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"In October 2011 the European Commission has presented legislative proposals for the design of the CAP after 2013. These proposals partly introduce new elements (e.g. on greening of direct payments) but also sustain and streamline existing policies, such as the rural development policy. The question is whether these proposals lead to a net simplification of the CAP. The European Commission also presented an overview of the simplification elements foreseen in the five main legislative proposals, including a list of ten main simplification aspects (...) The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (within the theme 'Common Agricultural Policy' of the Policy Supporting Research, BO- 11.16-001-LEI-6) and the Swedish Ministry for Rural Affairs/Swedish Board of Agriculture have asked LEI to present an analysis and judgement of the ten main simplification aspects presented by the European Commission and to present an overall simplification assessment of the five main legislative proposals. This analysis has been conducted against the background of the Council paper with the six key principles to assess whether the Commission has taken these principles into account."--Preface.