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Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013
Consolidated text: Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013
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REGULATION (EU) 2021/2115 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 2 December 2021
establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013
TITLE I
SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE, APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
This Regulation lays down rules on:
general and specific objectives to be pursued through Union support financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) under the common agricultural policy (CAP) as well as the related indicators;
types of intervention and common requirements for Member States to pursue those objectives as well as the related financial arrangements;
CAP Strategic Plans, which are to be drawn up by Member States and which set targets, specify conditions for interventions and allocate financial resources, according to the specific objectives and identified needs;
coordination and governance as well as monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
Article 2
Applicable provisions
Article 3
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
‘farmer’ means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status granted to such group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaties, as defined in Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union in conjunction with Articles 349 and 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and who exercises an agricultural activity as determined by Member States in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation;
‘holding’ means all the units used for agricultural activities and managed by a farmer situated within the territory of the same Member State;
‘intervention’ means a support instrument with a set of eligibility conditions specified by a Member State in its CAP Strategic Plan based on a type of intervention provided for in this Regulation;
‘operation’ means:
a project, contract, action or group of projects or actions selected under the CAP Strategic Plan concerned;
in the context of financial instruments, the total eligible public expenditure granted to a financial instrument and the subsequent financial support provided to final recipients by that financial instrument;
‘public expenditure’ means any contribution to the financing of operations the source of which is the budget of national, regional or local public authorities, the budget of the Union made available to the EAGF and the EAFRD, the budget of public law bodies or the budget of associations of public authorities or of public law bodies;
‘milestones’ means intermediate pre-established values, set by Member States in the framework of their intervention strategies referred to in Article 107(1), point (b), for a specific financial year to be achieved at a given point in time during the CAP Strategic Plan period to ensure timely progress in relation to the result indicators;
‘targets’ means pre-established values, set by Member States in the framework of their intervention strategies referred to in Article 107(1), point (b), to be achieved at the end of the CAP Strategic Plan period in relation to the result indicators;
‘outermost regions’ means the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU;
‘AKIS’ means the combined organisation and knowledge flows between persons, organisations and institutions who use and produce knowledge for agriculture and interrelated fields (Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System);
‘smaller Aegean islands’ means smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013;
‘mutual fund’ means a scheme accredited by a Member State in accordance with its national law for affiliated farmers to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to affiliated farmers who experience economic losses;
‘less developed regions’ means less developed regions within the meaning of Article 108(2), first subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;
‘beneficiary’ in relation to the types of intervention for rural development referred to in Article 69 means:
a public or private law body, an entity with or without legal personality, a natural person or a group of natural or legal persons responsible for initiating or both initiating and implementing operations;
in the context of State aid schemes, the undertaking which receives the aid;
in the context of financial instruments, the body that implements the holding fund or, where there is no holding fund structure, the body that implements the specific fund or, where the managing authority referred to in Article 123 (‘the managing authority’) manages the financial instrument, the managing authority;
‘support rate’ means the rate of public expenditure to an operation; in the context of financial instruments it refers to the gross grant equivalent of the support as defined in Article 2, point (20), of Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 ( 1 );
‘LEADER’ means community-led local development referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;
‘intermediate body’ means any public or private law body, including regional or local bodies, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations, which acts under the responsibility of a national or regional managing authority, or which carries out duties on behalf of such an authority;
‘financial year’ means agricultural financial year in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
Article 4
Definitions and conditions to be provided in the CAP Strategic Plans
‘Agricultural activity’ shall be determined in such a way that it allows to contribute to the provision of private and public goods through one or both of the following:
the production of agricultural products, which includes actions such as raising animals or cultivation including by way of paludiculture, where agricultural products means products listed in Annex I to the TFEU with the exception of fishery products, as well as cotton and short rotation coppice;
the maintenance of the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation, without preparatory action going beyond the use of usual agricultural methods and machinery.
‘Agricultural area’ shall be determined in such a way as to comprise arable land, permanent crops and permanent grassland, including when they form agroforestry systems on that area. The terms ‘arable land’, ‘permanent crops’ and ‘permanent grassland’ shall be further specified by Member States within the following framework:
‘arable land’ shall be land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but lying fallow; in addition, it shall, for the duration of the commitment, be land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but lying fallow that have been set aside in accordance with Article 31 or Article 70 or GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III to this Regulation, or with Articles 22, 23 or 24 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 ( 2 ), or with Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 ( 3 ), or with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 );
‘permanent crops’ shall be non-rotational crops other than permanent grassland and permanent pasture that occupy the land for five years or more and that yield repeated harvests, including nurseries and short rotation coppice;
‘permanent grassland and permanent pasture’ (together referred to as ‘permanent grassland’) shall be land that is used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more and, where Member States so decide, that has not been ploughed up, or tilled, or reseeded with different types of grass or other herbaceous forage, for five years or more. It may include other species, such as shrubs or trees, which can be grazed and, where Member States so decide, other species such as shrubs or trees which produce animal feed, provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant.
Member States may also decide to consider the following types of land to be permanent grassland:
land which is covered by any of the species referred to in this point and which forms part of established local practices, where grasses and other herbaceous forage are traditionally not predominant or absent in grazing areas;
land covered by any of the species referred to in this point, where grasses and other herbaceous forage are not predominant or are absent in grazing areas.
For the purpose of types of intervention in the form of direct payments, ‘eligible hectare’ shall be determined in such a way that it covers areas which are at the farmer’s disposal and which consist of:
any agricultural area of the holding that, during the year for which support is requested, is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities; where duly justified for environmental, biodiversity and climate-related reasons, Member States may decide that eligible hectares also include certain areas used for agricultural activities only every second year;
any area of the holding which is:
covered by landscape features subject to the retention obligation under GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III;
used to attain the minimum share of arable land devoted to non-productive areas and features, including land lying fallow, under GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III; or
for the duration of the relevant commitment by the farmer, established or maintained as a result of an eco-scheme referred to in Article 31.
If Member States so decide, ‘eligible hectare’ may contain other landscape features, provided they are not predominant and do not significantly hamper the performance of the agricultural activity due to the area they occupy on the agricultural parcel. In implementing that principle, Member States may set a maximum share of the agricultural parcel covered by those other landscape features.
As regards permanent grassland with scattered ineligible features, Member States may decide to apply fixed reduction coefficients to determine the area considered eligible;
any area of the holding that gave a right to payments under Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, Subsection 2, of this Regulation or under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme laid down in Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, and which is not an ‘eligible hectare’ as determined by Member States on the basis of points (a) and (b) of this paragraph:
as a result of the application of Directive 92/43/EEC, 2009/147/EC or 2000/60/EC to that area;
as a result of area-based interventions set out under this Regulation covered by the integrated system referred to in Article 65(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 allowing for the production of products not listed in Annex I TFEU by way of paludiculture, or under national schemes for biodiversity or greenhouse gas reductions the conditions of which comply with those area-based interventions, provided that those interventions and national schemes contribute to achieving one or more specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f), of this Regulation;
for the duration of an afforestation commitment by the farmer, pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 or to Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or to Article 70 or Article 73 of this Regulation, or under a national scheme the conditions of which comply with Article 43(1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or Article 70 or Article 73 of this Regulation;
for the duration of a commitment by the farmer resulting in the setting aside of the area, pursuant to Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, to Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, to Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or to Article 70 of this Regulation.
Areas used for the production of hemp shall be eligible hectares only if the varieties used have a tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding 0,3 %.
When determining who is an ‘active farmer’, Member States shall apply objective and non-discriminatory criteria, such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion of their agricultural activities in national or regional registers. Such criteria may be introduced in one or more forms chosen by Member States, including through a negative list disqualifying a farmer from being considered to be an active farmer. If a Member State considers to be ‘active farmers’ those farmers who did not receive direct payments exceeding a certain amount for the previous year, such an amount shall not be higher than EUR 5 000 .
‘Young farmer’ shall be determined in such a way as to include:
an upper age limit set between 35 years and 40 years;
the conditions for being ‘head of the holding’;
the appropriate training or skills required, as determined by Member States.
TITLE II
OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS
Article 5
General objectives
In accordance with the objectives of the CAP set out in Article 39 TFEU, with the objective to maintain the functioning of the internal market and a level playing field between farmers in the Union and with the principle of subsidiarity, support from the EAGF and the EAFRD shall aim to further improve the sustainable development of farming, food and rural areas and shall contribute to achieving the following general objectives in the economic, environmental and social spheres, which will contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:
to foster a smart, competitive, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring long-term food security;
to support and strengthen environmental protection, including biodiversity, and climate action and to contribute to achieving the environmental and climate-related objectives of the Union, including its commitments under the Paris Agreement;
to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas.
