LPIS/IACS topics : land tenure and “at the disposal of”. (Englisch)

This material is an introduction and the discussion document about the legal and spatial context of defining agricultural parcels of the Land parcel information system. So far, some EU Member States’ Administrations use legal documents in evidencing the land that is at the farmers’ disposal to be entitled for payment support. None of the acts from EU regulation provides specific provisions how authorities should verify that the farmer holds access and use rights for agricultural parcels he declares. Once legal documents became necessary to evidence the use of land, many issues arise and prevent a farmer to declare actual utilization of agricultural land. MS Authorities put more obligations to the farmer than necessary. Those legal and spatial records are very often not up-to-date and full of inaccuracies, hence should be considered with attention. We provide insights of those discrepancies and provide recommendations to the Member States’ Administrations.