Assessment of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in Romanian

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Policy
sec tor
Agri culture
and
Rural
De ve lopment
Trans port
Ener gy
Natural
Resource
Eco system
Typo
lo gy
(MAES
Level 2)
Cropland
Grassland
(1)
Equity of
benefits
and
needs
from
natural
re sources
management
-
Achieved
through
2014-
2020
payment
schemes
such
as the
redistributive
payment
on SAPS,
which can
lead to a
signi ficant
increase
in payments
for
small and
medium
sized
family
farms, the
payment
for good
envi ronmental
and
climate
practices,
the
payment
for young
farmers,
and the
simplified
small
farmers
scheme
ALL –
including
urban X – Not
and treated
except
ocean
ALL –
including
urban X – Not
and treated
except
ocean
(2) Subsidiarity,
decentralized
management of
ecosystems
- APIA and
AFIR implement
eco-conditionality
norms; APIA,
which has local
structures, also
implements direct
payments; control
is also delegated
(3)
Consideration
of ecosystem
management
impact on
adjacent
ecosystems
- Ecoconditionality
measures are
referred to
water, soil,
biodiversity,
landscape, and
animal welfare
(4)
Management
of market
distortions
affecting
ecosystems
and
integration
of costs and
benefits
- Direct
payments
decoupled from
production
since 2003.
In 2014-
2020 coupled
support only
for sectors
mentioned
in art. 52
alin. (2) of
Reg. (UE) no.
1.307/2013,
undergoing
difficulties
and important
from an
environmental
and socioeconomic
point of view.
Besides, direct
payments are
an income
support for
farmers
independent
from market
dynamics
X = Not applied X – Not treated X – Not treated
X – The National
Authority for the
regulation of the
energy domain
(ANRE -
Autoritatea
Naţională de
Reglementare
în domeniul
Energiei), which
is controlled by
the Parliament,
oversees and
coordinates the
national electricity
market and issues
regulatory acts.
Transelectrica
manages the
national electricity
network (it
operates the
transport and
energy systems).
X – Not treated
X – Not treated
(5)
Resilience,
conservation
of ecosystem
structure and
functioning
- Ecoconditionality
measures are
referred to
water, soil,
biodiversity,
landscape, and
animal welfare;
greening
measures
– The
Environmental
Report
considers
the impact of
the transport
sector on
ecosystems
and
recommends
first of all to
avoid areas
with high
biodiversity
(e.g. natural
protected
areas)
X – Conser vation
measures
for the
development
of the energy
sector are
included in the
Environmental
Notification to
the Strategy,
however
indicators
are not well
correlated and
the Notification
is not
recognized nor
implemented
by
subordinated
institutions
(due to
procedural
matters)
(6)
Management
within the
limits of
ecosystem’s
functions and
capacity
X – Promotion
of organic
agriculture,
however
intensive
agriculture
continues to
be business
as usual and
the impact
of greening
measures
designed by
the last CAP
reform is not
significant
X – Not
treated.
Information on
the ecosystems
capacity
to deliver
goods and
services for
the transport
sector are
insufficient.
X – Not
treated.
Information on
the ecosystems
capacity to
deliver goods
and services
for the energy
sector are
insufficient.