Article 6
Specific objectives
The achievement of the general objectives shall be pursued through the following specific objectives:
to support viable farm income and resilience of the agricultural sector across the Union in order to enhance long-term food security and agricultural diversity as well as to ensure the economic sustainability of agricultural production in the Union;
to enhance market orientation and increase farm competitiveness both in the short and long term, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation;
to improve the farmers’ position in the value chain;
to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing carbon sequestration, as well as to promote sustainable energy;
to foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air, including by reducing chemical dependency;
to contribute to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
to attract and sustain young farmers and new farmers and facilitate sustainable business development in rural areas;
to promote employment, growth, gender equality, including the participation of women in farming, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including the circular bio-economy and sustainable forestry;
to improve the response of Union agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including high-quality, safe and nutritious food produced in a sustainable way, to reduce food waste, as well as to improve animal welfare and to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Article 7
Indicators
Achievement of the objectives referred to in Articles 5 and Article 6(1) and (2) shall be assessed on the basis of common indicators related to output, result, impact and context as set out in Annex I. Those common indicators shall include:
output indicators relating to the realised output of the interventions supported;
result indicators relating to the specific objectives concerned referred to in Article 6(1) and (2), and which are used for the establishment of quantified milestones and targets in relation to those specific objectives in the CAP Strategic Plans and for assessing progress towards those targets; result indicators relating to environmental and climate-related objectives may cover interventions which contribute to the fulfilment of the commitments emanating from the Union legislative acts listed in Annex XIII;
impact indicators related to the objectives set out in Article 5 and Article 6(1) and (2) and used in the context of the CAP Strategic Plans and of the CAP;
context indicators referred to in Article 115(2) and listed in Annex I.
TITLE III
COMMON REQUIREMENTS AND TYPES OF INTERVENTION
CHAPTER I
COMMON REQUIREMENTS
Article 8
Strategic approach
Member States shall pursue the objectives set out in Title II by specifying interventions on the basis of the types of intervention set out in Chapters II, III and IV of this Title in accordance with their assessment of needs and with the common requirements set out in this Chapter.
Article 9
General principles
Member States shall design the interventions of their CAP Strategic Plans and GAEC standards referred to in Article 13 in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of Union law.
Member States shall ensure that interventions and GAEC standards referred to in Article 13 are set out on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, are compatible with the proper functioning of the internal market and do not distort competition.
Member States shall establish the legal framework governing the granting of Union support to farmers and other beneficiaries in accordance with the CAP Strategic Plans as approved by the Commission in accordance with Articles 118 and 119 of this Regulation and with the principles and requirements set out in this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) 2021/2116. They shall implement those CAP Strategic Plans as approved by the Commission.
Article 10
WTO domestic support
Member States shall design the interventions on the basis of the types of intervention which are listed in Annex II to this Regulation, including the definitions and conditions set out in Article 4, in such a way that they qualify under the criteria of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.
In particular, the basic income support for sustainability, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, the complementary income support for young farmers and the schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare shall qualify under the criteria of the paragraphs of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture indicated in Annex II to this Regulation for those interventions. For other interventions, the paragraphs of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture indicated in Annex II to this Regulation are indicative and those interventions may instead comply with a different paragraph of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture if that is specified and explained in the CAP Strategic Plan.
Article 11
Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on oilseeds
If, following the notification of all planned outputs by Member States, the maximum support area for the whole Union referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article is exceeded, the Commission shall calculate for each Member State that notified an excess compared to its reference area a reduction coefficient that is proportionate to the excess of its planned outputs so that the maximum support area for the whole Union is maintained. Each Member State concerned shall be informed about that reduction coefficient in the Commission’s observations to the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 118(3). The reduction coefficient for each Member State shall be set in the implementing decision referred to in Article 118(6) by means of which the Commission approves the CAP Strategic Plan.
Member States shall not amend their support area on their own initiative after the date referred to in Article 118(1).
The Commission shall inform the Member States concerned about the reduction coefficients by 31 January of the year preceding the claim year concerned.
Each Member State concerned shall submit a corresponding request for amendment of its CAP Strategic Plan with the reduction coefficient referred to in the second subparagraph by 31 March of the year preceding the claim year concerned. The reduction coefficient for that Member State shall be set in the implementing decision referred to in Article 119(10) by means of which the Commission approves the amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Article 12
Principle and scope
Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans a system of conditionality under which farmers and other beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II or annual payments under Articles 70, 71 and 72 are subject to an administrative penalty if they do not comply with the statutory management requirements under Union law and the GAEC standards established in the CAP Strategic Plans, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:
the climate and the environment, including water, soil and biodiversity of ecosystems;
public health and plant health;
animal welfare.
Article 13
Obligations of Member States relating to good agricultural and environmental condition
Member States shall not set minimum standards for main objectives other than the main objectives laid down in Annex III.
Article 14
Principle and scope
Article 15
Farm advisory services
Through the farm advisory services, appropriate assistance shall be offered along the cycle of the farm development, including for the setting-up for the first time, conversion of production patterns towards consumer demand, innovative practices, agricultural techniques for resilience to climate change, including agroforestry and agroecology, improved animal welfare, and where necessary safety standards and social support.
Farm advisory services shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisors, researchers, farmer organisations and other relevant stakeholders that form the AKIS.
The farm advisory services shall be adapted to the various types of production and farms and shall cover at least the following:
all requirements, conditions and management commitments applying to farmers and other beneficiaries set in the CAP Strategic Plan, including requirements and standards under conditionality and conditions for interventions, as well as information on financial instruments and business plans established under the CAP Strategic Plan;
the requirements laid down by Member States for implementing Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2000/60/EC, Article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ), Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 6 ), Directive 2009/128/EC, Directive 2009/147/EC, Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ), Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 8 ) and Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 9 );
farm practices preventing the development of antimicrobial resistance as set out in Commission communication of 29 June 2017 entitled ‘A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)’;
risk prevention and management;
innovation support, in particular for preparing and for implementing the projects of the EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3);
digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas as referred to in Article 114, point (b);
sustainable management of nutrients, including at the latest as from 2024 the use of a Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients, which is any digital application that provides at least:
a balance of the main nutrients at field scale;
the legal requirements on nutrients;
soil data, based on available information and analyses;
data from the integrated administration and control system (IACS) relevant for nutrient management;
conditions of employment, employer obligations, occupational health and safety and social support in farming communities.
CHAPTER II
TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN THE FORM OF DIRECT PAYMENTS
Article 16
Types of intervention in the form of direct payments
Decoupled direct payments shall be the following:
the basic income support for sustainability;
the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability;
the complementary income support for young farmers;
the schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare.
Coupled direct payments shall be the following:
the coupled income support;
the crop-specific payment for cotton.
Article 17
Capping and degressivity of payments
Member States may set additional tranches above EUR 60 000 , and specify the percentages of reduction for those additional tranches. They shall ensure that the reduction for each tranche is equal to or higher than for the previous tranche.
Before applying paragraph 1 or 2, Member States may subtract from the amount of the basic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer in a given calendar year:
all the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment;
the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business;
the labour cost element of the contracting costs linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer.
To calculate the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), Member States shall use salary costs actually incurred by the farmer. In duly justified cases, farmers may request to use standards costs to be determined by the Member State concerned according to a method to be further specified in its CAP Strategic Plan based on the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
To calculate the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), Member States shall use standard costs to be determined by the Member State concerned according to a method to be further specified in its CAP Strategic Plan based on the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Member States may also use all or part of the product to finance types of intervention under the EAFRD as specified in Chapter IV by means of a transfer. Such transfer to the EAFRD shall be part of the CAP Strategic Plan financial tables and may be reviewed in 2025 in accordance with Article 103. It shall not be subject to the maximum limits for the transfers of funds from the EAGF to the EAFRD established under that Article.
Article 18
Minimum requirements
Alternatively, Member States may set a minimum amount of direct payments that may be paid to a farmer.
When setting the minimum area or minimum amount, Member States shall aim to ensure that direct payments are granted only to active farmers if:
the management of the corresponding payments does not cause excessive administrative burden; and
the corresponding amounts make an effective contribution to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) to which direct payments contribute.
Article 19
Contribution to risk management tools
By way of derogation from Article 44(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, a Member State may decide to assign up to 3 % of the direct payments to be paid to a farmer for the farmer’s contribution to a risk management tool.
Member States that decide to make use of this provision shall apply it to all farmers receiving direct payments in a given year.
Article 20
General requirements for receiving decoupled direct payments
Member States shall grant decoupled direct payments to active farmers under the conditions set out in this Section and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Article 21
General rules
Article 22
Amount of support per hectare
Article 23
Payment entitlements
Article 24
Value of payment entitlements and convergence
Member States may decide to apply the reduction to all or part of the payment entitlements with a value determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article exceeding the planned unit amount referred to in Article 102(1) for the basic income support for claim year 2026, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan for the Member State or for group of territories referred to in Article 22(2).
Article 25
Activation of payment entitlements
Article 26
Reserves for payment entitlements
Member States shall use their reserve as a matter of priority to allocate payment entitlements to the following farmers:
young farmers who have newly set up a holding for the first time;
new farmers.
Article 27
Transfers of payment entitlements
Article 28
Payments for small farmers
Member States may grant a payment to small farmers, as determined by Member States, by way of a lump sum or of amounts per hectare replacing direct payments under this Section and Section 3 of this Chapter. Member States shall design the corresponding intervention in the CAP Strategic Plan as optional for the farmers.
The annual payment for each farmer shall not exceed EUR 1 250 .
Member States may decide to set different lump sums or amounts per hectare linked to different area thresholds.
