a beneficiary cannot exceed EUR 15 000 in a three-year period.
Monitoring ad control of agricultural
production and processing
The Agency administers the CAP schemes aimed at
monitoring and limiting the volume of agricultural
production in certain areas. The limits of production
have been established in milk and sugar sectors for
the purpose of limiting the supply to the level ensuring not only market balance but also restricting support to such a level of production that is adapted to
market needs.
The Agency grants producers the right to produce
within production limits and monitors the quantity of
production with respect to the milk and sugar markets1.
The Agency’s ongoing activities include also the supervision over the fulfilment of responsibilities that
are imposed by national and EU legislation on participants of particular sectors of the agricultural and
food market. To fulfil this task, the ARR:
• carries out the distribution of fruit and vegetables not intended for sale;
• monitors the wine production potential of vineyards in Poland;
• monitors and controls the use of quota and
out-of-quota sugar, the use of industrial sugar
and the refinement of raw cane-sugar imported
from third countries;
• monitors the production of agricultural biogas
and the market for biocomponents and liquid biofuels produced by farmers for their own use;
• collects information on energy infrastructure
producing biofuel components and energy from
agricultural biogas.
1 The sugar production limits are allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development.
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V. Support for the beekeeping
sector
Acting on the basis of the EU National Apiculture Programmes, each year, the Agency grants financial support for a range of
projects carried out by associations, unions,
cooperatives and other groups of beekeepers, as well as by R&D institutions involved
in apiculture-related issues. Assistance given in the framework of this programme
is intended to improve honey quality, as
well as to strengthen particular factors related to the production and marketing of
apiculture products. Projects receiving financing from the ARR are: purchase of
bees and medical treatment against varroasis, conferences and training sessions,
quality analysis of honey, purchase of beekeeping equipment and trailers for transport of hives as well as purchase of laboratory equipment and applied research programmes in the field of beekeeping.
Support for beekeeping sector in 2005-2013*
Number of contracts
Net expenditures
(in thou. EUR)
Total
335
331
34.4
million
344
EUR
272
232
210
199
217
178
2 237
3 240
3 755
3 545
3 948
3 905
4 353
4 889
4 529
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
* The payments end on 15 October each year
VI. Trade with third countries
Poland and the other Member States of
the European Union form a customs union. Trade between Member States requires the submission of a statistical declaration to the INTRASTAT system whereas trade between EU Member States and
countries outside the EU is considered to
be external trade.
In the framework of CAP schemes, the
Agency administers trade with third
countries, including the issue and clearing
of export and import licences as well as
payment of export refunds supporting the
export of agri-food products.
Import and export licences
Trade with third countries in some agrifood products is subject to possessing
a relevant licence.
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Market structure of products to which the ARR issued
import licences from May 2004 to June 2014
• Beef and
veal market
market
• Bananas market
10%
Total
• Wine
market
• Poultry and
eggs market
• Rice market
1%
• Poultry 2%
14%
and eggs
27%
12.8 thou.
licences
15%
14%
• Pigmeat
market
1%
• Other
markets
13%
1%
• Fresh fruits
and vegetables
market
• Fresh fruit
and vegetables
market
16%
• Sugar
market
Market structure of products to which the ARR issued
export licences from May 2004 to June 2014
• Cereals
market
12% 8%
8%
6%
• Milk and
diary
13%
products
• Cereals
market
1%
• Other
markets
Total
38 thou.
licences
market
• Sugar
market
38%
• Beef and veel
market
• Milk and diary
products market
In order to ensure monitoring of quantities of agri-food
products exported to third countries, the ARR issues
obligatory export licences which enable the completion of customs formalities necessary for export transactions.
products as: cereals, rice, beef and veal, pigmeat,
eggs, poultry, milk and dairy product as well as to
Non-Annex I products – i.e. agricultural products incorporated in the manufacture of processed goods
exported to third countries.
In the framework of administering of imports of agrifood products, the ARR issues also:
Export refunds and the levels of their rates are established upon a decision taken by the European Commission. In the period 2011–2013 the European Commission
has gradually reduced the rates of export refunds for
all products to “0” level – due to the favourable market
price situation for the products concerned.
• obligatory import licences under monitoring of
the volume of agri-food products released to
the EU market,
• import licences that confirm the operator’s entitlement to benefit from import tariff quotas, i.e.
to import a particular quantity of commodities on
favourable terms (at zero rate/reduced import duties).
Export refunds
Export refunds aim to cover partially or fully the differences between prices on the world and Community markets. They may be paid, in accordance with
limitations resulting from WTO agreements, for such
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Agency collaborates in the framework of promotion of the food
sector. The Agency also delivers expert support for developing countries and those striving
for integration with the European
Union.
