INSPIRE - Annex II Theme Land Cover - LandCoverUnit - Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) - 2018 - Reference data of agricultural parcels

The Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) is a reference database of the agriculture parcels used as a basis for area related payments to farmers in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). These payments are (co)financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (‘EAGF’) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (‘EAFRD’).
To ensure that payments are regular, the CAP relies on the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS), a set of comprehensive administrative and on the spot checks on subsidy applications, which is managed by the Member States. The Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) is a key component of the IACS. It is an IT system based on ortho imagery (aerial or satellite photographs) which records all agricultural parcels in the Member States. It serves two main purposes: to clearly locate all eligible agricultural land contained within reference parcels and to calculate their maximum eligible area (MEA). The LPIS is used for cross checking during the administrative control procedures and as a basis for on the spot checks by the paying agency.

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地块识别系统（Land Parcel Identification System, LPIS）是面向农业地块的参考数据库，作为欧盟共同农业政策（Common Agricultural Policy, CAP）框架下向农户发放面积关联补贴的核心依据。此类补贴由欧洲农业保障基金（European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, EAGF）与欧洲农业农村发展基金（European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, EAFRD）联合筹资。
为保障补贴发放的规范性，共同农业政策依托成员国管理的综合行政管理与控制系统（Integrated Administration and Control System, IACS），该体系包含对补贴申请的全流程行政管理与现场核查工作。地块识别系统是综合行政管理与控制系统的关键组成部分，其为基于正射影像（ortho imagery，即航空或卫星摄影影像）的信息技术平台，用于记录成员国境内全部农业地块信息。该系统主要具备两项核心功能：一是精准定位参考地块内所有符合补贴资格的农业用地，二是测算其最大合格面积（maximum eligible area, MEA）。地块识别系统可用于行政管理核查流程中的交叉核验环节，同时也可作为付款机构开展现场核查的基础依据。
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