Article 29
Complementary redistributive income support for sustainability
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph or from Article 98, Member States may address the need for redistribution of income support by other instruments and interventions financed by the EAGF pursuing the objective of fairer distribution and more effective and efficient targeting of income support, provided they can demonstrate in their CAP Strategic Plans that such need is sufficiently addressed.
In the case of farmers who are part of a group of affiliated legal entities, as determined by Member States, Member States may apply the maximum number of hectares referred to in paragraph 3 at the level of that group under conditions to be determined by them.
Article 30
Complementary income support for young farmers
Member States may decide to grant the support under this Article to farmers who have received support under Article 50 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 for the remainder of the period referred to in paragraph 5 of that Article.
That support shall take the form either of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare or of a lump-sum payment per young farmer.
Member States may decide to grant the support under this Article only to a maximum number of hectares per young farmer.
In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons such as group of farmers, producer organisations or cooperatives, Member States may apply the maximum number of hectares referred to in paragraph 3 at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups:
who comply with the definition and conditions for a ‘young farmer’ determined in accordance with Article 4(6); and
where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned.
Article 31
Schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare
Each eco-scheme shall in principle cover at least two of the following areas of actions for the climate, the environment, animal welfare and combatting antimicrobial resistance:
climate change mitigation, including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices, as well as maintenance of existing carbon stores and enhancement of carbon sequestration;
climate change adaptation, including actions to improve resilience of food production systems and animal and plant diversity for stronger resistance to diseases and climate change;
protection or improvement of water quality and reduction of pressure on water resources;
prevention of soil degradation, soil restoration, improvement of soil fertility and of nutrient management and soil biota;
protection of biodiversity, conservation or restoration of habitats or species, including maintenance and creation of landscape features or non-productive areas;
actions for a sustainable and reduced use of pesticides, in particular pesticides that present a risk for human health or environment;
actions to enhance animal welfare or combat antimicrobial resistance.
Under this Article, Member States shall only provide payments covering commitments which:
go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and GAEC standards established under Chapter I, Section 2;
go beyond the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
go beyond the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with Article 4(2), point (b);
are different from commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 70.
For commitments referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), where national law imposes new requirements which go beyond the corresponding minimum requirements laid down in Union law, support may be granted for commitments contributing to compliance with those requirements for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding.
Without prejudice to Article 87(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, active farmers or groups of active farmers participating in eco-schemes established in accordance with the first subparagraph shall be deemed to comply with the relevant requirements and standards referred to in Annex III, provided that they fulfil the commitments under the eco-scheme concerned.
Member States that establish eco-schemes in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph may ensure that their management and control systems do not duplicate checks where the same requirements and standards apply both under those eco-schemes and the obligations set in Annex III.
Support for a particular eco-scheme shall take the form of an annual payment for all eligible hectares covered by the commitments. Payments shall be granted as either:
payments additional to the basic income support set out in Subsection 2; or
payments compensating active farmers or groups of active farmers for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments made which shall be calculated in accordance with Article 82 and taking into account the targets for eco-schemes; those payments may also cover transaction costs.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, payments granted in accordance with point (b) thereof for animal welfare commitments, commitments combatting antimicrobial resistance and, if duly justified, commitments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate may also take the form of an annual payment for the livestock units.
Article 32
General rules
Article 33
Scope
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where they are important for socio-economic or environmental reasons:
cereals;
oilseeds excluding confectionary sunflower seeds as laid down in Article 11(7);
protein crops, including legumes and mixtures of legumes and grasses provided that legumes remain predominant in the mixture;
flax;
hemp;
rice;
nuts;
starch potatoes;
milk and milk products;
seeds;
sheep meat and goat meat;
beef and veal;
olive oil and table olives;
silk worms;
dried fodder;
hops;
sugar beet, cane and chicory roots;
fruit and vegetables;
short rotation coppice.
Article 34
Eligibility
Article 35
Delegated powers in the case of structural market imbalances in a sector
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Regulation with measures to avoid beneficiaries of coupled income support suffering from structural market imbalances in a sector. Those delegated acts may allow Member States to decide that coupled income support may continue to be paid until 2027 on the basis of the production units for which such support was granted in a past reference period.
Article 36
Scope
Bulgaria, Greece, Spain and Portugal shall grant a crop-specific payment for cotton to active farmers producing cotton falling within CN code 5201 00 under the conditions laid down in this Subsection.
Article 37
General rules
For the interventions covered in this Subsection:
the eligibility of the expenditure incurred shall be determined on the basis of Article 37, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
for the purposes of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the opinion to be provided by the certification bodies shall cover points (a), (b) and (d) thereof, as well as the management declaration.
Article 38
Base areas, fixed yields and reference amounts
The following national base areas are established:
The following fixed yields in the reference period are established:
The amount of the crop-specific payment per hectare of eligible area shall be calculated by multiplying the yields established in paragraph 2 with the following reference amounts:
Article 39
Approved interbranch organisations
For the purpose of this Subsection, an ‘approved interbranch organisation’ means a legal entity made up of farmers producing cotton and at least one ginner, carrying out activities such as:
helping to better coordinate the way in which cotton is placed on the market, in particular through research studies and market surveys;
drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules;
orienting production towards products that are better adapted to market needs and consumer demand, in particular with regard to quality and consumer protection;
updating methods and means to improve product quality;
developing marketing strategies to promote cotton via quality certification schemes.
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Regulation with rules on:
criteria for the approval of interbranch organisations;
obligations for producers;
the consequences where the approved interbranch organisation does not satisfy the criteria referred to in point (a).
Article 40
Granting of the payment
Article 41
Derogations
CHAPTER III
TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN CERTAIN SECTORS
Article 42
Scope
This Chapter lays down rules concerning the types of intervention:
in the fruit and vegetables sector, as referred to in Article 1(2), point (i), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
in the apiculture products sector, as referred to in Article 1(2), point (v), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (‘apiculture sector’);
in the wine sector, as referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
in the hops sector, as referred to in Article 1(2), point (f), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
in the olive oil and table olives sector, as referred to in Article 1(2), point (g), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
in the other sectors set out in Article 1(2), points (a) to (h), (k), (m), (o) to (t) and (w), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and sectors covering products listed in Annex VI to this Regulation.
Article 43
Mandatory and optional types of intervention
Where a Member State without recognised producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector at the moment of submitting its CAP Strategic Plan recognises a producer organisation in that sector under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 during the CAP Strategic Plan period, that Member State shall submit a request for amendment of its CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 119 in order to include interventions in the fruit and vegetables sector.
Article 44
Forms of support
In the sectors referred to in Article 42, support may take any of the following forms:
reimbursement of eligible costs actually incurred by a beneficiary;
unit costs;
lump sums;
flat-rate financing.
The amounts for the forms of support referred to under paragraph 1, points (b), (c) and (d), shall be established in one of the following ways:
a fair, equitable and verifiable calculation method based on:
statistical data, other objective information or an expert judgement;
verified historical data of beneficiaries; or
the application of usual cost accounting practices of beneficiaries;
draft budgets established on a case-by-case basis and agreed ex ante by the body selecting the operation in the case of interventions in the wine and apiculture sectors or the body approving the operational programmes referred to in Article 50 in the case of interventions in the other eligible sectors;
in accordance with the rules for application of corresponding unit costs, lump sums and flat rates applicable in Union policies for a similar type of intervention;
in accordance with the rules for application of corresponding unit costs, lump sums and flat rates applied under support schemes funded entirely by the Member State for a similar type of intervention.
Article 45
Delegated powers for additional requirements for types of intervention
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Regulation with requirements additional to those laid down in this Chapter as regards:
ensuring the proper functioning of types of intervention laid down in this Chapter, in particular by avoiding distortions of competition in the internal market;
the type of expenditure covered by the interventions included in this Chapter, including, by way of derogation from Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the eligibility of administrative and personnel costs of producer organisations or other beneficiaries when implementing those interventions;
the basis for the calculation of Union financial assistance referred to in this Chapter, including the reference periods and the calculation of the value of marketed production, and for the calculation of the degree of organisation of producers for the purpose of the national financial assistance referred to in Article 53;
the maximum level of Union financial assistance for the types of intervention referred to in Article 47(2), points (a), (c), (f), (g), (h) and (i), and for the types of intervention referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, points (c), (d) and (l), including packaging and transport rates for products withdrawn for free distribution and processing costs prior to delivery for that purpose;
the rules for the fixing of a ceiling for expenditure and for measuring of the eligible area for the purpose of the types of intervention referred to in Article 47(2), point (d), and in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (a);
the rules under which producers are to withdraw the by-products of winemaking, rules on exceptions to that obligation in order to avoid additional administrative burden and rules for the voluntary certification of distillers;
the conditions to be applied for the use of forms of support listed in Article 44(1).
the rules on minimum durability requirement for productive and non-productive investments supported by interventions included in this Chapter;
the rules on the combination of funding for investments pursuant to Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (b), and for promotion pursuant to Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (k).