Cooperation in the framework
of the European Union
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VII. International cooperation
The Agency closely cooperates with paying agencies
and other bodies from the EU Member States, within bilateral agreements as well as broader forums. The
ARR has also close relationships with many partners
from outside the European Union, with whom the
The Agency is an active participant of EU paying
agencies forums – the meetings that bring together
Baltic EU Member States, as well as the Conferences
of the Directors of the EU Paying Agencies – aimed at
the discussion of the improvement of paying agencies
functioning and the issues connected with the challenges of the CAP development
and implementation. The Agency is a member of “Panta Rhei”
– organisation whose activities
are dedicated to the exchange of
experience and conceptions related to IT and technical aspects
of CAP implementation process.
The ARR also cooperates within the paying agencies’ coalition
“Learning Network”, whose essential area of activity is an exchange of knowledge and experience as well as working on the
proposals for a technical simplification of the CAP schemes.
Study visit of experts from Czech paying agency SZIF (Warsaw, 16–18 April 2013)
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On a daily basis the ARR closely
cooperates with other EU paying
agencies through undertaking
joint projects and initiatives and
through partnership exchange of
information and experience in
relation to the implementation
of CAP schemes.
Participation in the EU decision-making
process
ARR’s experts participate in the meetings of European Commission and EU Council preparatory bodies
and are actively involved in drawing up Poland’s positions presented during these meetings.
The Agency’s contribution to the EU decision-making process makes it possible to influence the shape
of EU legislation in the best interests of the agricultural and food sector and of CAP schemes beneficiaries. Furthermore, this process allows, on an ongoing
basis, to obtain information necessary for the ARR to
perform its statutory tasks as well as supporting the
analytical and information activities.
ARR activities in this area are carried out in full cooperation with the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural
Development.
The specific area of EU decision-making process, in
which ARR experts are involved is simplification of
the Common Agricultural Policy, especially within
sector measures.
Basic purpose of this process is to reduce the unnecessary burden imposed on beneficiaries and Member
States administrations. It is implemented on both political and technical levels.
ARR experts participate in the meetings of European
Commission’s Simplification Expert Group. ARR activity and involvement has helped legal provisions to
be more transparent, as well as to reduce the administrative burden imposed on CAP beneficiaries
VIII. Support for third countries
Since the moment Poland joined
the EU and the ARR received the
status of an accredited paying
agency, the Agency participates
in the EU and Polish assistance
programmes designed to deliver expert support to developing
countries as well as to countries
aiming at becoming members of
the European Union.
Twinning
Study visit of representatives of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of
the Republic of Macedonia (Warsaw, 14–17 May 2013)
While preparing to fulfil an obligation steaming from a status
of the EU paying agency, the
ARR undertook 5 pre-accession
projects under the Phare pro-
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gramme involving ‘twinning’ projects to support the
administration of CAP schemes.
During this period the ARR benefited from an expertise and experience of the British and Dutch paying
agencies, as well as experts from Italy, France, Austria, Denmark, Greece and Sweden.
The experience gained during the pre-accession period has allowed the ARR to participate in similar
projects addressed to countries preparing for the
membership of the European Union. The ARR is not
only an active and visible player in twinning partnerships, but also a valued partner for other institutions.
in preparation of Croatian paying agency to the process of adopting the legislation laying down the single
common market organisation under the CAP.
Development assistance
Within the framework of programme of Polish development assistance coordinated by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the Agency has been involved in supporting developing countries, especially those striving for tighter integration with the EU.
So far the Agency has provided expert assistance for
the institutions such as: the Ukrainian Ministry of Agricultural Policy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of the
Republic of Moldova and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Palestinian
National Authority.
Thanks to the projects implemented by the ARR it was possible to
create an intervention and paying
agency in Moldova as well as to
promote the idea of establishing
and functioning of system of agricultural producer groups in that
country.
The Agency experts’ knowledge and involvement enabled the ARR to successfully join British partners in
delivering assistance to the Romanian paying agency
in obtaining accreditation. The ARR also participated
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Moreover, currently ARR participates in the works of bilateral working groups and international economic commissions in the framework of international cooperation conducted by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the
Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Contact information
Agencja Rynku Rolnego
ul. Nowy Świat 6/12
00-400 Warszawa
Poland
www.arr.gov.pl
ARR International Cooperation Office
phone: + 48 22 661 72 26
email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Agricultural
Market
Agency
www.arr.gov.pl
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