I. INTRODUCTION
The Presidency hereby submits its report on the progress achieved during the first half of 2012 on the CAP reform proposals [The reform package was submitted by the Commission on 12 October 2012 and consists of Proposals for Regulations on Direct Payments (15396/11), Single CMO (15397/11), Rural Development (15425/11), Financing, management and monitoring of the CAP "Horizontal Regulation" (15426/11), Article 43(3) TFEU (15400/11), Transitional Direct Payments Scheme...