Article 46
Objectives in the fruit and vegetables sector, the hops sector, the olive oil and table olives sector and in the other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f)
The objectives in the sectors referred to in Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f), shall be the following:
planning and organisation of production, adjusting production to demand, in particular with regard to quality and quantity, optimisation of production costs and returns on investments, and stabilising producer prices; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (c) and (i);
concentration of supply and placing on the market of the products, including through direct marketing; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (a), (b) and (c);
improvement of medium- and long-term competitiveness, in particular through modernisation; that objective relates to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (c);
research into, and development of, sustainable production methods, including pest resilience, animal disease resistance and climate change mitigation and adaptation, innovative practices and production techniques boosting economic competitiveness and bolstering market developments; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (c) and (i);
promoting, developing and implementing:
production methods and techniques that are respectful of the environment;
pest and disease resilient production practices;
animal health and welfare standards going beyond minimum requirements established under Union and national law;
reduction of waste and environmentally sound use and management of by-products, including their reuse and valorisation;
protection and enhancement of biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources, in particular protection of water, soil and air.
Those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (e), (f) and (i);
contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as set out in Article 6(1), point (d);
boosting products’ commercial value and quality, including improving product quality and developing products with a protected designation of origin or with a protected geographical indication or covered by Union or national quality schemes recognised by Member States; those objectives relate to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (b);
promotion and marketing of the products; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (b), (c) and (i);
increasing consumption of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector, whether in a fresh or processed form; that objective relates to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (i);
crisis prevention and risk management, aimed at avoiding and dealing with disturbances in the markets of the relevant sector; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (a), (b) and (c);
improving the conditions of employment and enforcing employer obligations as well as occupational health and safety requirements in accordance with Directives 89/391/EEC, 2009/104/EC and (EU) 2019/1152.
Article 47
Types of intervention in the fruit and vegetables sector, the hops sector, the olive oil and table olives sector and in the other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f)
For each objective chosen from among those referred to in Article 46, points (a) to (i) and (k), Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of intervention in the sectors referred to in Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f):
investments in tangible and intangible assets, research and experimental and innovative production methods and other actions, in areas such as:
soil conservation, including the enhancement of soil carbon and soil structure, and the reduction of contaminants;
improvement of the use of and sound management of water, including water saving, water conservation and drainage;
preventing damage caused by adverse climatic events and promoting the development and use of varieties, breeds and management practices adapted to changing climate conditions;
increasing energy saving, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy;
ecological packaging, only in the field of research and experimental production;
biosecurity, animal health and welfare;
reducing emissions and waste, improving the use of by-products, including their reuse and valorisation, and the management of waste;
improving resilience against pests and reducing risks and impacts of pesticide use, including implementing Integrated Pest Management techniques;
improving resilience against animal disease and reducing the use of veterinary medicines, including antibiotics;
creating and maintaining habitats favourable to biodiversity;
improving product quality;
improving genetic resources;
improving the conditions of employment and enforcing employer obligations as well as occupational health and safety requirements in accordance with Directives 89/391/EEC, 2009/104/EC and (EU) 2019/1152;
advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning sustainable pest and disease control techniques, sustainable use of plant protection and animal health products, climate change adaptation and mitigation, the conditions of employment, employer obligations and occupational health and safety;
training, including coaching and exchange of best practices, in particular concerning sustainable pest and disease control techniques, sustainable use of plant protection and animal health products, climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as the use of organised trading platforms and commodity exchanges on the spot and futures market;
organic or integrated production;
actions to increase the sustainability and efficiency of transport and of storage of products;
promotion, communication and marketing including actions and activities aimed in particular at raising consumer awareness about the Union quality schemes and the importance of healthy diets, and at diversification and consolidation of markets;
implementation of Union and national quality schemes;
implementation of traceability and certification systems, in particular the monitoring of the quality of products sold to final consumers;
actions to mitigate, and to adapt to, climate change.
As regards the objective referred to in Article 46, point (j), Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of intervention in the sectors referred to in Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f):
setting-up, filling and replenishing of mutual funds by producer organisations and by associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, or under Article 67(7) of this Regulation;
investments in tangible and intangible assets making the management of the volumes placed on the market more efficient including for collective storage;
collective storage of products produced by the producer organisation or by its members, including where necessary collective processing to facilitate such storage;
replanting of orchards or olive groves where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority or to adapt to climate change;
restocking with livestock after compulsory slaughter for health reasons or because of losses resulting from natural disasters;
market withdrawal for free distribution or other destinations, including where necessary processing to facilitate such withdrawal;
green harvesting, consisting of the total harvesting on a given area of unripe non-marketable products which have not been damaged prior to the green harvesting, whether due to climatic reasons, disease or otherwise;
non-harvesting, consisting of the termination of the current production cycle on the area concerned where the product is well developed and is of sound, fair and marketable quality, excluding destruction of products due to a climatic event or disease;
harvest and production insurance that contributes to safeguarding producers’ incomes where there are losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations while ensuring that beneficiaries take necessary risk prevention measures;
coaching to other producer organisations and associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or under Article 67(7) of this Regulation, or to individual producers;
implementation and management of third-country sanitary and phytosanitary requirements in the territory of the Union to facilitate access to third-country markets;
communication actions aiming at raising awareness and informing consumers.
Article 48
Planning, reporting and performance clearance at operational programme level
Article 7(1), point (a), Article 102, Article 111, points (g) and (h), Article 112(3), point (b), and Article 134 shall apply for the types of intervention in the sectors referred to in Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f), at the level of operational programmes instead of at the level of intervention. The planning, reporting and performance clearance for those types of intervention shall also be carried out at the level of operational programmes.
Article 49
Objectives in the fruit and vegetables sector
Member States shall pursue one or more of the objectives set out in Article 46 in the fruit and vegetables sector referred to in Article 42, point (a). The objectives set out in Article 46, points (g), (h), (i) and (k), shall cover the products whether in a fresh or processed form, while the objectives set out in the other points of that Article shall cover only products in fresh form.
Member States shall ensure that the interventions correspond to the types of intervention chosen in accordance with Article 47.
Article 50
Operational programmes
To that end Member States shall ensure that:
interventions under operational programmes of an association of producer organisations are entirely financed, without prejudice to Article 51(1), point (b), by contributions of the member organisations of that association and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations;
interventions and their corresponding financial share are identified in the operational programme of each member organisation;
there is no duplication of funding.
Member States shall ensure that, for each operational programme:
at least 15 % of expenditure covers the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (e) and (f);
the operational programme includes three or more actions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (e) and (f);
at least 2 % of expenditure covers the interventions linked to the objective referred to in Article 46, point (d); and
the expenditure for interventions within the types of intervention referred to in Article 47(2), points (f), (g) and (h), does not exceed one third of the total expenditure.
Where at least 80 % of the members of a producer organisation are subject to one or more identical agri-environment-climate or organic farming commitments provided for in Chapter IV, each of those commitments shall count as an action for the minimum of three referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b).
Article 51
Operational funds
Any producer organisation in the fruit and vegetables sector or association of such producer organisations may set up an operational fund. The fund shall be financed by:
financial contributions from:
members of the producer organisation or the producer organisation itself or both; or
the association of producer organisations through the members of that association;
Union financial assistance, which may be granted to producer organisations or to their associations where those organisations or associations submit an operational programme.
Article 52
Union financial assistance to the fruit and vegetables sector
The Union financial assistance shall be limited to:
4,1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation;
4,5 % of the value of marketed production of each association of producer organisations;
5 % of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations.
Those limits may be increased by 0,5 percentage points provided that the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph is used solely for one or more interventions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (d), (e), (f), (h), (i) and (j). In the case of associations of producer organisations, including transnational associations of producer organisations, those interventions may be implemented by the association on behalf of its members.
At the request of a producer organisation or of an association of producer organisations, the 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 60 % for an operational programme or part of an operational programme if at least one of the following applies:
transnational producer organisations implement in two or more Member States interventions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (b), (e) and (f);
one or more producer organisations or associations of producer organisations are engaged in interventions operated on an interbranch basis;
the operational programme covers solely specific support for the production of organic products covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/848;
the producer organisation or the association of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 implements for the first time an operational programme;
producer organisations market less than 20 % of fruit and vegetable production in a Member State;
the producer organisation operates in one of the outermost regions;
the operational programme comprises the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (d), (e), (f), (i) and (j);
the operational programme is for the first time implemented by a recognised producer organisation which is the result of a merger between two or more recognised producer organisations.
The 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 100 % in the following cases:
market withdrawals of fruit and vegetables which do not exceed 5 % of the volume of marketed production of each producer organisation and which are disposed of by way of:
free distribution to charitable organisations and foundations approved to that effect by the Member States, for use in their activities to assist persons whose right to public assistance is recognised in national law, in particular because they lack the necessary means of subsistence;
free distribution to penal institutions, schools and public education institutions, establishments referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and to children’s holiday camps as well as to hospitals and old people’s homes designated by the Member States, which shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the quantities thus distributed are additional to the quantities normally bought in by such establishments;
actions related to coaching of other producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, provided that those producer organisations are from regions of Member States referred to in Article 53(2) of this Regulation, or of individual producers.
Article 53
National financial assistance
Article 54
Objectives in the apiculture sector
The Member States shall pursue at least one of the relevant specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) in the apiculture sector.
