A/HRC/43/44/Add.6 was found, by whom, compared to what period?). Specify the meaning of the expression “investment of clean capitals into the rigged food system”. Indeed, note 17 does not support any of the above-mentioned accusations. As no enforcement or judicial authority is quoted in this paragraph, the text should be redrafted or deleted. 46. Also, in wholesale markets, farmers are forced to accept low prices, pay to sell their products or use monopolistic services (like parking, transport and packaging) provided at high prices. Comments: This is certainly true in specific situations, but cannot be assumed equally true for the overall agricultural sector. The purchase of land with the proceedings of illegal activities and the forged documents to access the resources of the Common Agricultural Policy even without title; the tens of cases of counterfeit pesticides that are imported or assembled and often sprayed by workers without adequate knowledge and safety measures; the increase in food- frauds and contamination are among the illegal activities. Comments: Data from the Ministry of health and from the Ministry of agriculture (ICQRF) show a reduction, during in the last years, in frauds and contamination (see Annuario CREA, 2018, Vol. LXII, pagg. 297-299) Reports and local realities reveal the increasing presence of criminal organizations across the food chain, from farm to fork, through the two parallel phenomena of money laundering and money dirtying, i.e. the investment of clean capitals into the rigged food system because of the highly lucrative revenues that it can generate.11 Comments: The reference in the note is about a document that doesn’t seem to have any relation with the above mentioned items. Please provide detailed sources and quantitative data (from official administrations or Police) to support the statement that “illegality” would be under an increasing trend (“Illegality and the right to food are incompatible and Italy should work harder to revert the recent trend”). The report should duly consider that fraud cases involve merely 0,01% of the total value of EU resources allocated to Italy (source ICQRF annual report). Without quantitative or other overall terms of comparison, the whole description becomes misleading. We ask that the report duly highlight in this section the continued efforts by the Italian competent authorities (ICQRF and others) thanks to a worldwide-acknowledged national control system daily acting in the agri-food sector. B. Common Agricultural Policy and Italian Agriculture 47. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014-2020 was Europe’s attempt to respond to the need for a decent reasonable standard of living for 22 million farmers and agricultural workers and a stable, varied and safe food supply for its 500 million citizens. The Policy focused on increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring decent reasonable standard of living for farmers, stabilizing markets, ensuring safe supply flow and guaranteeing fare prices to consumers. The Policy planned to invest around 37.5 billion euros in Italy's farming sector and rural areas, prioritizing jobs and growth, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. 48. The CAP tried to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the agricultural sectors in EU countries by providing income support through direct payments (subsidies) aimed at stabilizing farm revenues incomes and financing projects programmes responding 11 8 ISTAT (2020) Stima preliminare dei conti economici dell’agricoltura, anno 2019.