Article 55
Types of intervention in the apiculture sector and Union financial assistance
Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans for each chosen specific objective set out in Article 6(1) one or more of the following types of intervention in the apiculture sector:
advisory services, technical assistance, training, information and exchange of best practices, including through networking, for beekeepers and beekeepers’ organisations;
investments in tangible and intangible assets, as well as other actions, including for:
combatting beehive invaders and diseases, in particular varroasis;
preventing damage caused by adverse climatic events and promoting the development and use of management practices adapted to changing climate conditions;
restocking of beehives in the Union, including bee breeding;
rationalising transhumance;
actions to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products, bee losses or productivity drops, and substances potentially toxic to bees;
actions to preserve or increase the existing number of beehives in the Union, including bee breeding;
cooperation with specialised bodies for the implementation of research programmes in the field of beekeeping and apiculture products;
promotion, communication and marketing including market monitoring actions and activities aimed in particular at raising consumer awareness about the quality of apiculture products;
actions to enhance product quality.
Article 56
Additional delegated powers for types of intervention in the apiculture sector
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Regulation with requirements additional to those laid down in this Section concerning:
the obligation of Member States to notify the Commission annually of the number of beehives in their territory laid down in Article 55(7);
a definition of ‘beehive’ and methods for calculating the number of beehives;
the minimum Union contribution to the expenditure related to the implementation of the types of intervention and interventions referred to in Article 55.
Article 57
Objectives in the wine sector
The Member States referred to in Article 88(1) shall pursue one or more of the following objectives in the wine sector:
improving the economic sustainability and competitiveness of Union wine producers; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (c) and (h);
contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the improvement of the sustainability of production systems and the reduction of the environmental impact of the Union wine sector, including by supporting winegrowers in reducing the use of inputs and implementing more environmentally sustainable methods and cultivation practices; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d) to (f) and (i);
improving the conditions of employment and enforcing employer obligations as well as occupational health and safety requirements in accordance with Directives 89/391/EEC, 2009/104/EC and (EU) 2019/1152;
improving the performance of Union wine enterprises and their adaptation to market demands, as well as increasing their long-term competitiveness in the production and marketing of grapevine products, including energy savings, global energy efficiency and sustainable processes; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (a), to (e), (g) and (h);
contributing to restoring the balance of supply and demand in the Union wine market in order to prevent market crises; that objective relates to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (a);
contributing to safeguarding Union producers’ incomes where they incur losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climatic events, animals, diseases or pest infestations; that objective relates to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (a);
increasing the marketability and competitiveness of Union grapevine products, in particular through the development of innovative products, processes and technologies, and the addition of value at any stage of the supply chain; that objective may include knowledge transfer and relates to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (c), (e) and (i);
sustaining the use of wine making by-products for industrial and energy purposes in order to ensure the quality of Union wine while protecting the environment; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d) and (e);
contributing to increasing consumer awareness about responsible consumption of wine and about Union quality schemes for wine; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (b) and (i);
improving the competitiveness of Union grapevine products in third countries, including the opening and diversification of the wine markets; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (b) and (h);
contributing to increasing resilience of producers against market fluctuations; that objective relates to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (a).
Article 58
Types of intervention in the wine sector
For each objective chosen from among those laid down in Article 57, the Member States referred to in Article 88(1) shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of intervention:
restructuring and conversion of vineyards, which is a process consisting of one or more of the following:
varietal conversions, also by means of grafting-on, including for improving the quality or environmental sustainability, for reasons of adaptation to climate change or for the enhancement of genetic diversity;
relocation of vineyards;
replanting of vineyards where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority;
improvements to vineyard management techniques, in particular the introduction of advanced systems of sustainable production including the reduction of the use of pesticides, but excluding the normal renewal of vineyards consisting of replanting with the same grape variety according to the same system of vine cultivation when vines have to come to the end of their natural life;
investments in tangible and intangible assets in wine-growing farming systems, excluding operations relevant to the type of intervention provided for in point (a), in processing facilities and winery infrastructure, as well as in marketing structures and tools;
green harvesting, which means the total destruction or removal of grape bunches while still in their immature stage, thereby reducing the yield of the relevant area to zero, and excluding non-harvesting comprising of leaving commercial grapes on the plants at the end of the normal production cycle;
harvest insurance against income losses resulting from adverse climatic events assimilated to natural disasters, adverse climatic events, damages caused by animals, plant diseases or pest infestations;
tangible and intangible investments in innovation consisting of development of innovative products, including products from, and by-products of, wine making, innovative processes and technologies for the production of wine products and the digitalisation of those processes and technologies, as well as other investments adding value at any stage of the supply chain, including for knowledge exchange and contribution to adaptation to the climate change;
advisory services, in particular concerning the conditions of employment, employer obligations and occupational health and safety;
distillation of by-products of wine making carried out in accordance with the restrictions laid down in Part II, Section D, of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
information actions concerning Union wines carried out in Member States encouraging responsible consumption of wine or promoting Union quality schemes covering designations of origin and geographical indications;
actions undertaken by interbranch organisations recognised by Member States in the wine sector in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 aiming at enhancing the reputation of Union vineyards by promoting wine tourism in production regions;
actions undertaken by interbranch organisations recognised by Member States in the wine sector in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 aiming at improving market knowledge;
promotion and communication carried out in third countries, consisting of one or more of the following actions and activities aimed at improving the competitiveness of the wine sector, and the opening, diversification or consolidation of the markets:
public relations, promotion or advertisement actions, in particular highlighting the high standards of the Union products, especially in terms of quality, food safety or the environment;
participation in events, fairs or exhibitions of international importance;
information campaigns, in particular on the Union quality schemes concerning designations of origin, geographical indications and organic production;
studies of new or existing markets which are necessary for the expansion and consolidation of market outlets;
studies to evaluate the results of the information and promotion operations;
preparation of technical files, including laboratory tests and assessments, concerning oenological practices, phytosanitary and hygiene rules, as well as other third-country requirements for import of products of the wine sector, to prevent restriction of, or to enable, access to third-country markets;
temporary and degressive assistance to cover administrative costs of setting up mutual funds;
investments in tangible and intangible assets aiming to enhance the sustainability of wine production by:
improving the use and management of water;
converting to organic production;
introducing integrated production techniques;
purchasing equipment for precision or digitised production methods;
contributing to soil conservation and enhancement of soil carbon sequestration;
creating or preserving habitats favourable for biodiversity or maintaining landscape, including the conservation of historical features; or
reducing waste production and improving waste management.
The first subparagraph, point (k), shall apply only to wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or wines with an indication of the wine grape variety. Promotion and communication operations aimed at the consolidation of market outlets shall be limited to a maximum non-extendable duration of three years, and shall concern only the Union quality schemes covering designations of origin and geographical indications.
Member States that chose the types of intervention provided for in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, point (k), of this Article shall lay down specific provisions for the information and promotion actions and activities, in particular with regard to their maximum duration.
Article 59
Union financial assistance to the wine sector
However, that financial assistance may, for steep slopes and terraces in zones where the inclination is greater than 40 %, go up to 60 % of the actual costs of restructuring and conversion of vineyards, or up to 80 % of the actual costs of restructuring and conversion of vineyards in less developed regions.
The assistance may only take the form of compensation to producers for loss of revenue due to the implementation of the intervention and contribution to the costs of restructuring and conversion. The compensation to producers for loss of revenue due to the implementation of the intervention may cover up to 100 % of the relevant loss and take one of the following forms:
the permission for old and new vines to coexist for a maximum period which shall not exceed three years;
financial compensation for a maximum period which shall not exceed three years.
The Union financial assistance for investments referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (b), shall not exceed:
50 % of eligible investment costs in less developed regions;
40 % of eligible investment costs in regions other than less developed regions;
75 % of eligible investment costs in the outermost regions;
65 % of eligible investment costs in the smaller Aegean islands.
The Union financial assistance at the maximum rate set out in the first subparagraph shall only be granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC ( 10 ). However, it may be granted to all enterprises in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands.
For enterprises not covered by Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC, with fewer than 750 employees or with an annual turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum levels of Union financial assistance set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be halved.
No Union financial assistance shall be granted to enterprises in difficulty within the meaning of the Commission communication entitled ‘Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty’ ( 11 ).
The Union financial assistance for harvest insurance referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (d), shall not exceed:
80 % of the cost of the insurance premiums paid by producers for insurance against losses resulting from adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters;
50 % of the cost of insurance premiums paid by producers for insurance against:
losses referred to in point (a) and losses caused by other adverse climatic events;
losses caused by animals, plant diseases or pest infestations.
Union financial assistance for harvest insurance may be granted if insurance payments concerned do not compensate producers for more than 100 % of the income loss suffered, taking into account any compensation the producers may have obtained from other support schemes related to the insured risk. Insurance contracts shall require beneficiaries to undertake necessary risk prevention measures.
The Union financial assistance for innovation referred to in Article 58(1), first subparagraph, point (e), shall not exceed:
50 % of eligible investment costs in less developed regions;
40 % of eligible investment costs in regions other than less developed regions;
80 % of eligible investment costs in the outermost regions;
65 % of eligible investment costs in the smaller Aegean islands.
The Union financial assistance at its maximum rate set out in the first subparagraph shall be granted only to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC; however, it may be granted to all enterprises in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands.
For enterprises not covered by Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC, with fewer than 750 employees or with an annual turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum levels of Union financial assistance set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be halved.
In addition, the Member States referred to in Article 88(1) may grant national payments up to 30 % of eligible expenditure, but Union financial assistance and Member State payments shall together not exceed 80 % of eligible expenditure.
Article 60
Specific rules on Union financial assistance to the wine sector
The Member States referred to in Article 88(1) shall ensure that the Union financial assistance for distillation of by-products of wine making is paid to distillers that process by-products of winemaking delivered for distillation into raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of at least 92 % by volume.
The Union financial assistance shall include a lump sum amount to compensate for the costs of collection of the by-products of winemaking. That amount shall be transferred from the distiller to the producer in cases where the relevant costs are borne by the latter.
The Member States referred to in Article 88(1) shall ensure that the alcohol resulting from the distillation of by-products of winemaking for which a Union financial assistance has been granted is used exclusively for industrial or energy purposes that do not distort competition.
Article 61
Objectives and types of intervention in the hops sector
Article 62
Union financial assistance
The Union financial assistance shall be paid to operational funds set up by the producer organisations or their associations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 implementing the operational programmes. For this purpose, Article 51 of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis.
The 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 2 shall be increased to 100 %:
for types of intervention linked to one or more of the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (d), (e), (f) and (h);
for the interventions of collective storage, advisory services, technical assistance, training and exchange of best practices linked to either or both of the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (a) and (j).
Article 63
Objectives in the olive oil and table olives sector
Greece, France and Italy shall pursue in the olive oil and table olives sector one or more of the objectives set out in Article 46, points (a) to (h), (j) and (k).
Article 64
Types of intervention in the olive oil and table olives sector
Article 65
Union financial assistance
The Union financial assistance to the eligible costs shall not exceed:
75 % of actual expenditure incurred for interventions linked to objectives referred to in Article 46, points (a) to (f), (h) and (k);
75 % of actual expenditure incurred for fixed assets investments and 50 % for other interventions linked to the objective referred to in Article 46, point (g);
50 % of actual expenditure incurred for interventions linked to the objective referred to in Article 46, point (j);
75 % of the actual expenditure incurred for the types of intervention referred to in Article 47(1), points (f) and (h), where the operational programme is implemented in at least three third countries or non-producing Member States by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations from at least two producing Member States, or 50 % where that condition is not met.
Article 66
Objectives in other sectors
Member States may choose in their CAP Strategic Plans those sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f), in which they implement the types of intervention laid down in Article 47. For each sector that Member States choose, they shall pursue one or more of the objectives set out in Article 46, points (a) to (h), (j) and (k). Member States shall substantiate their choice of sectors and objectives.
Article 67
Types of intervention in other sectors
For each sector chosen in accordance with Article 66, Member States shall choose one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 47 to be implemented through approved operational programmes drawn up by:
producer organisations and their associations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or under paragraph 7 of this Article; or
cooperatives, as well as other forms of cooperation between producers constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, that have been identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups, for a transitional period of up to four years from the start of an approved operational programme ending on 31 December 2027 at the latest.
The recognition plan shall set activities and targets to ensure the progress towards obtaining such recognition.
The support granted to a producer group that is not recognised as a producer organisation by the end of the transitional period shall be subject to recovery.
Member States that decide to implement types of intervention provided for in this Section for products listed in Annex VI shall specify, for each sector they choose, the list of products covered by that sector.
Article 68
Union financial assistance
The Union financial assistance shall be paid to operational funds set up by producer organisations or their associations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or under Article 67(7) of this Regulation or by producer groups referred to in Article 67(1), point (b) of this Regulation. For this purpose, Article 51 and Article 52(1) of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis.
The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 6 % of the value of marketed production of:
each producer organisation or association of producer organisations referred to in Article 67(1), point (a); or
each producer group referred to in Article 67(1), point (b).
CHAPTER IV
TYPES OF INTERVENTION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Article 69
Types of intervention for rural development
The types of intervention under this Chapter shall consist in payments or support with regard to:
environmental, climate-related and other management commitments;
natural or other area-specific constraints;
area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements;
investments, including investments in irrigation;
setting-up of young farmers and new farmers and rural business start-up;
risk management tools;
cooperation;
knowledge exchange and dissemination of information.
Article 70
Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments
Under this Article, Member States shall provide payments only for commitments which:
go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and GAEC standards established under Chapter I, Section 2;
go beyond the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products or for animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law; that requirement does not apply to commitments related to agroforestry systems and the maintenance of afforested areas;
go beyond the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with Article 4(2);
are different from commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 31.
For commitments referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), where national law imposes new requirements which go beyond the corresponding minimum requirements laid down in Union law, support may be granted for commitments contributing to compliance with those requirements for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding.
However, Member States may in their CAP Strategic Plans determine:
a longer period for particular types of commitment, including by means of providing for their annual extension after the termination of the initial period, where such longer period is necessary in order to achieve or maintain certain environmental or animal welfare benefits;
a shorter period of at least one year for animal welfare commitments, for commitments for the conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources, for conversion to organic farming, for new commitments directly following the commitment performed in the initial period or in other duly justified cases.
Member States shall also ensure that a revision clause is provided for operations implemented under the type of intervention referred to in this Article which extend beyond the CAP Strategic Plan period in order to allow for their adjustment to the legal framework applicable in the following period.
Article 71
Natural or other area-specific constraints
Article 72
Area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements
When determining areas with disadvantages, Member States may include one or more of the following areas:
Natura 2000 agricultural and forest areas designated pursuant to Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
other delimited nature protection areas with environmental restrictions applicable to farming or forestry which contribute to the implementation of Article 10 of Directive 92/43/EEC, provided that those areas do not exceed 5 % of the designated Natura 2000 areas covered by territorial scope of each CAP Strategic Plan;
agricultural areas included in river basin management plans pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC.
Additional costs and income foregone as referred to in paragraph 4 shall be calculated:
in respect of constraints arising from Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, in relation to disadvantages resulting from requirements that go beyond the relevant GAEC standards established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title as well as the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation;
in respect of constraints arising from Directive 2000/60/EC, in relation to disadvantages resulting from requirements that go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements, with the exception of SMR 1 listed in Annex III to this Regulation, and GAEC standards established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title as well as the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation.
Article 73
Investments
For holdings above a certain size, to be determined by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans, support for the forestry sector shall be conditional on the presentation of the relevant information from a forest management plan or equivalent instrument in accordance with the sustainable management of forests as defined in the General Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Forests in Europe, adopted at the Second Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe held in Helsinki on 16-17 June 1993.
Member States shall establish a list of ineligible investments and categories of expenditure, including at least the following:
purchase of agricultural production rights;
purchase of payment entitlements;
purchase of land for an amount exceeding 10 % of the total eligible expenditure for the operation concerned, with the exception of land purchase for environmental conservation and carbon-rich soil preservation or land purchased by young farmers through the use of financial instruments; in the case of financial instruments, that ceiling shall apply to the eligible public expenditure paid to the final recipient, or, in the case of guarantees, to the amount of the underlying loan;
purchase of animals, and purchase of annual plants and their planting. for a purpose other than:
restoring agricultural or forestry potential following natural disaster, adverse climatic events or catastrophic event;
protecting livestock against large predators or being used in forestry instead of machinery;
rearing endangered breeds as defined in Article 2, point (24), of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 12 ) under the commitments referred to in Article 70; or
preserving plant varieties under threat of genetic erosion under the commitments referred to in Article 70;
interest rate on debt, except in relation to grants given in the form of an interest rate subsidy or guarantee fee subsidy;
investments in large-scale infrastructure, as determined by Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans, not being part of the community-led local development strategies set out in Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, except for broadband and flood or coastal protection preventive actions aimed at reducing the consequences of probable natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events;
investments in afforestation which are not consistent with environmental and climate-related objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles, as developed in the Pan-European Guidelines for Afforestation and Reforestation.
The first subparagraph, points (a), (b), (d) and (f), shall not apply where support is provided through financial instruments.
The maximum support rates may be increased:
up to 80 % for the following investments:
investments linked to one or more of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f) and, as regards animal welfare, in Article 6(1), point (i);
investments by young farmers who fulfil the conditions provided for by Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with Article 4(6);
investments in the outermost regions or the smaller Aegean islands;
up to 85 % for investments of small farms, as determined by Member States;
up to 100 % for the following investments:
afforestation, establishment and regeneration of agro-forestry systems, land consolidation in forestry and non-productive investments linked to one or more of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f), including non-productive investments aimed at protecting livestock and crops against damage caused by wild animals;
investments in basic services in rural areas and infrastructure in agriculture and forestry, as determined by Member States;
investments in the restoration of agricultural or forestry potential following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events and investments in appropriate preventive actions, as well as investments in maintaining the health of forests;
non-productive investments supported through community-led local development strategies set out in Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and the projects of EIP operational groups as referred to in Article 127(3) of this Regulation.
Article 74
Investments in irrigation
Member States may grant support for an investment in an improvement to an existing irrigation installation or element of irrigation infrastructure only if:
it is assessed ex ante as offering potential water savings reflecting the technical parameters of the existing installation or infrastructure;
where the investment affects bodies of groundwater or surface water whose status has been identified as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan for reasons related to water quantity, an effective reduction in water use is achieved contributing to the achievement of good status of those water bodies, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC.
Member States shall set percentages for potential water savings and effective reduction in water use as an eligibility condition in their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with Article 111, point (d). Such water savings shall reflect the needs set out in the river basin management plans emanating from Directive 2000/60/EC listed in Annex XIII to this Regulation.
None of the conditions in this paragraph shall apply to an investment in an existing installation which affects only energy efficiency, to an investment in the creation of a reservoir, or to an investment in the use of reclaimed water which does not affect a body of groundwater or surface water.
Member States may grant support for an investment resulting in a net increase of the irrigated area affecting a given body of groundwater or surface water only if:
the status of the water body has not been identified as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan for reasons related to water quantity; and
an environmental impact analysis shows that there will be no significant negative environmental impact from the investment; that environmental impact analysis shall be either carried out or approved by the competent authority and may also refer to groups of holdings.
Member States shall limit the support to one or more rates not exceeding:
80 % of the eligible costs for irrigation on-farm investments made under paragraph 4;
100 % of the eligible costs for investments in off-farm infrastructure in agriculture to be used for irrigation;
65 % of the eligible costs for other irrigation on-farm investments.
Article 75
Setting-up of young farmers and new farmers and rural business start-up
Member States may only grant support under this Article to help:
the setting-up of young farmers who fulfil the conditions provided for by Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with Article 4(6);
the start-up of rural businesses linked to agriculture or forestry including the setting up of new farmers, or farm household income diversification into non-agricultural activities;
the business start-up of non-agricultural activities in rural areas related to the community-led local development strategies set out in Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.
Article 76
Risk management tools
Member States may, in line with their assessment of needs, grant support for different types of risk management tool, including income stabilisation tools, and in particular:
financial contributions to premiums for insurance schemes;
financial contributions to mutual funds, including for the administrative cost of setting up.
When providing the support referred to in paragraph 3, Member States shall establish the following eligibility conditions:
the types and coverage of eligible risk management tools;
the methodology for the calculation of losses and triggering factors for compensation;
the rules for the constitution and management of the mutual funds and, where relevant, other eligible risk management tools.
Member States may provide support in the form of standalone working capital finance under financial instruments referred to in Article 80(3) for the compensation of losses referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph to farmers who do not participate in a risk management tool.
This paragraph shall not apply to the contributions referred to in Article 19.
Article 77
Cooperation
Member States may grant support for cooperation under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans to:
prepare and implement the projects of the EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3);
prepare and implement LEADER;
promote and support quality schemes recognised by the Union or by the Member States and their use by farmers;
support producer groups, producer organisations or interbranch organisations;
prepare and implement smart-village strategies, as determined by Member States;
support other forms of cooperation.
Where support is paid as an overall amount, Member States shall ensure that the operation implemented complies with the relevant rules and requirements laid down in Articles 70 to 76 and 78.
In the case of LEADER, by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph:
support for all costs eligible for preparatory support under Article 34(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and for implementing selected strategies under points (b) and (c) of that paragraph shall only be granted as an overall amount under this Article; and
Member States shall ensure that implemented operations which consist of investments comply with the relevant Union rules and requirements under the type of intervention for investments laid down in Article 73 of this Regulation.
Member States shall limit the support for:
information and promotion actions for quality schemes to one or more rates not exceeding 70 % of the eligible costs;
setting-up of producer groups, producer organisations or interbranch organisations to 10 % of the annual marketed production of the group or organisation with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per year; that support shall be degressive and limited to the first five years following recognition.
Article 78
Knowledge exchange and dissemination of information
Article 79
Selection of operations
Member States may decide not to apply selection criteria for investment interventions clearly targeting environmental purposes or carried out in connection with restoration activities.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, a different selection method may be established in duly justified cases after consultation of the monitoring committee.
Article 80
Specific rules for financial instruments
In addition, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of this Article shall apply.
For activities falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU, the total amount of support for working capital provided to a final recipient shall not exceed a gross grant equivalent of EUR 200 000 over any period of three fiscal years.
Eligible expenditure of a financial instrument shall be the total amount of eligible public expenditure paid, excluding additional national financing as referred to in Article 115(5), or, in the case of guarantees, set aside for guarantee contracts by the financial instrument within the eligibility period. That amount shall correspond to:
payments to final recipients, in the case of loans, equity and quasi-equity investments;
resources set aside for guarantee contracts, whether outstanding or having already come to maturity, in order to honour possible guarantee calls for losses, calculated on the basis of a multiplier ratio established for the respective underlying disbursed new loans or equity investments in final recipients;
payments to, or for the benefit of, final recipients where financial instruments are combined with other Union contributions in a single financial instrument operation in accordance with Article 58(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;
payments of management fees and reimbursements of management costs incurred by the bodies implementing the financial instrument.
Where a financial instrument is implemented across consecutive programming periods, support may be provided to, or for the benefit of, final recipients, including management costs and fees, based on agreements made under the previous programming period, provided that such support complies with the eligibility rules of the subsequent programming period. In such cases, the eligibility of expenditure submitted in the declarations of expenditure shall be determined in accordance with the rules of the programming period concerned.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (b), if the entity benefitting from the guarantees has not disbursed the planned amount of new loans, equity or quasi-equity investments to final recipients in accordance with the multiplier ratio, the eligible expenditure shall be reduced proportionally. The multiplier ratio may be reviewed where justified by subsequent changes in market conditions. Such a review shall not have retroactive effect.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (d), of this paragraph, management fees shall be performance-based. Where bodies implementing a holding fund are selected through a direct award of contract pursuant to Article 59(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the amount of management cost and fees paid to those bodies that can be declared as eligible expenditure shall be subject to a threshold of up to 5 % of the total amount of eligible public expenditure disbursed to final recipients in loans or set aside for guarantee contracts and up to 7 % of the total amount of eligible public expenditure disbursed to final recipients in equity and quasi-equity investments.
Where bodies implementing a specific fund are selected through a direct award of contract pursuant to Article 59(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the amount of management cost and fees paid to those bodies that can be declared as eligible expenditure shall be subject to a threshold of up to 7 % of the total amount of the eligible public expenditure disbursed to final recipients in loans or set aside for guarantee contracts and up to 15 % of the total amount of eligible public expenditure disbursed to final recipients in equity or quasi-equity investments.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (d), where bodies implementing a holding fund or specific funds are selected through a competitive tender in accordance with the applicable law, the amount of management costs and fees shall be established in the funding agreement and shall reflect the result of the competitive tender.
Where arrangement fees, or any part thereof, are charged to final recipients, they shall not be declared as eligible expenditure.
Article 81
Use of the EAFRD delivered through InvestEU
The amount contributed to InvestEU shall be implemented in accordance with the rules established in Regulation (EU) 2021/523.
A contribution agreement for the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article allocated in a request for amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan submitted in accordance with Article 119 of this Regulation shall be concluded simultaneously with the adoption of the Commission implementing decision approving that amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Where the participation of a Member State in InvestEU is discontinued, the amounts concerned paid into the common provisioning fund as provisioning shall be recovered as internal assigned revenue pursuant to Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation and the Member State shall submit a request for amendment of its CAP Strategic Plan to use the amounts recovered and the amounts allocated to future calendar years in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
The termination or amendment of the contribution agreement shall be concluded simultaneously with the adoption of the Commission implementing decision approving the relevant amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan and at the latest on 31 December 2026.
Article 82
Adequacy and accuracy of payment calculation
Where payments are granted on the basis of additional costs and income foregone in accordance with Articles 70, 71 and 72, Member States shall ensure that the relevant calculations are adequate and accurate and established in advance on the basis of a fair, equitable and verifiable calculation method. To that end, bodies that are functionally independent from the authorities responsible for the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and possess the appropriate expertise shall perform the calculations or confirm the adequacy and accuracy of the calculations.
Article 83
Forms of grants
Without prejudice to Articles 70, 71, 72 and 75, the grants under this Chapter may take any of the following forms:
reimbursement of eligible costs actually incurred by a beneficiary;
unit costs;
lump sums;
flat-rate financing.
The amounts for the forms of grants referred to in paragraph 1, points (b), (c) and (d), shall be established in one of the following ways:
a fair, equitable and verifiable calculation method based on:
statistical data, other objective information or an expert judgement;
verified historical data of individual beneficiaries; or
the application of usual cost accounting practices of individual beneficiaries;
draft budgets established on a case-by-case basis and agreed ex ante by the body selecting the operation;
in accordance with the rules for application of corresponding unit costs, lump sums and flat rates applicable in Union policies for a similar type of operation;
in accordance with the rules for application of corresponding unit costs, lump sums and flat rates applied under schemes for grants funded entirely by the Member State for a similar type of operation.
Member States may provide to beneficiaries grants under conditions which are fully or partially repayable as specified in the document setting out the conditions for support and in accordance with the following conditions:
repayments by the beneficiary shall be made under the conditions agreed by the managing authority and the beneficiary;
Member States shall reuse resources paid back by the beneficiary for the same specific objective of the CAP Strategic Plan by 31 December 2029 either in the form of grants under conditions, in the form of a financial instrument or in another form of support; the amounts paid back and information about their reuse shall be included in the last annual performance report;
Member States shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the resources are kept in separate accounts or under appropriate accounting codes;
Union resources paid back by beneficiaries at any time but not reused by 31 December 2029 shall be repaid to the Union budget in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
Article 84
Delegated powers for additional requirements for types of intervention for rural development
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Regulation with requirements additional to those laid down in this Chapter concerning the conditions for granting support for the:
management commitments referred to in Article 70 concerning genetic resources and animal welfare;
quality schemes referred to in Article 77 as regards the specificity of the final product, the access to the scheme, the verification of binding product specifications, the transparency of the scheme and the traceability of the products, as well as the recognition by Member States of voluntary certification schemes.
TITLE IV
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Article 85
EAGF and EAFRD expenditure
The EAGF shall finance the types of intervention related to:
direct payments laid down in Article 16;
interventions in certain sectors laid down in Title III, Chapter III.
Article 86
Eligibility of expenditure
Expenditure shall be eligible:
for a contribution from the EAGF from 1 January of the year following the year of the approval of the CAP Strategic Plan by the Commission;
for a contribution from the EAFRD from the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan, but not before 1 January 2023.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph and from paragraph 4, second subparagraph, the CAP Strategic Plan may provide that, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, the eligibility of EAFRD-financed expenditure relating to amendments to the CAP Strategic Plan may start from the date on which the event occurred.
Member States shall set the starting date of eligibility of costs incurred by the beneficiary. The starting date shall not be before 1 January 2023.
Operations shall not be eligible for support where they have been physically completed or fully implemented before the application for support is submitted to the managing authority, irrespective of whether all related payments have been made.
However, operations relating to early tending of seedling stands and tending of young stands in accordance with sustainable forest management principles and addressing one or more of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f), as defined by the Member State, may be eligible for support even if they had been physically completed before the application for support is submitted to the managing authority.
Article 87
Financial allocations for types of intervention in the form of direct payments
Without prejudice to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the maximum amount which may be granted in a Member State, in a calendar year, pursuant to Title III, Chapter II, Section 3, Subsection 2, of this Regulation and before the application of Article 17 of this Regulation, shall not exceed the financial allocation of that Member State set out in Annex VIII.
For the purpose of Articles 96, 97 and 98, the financial allocation of a Member State set out in Annex V after deduction of the amounts set out in Annex VIII and before any transfers pursuant to Article 17 is set out in Annex IX.
However, the adaptation of Annex IX shall not take into account any transfers in accordance with Article 17.
Article 88
Financial allocations for certain types of intervention in certain sectors
The Union financial assistance for types of intervention in the olive oil and table olives sector, per financial year, is allocated as follows:
EUR 10 666 000 for Greece;
EUR 554 000 for France; and
EUR 34 590 000 for Italy.
The Member States’ financial allocations transferred to allocations for direct payments shall no longer be available for the types of intervention referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4.
Member States may decide to increase the percentage referred to in the first subparagraph up to 5 %. In that case, the amount corresponding to that increase shall be deducted from the maximum set in Article 96(1), (2) or (5) and shall no longer be available for allocation to coupled income support interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 3, Subsection 1.
The amount corresponding to the percentage of Member States’ allocations for direct payments referred to in the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph and used for types of intervention in other sectors for a certain financial year shall be considered to be Member States’ allocations per financial year for types of intervention in other sectors.
Article 89
Financial allocations for types of intervention for rural development
Article 90
EAFRD contribution
The Commission implementing decision approving a CAP Strategic Plan pursuant to Article 118(6) shall set the maximum contribution from the EAFRD to the plan. The EAFRD contribution shall be calculated on the basis of the amount of eligible public expenditure, excluding additional national financing referred to in Article 115(5).
Article 91
EAFRD contribution rates
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the maximum EAFRD contribution rate shall be:
85 % of the eligible public expenditure in less developed regions;
80 % of the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands;
60 % of the eligible public expenditure in transition regions within the meaning of Article 108(2), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;
43 % of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the maximum EAFRD contribution rate shall, if the rate set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with paragraph 2 is lower, be:
65 % of the eligible public expenditure for payments for natural or other area-specific constraints under Article 71;
80 % of the eligible public expenditure for payments under Article 70, for payments under Article 72, for support for non-productive investments referred to in Article 73, for support for the projects of the EIP operational groups under Article 77(1), point (a), and for LEADER under Article 77(1), point (b);
100 % of the eligible public expenditure for operations receiving funding from funds transferred to the EAFRD in accordance with Articles 17 and 103.
Article 92
Minimum financial allocations for LEADER
Article 93
Minimum financial allocations for interventions addressing environmental and climate-related specific objectives
For the purpose of determining the contribution towards the percentage set out in paragraph 1, Member States shall include expenditure for the following interventions:
100 % for management commitments referred to in Article 70;
50 % for natural or other area-specific constraints referred to in Article 71;
100 % for area-specific disadvantages referred to in Article 72;
100 % for investments under Articles 73 and 74 linked to one or more of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f) and, as regards animal welfare, in Article 6(1), point (i).
Article 94
Maximum financial allocations for technical assistance
The EAFRD contribution may be increased to 6 % for CAP Strategic Plans where the total amount of Union support for rural development is up to EUR 1,1 billion.
Article 95
Minimum financial allocations for support for young farmers
For each Member State the minimum amount set out in Annex XII shall be reserved for contributing to the achievement of the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (g). On the basis of the analysis of the situation in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (‘the SWOT analysis’) and the identification of the needs that are to be addressed, the amount shall be used for either or both of the following types of intervention:
the complementary income support for young farmers laid down in Article 30;
the setting-up of young farmers referred to in Article 75(2), point (a).
Article 96
Maximum financial allocations for coupled income support
Article 97
Minimum financial allocations for eco-schemes
Member States may, in calendar years 2023 and 2024, in accordance with Article 101(3), use amounts reserved in accordance with this Article for eco-schemes to finance in that year other interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, provided that all possibilities to use the funds for eco-schemes have been exhausted,
up to a threshold corresponding to 5 % of the amounts set out in Annex IX for the calendar year concerned;
above a threshold corresponding to 5 % of the amounts set out in Annex IX for the calendar year concerned, provided that the conditions of paragraph 6 are complied with.
When applying paragraph 5, point (b), Member States shall amend their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with Article 119 in order to:
increase the amounts reserved in accordance with this Article for eco-schemes for the remaining years of the CAP Strategic Plan period by an amount at least equivalent to the amount used to finance other interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, in accordance with paragraph 5, point (b), of this Article; or
increase the amounts reserved for interventions under Articles 70, 72, 73 and 74, insofar as those interventions address the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f) and, as regards animal welfare, in Article 6(1), point (i), by an amount at least equivalent to the amount used to finance other interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, in accordance with paragraph 5, point (b), of this Article. Additional amounts reserved for interventions under Articles 70, 72, 73 and 74 in accordance with this paragraph shall not be taken into account if a Member State makes use of the option referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
If a Member State, when applying paragraph 5, point (a), uses for the total period 2023 to 2024 an amount exceeding 2,5 % of the sum of the allocations set out in Annex IX for the years 2023 and 2024 to finance other interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, it shall compensate for the amounts exceeding the 2,5 % of the sum of the allocations set out in Annex IX for the years 2023 and 2024 and used to finance in those years other interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, by amending its CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 119 in order to:
increase the amounts reserved in accordance with this Article for eco-schemes for the remaining years of the CAP Strategic Plan period by an amount at least equivalent to the amounts exceeding the 2,5 % of the sum of the allocations set out in Annex IX for the years 2023 and 2024; or
increase the amounts reserved for interventions under Articles 70, 72, 73 and 74, insofar as those interventions address the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f) and, as regards animal welfare, in Article 6(1), point (i), by an amount at least equivalent to the amount exceeding the 2,5 % of the sum of the allocations set out in Annex IX for the years 2023 and 2024. Additional amounts reserved for interventions under Articles 70, 72, 73 and 74 in accordance with this paragraph shall not be taken into account if a Member State makes use of the option referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
When applying paragraph 8, Member States shall amend their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with Article 119 in order to:
increase the amounts reserved in accordance with this Article for eco-schemes for the remaining years of the CAP Strategic Plan period by an amount at least equivalent to the amount used to finance other interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, in accordance with paragraph 8; or
increase the amounts reserved for interventions under Articles 70, 72, 73 and 74, insofar as those interventions address the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f) and, as regards animal welfare, in Article 6(1), point (i), by an amount at least equivalent to the amount used to finance other interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, in accordance with paragraph 8 of this Article. Additional amounts reserved for interventions under Articles 70, 72, 73 and 74 in accordance with this paragraph shall not be taken into account if a Member State makes use of the option referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
Article 98
Minimum financial allocations for the redistributive income support
Article 99
Voluntary contribution from the EAFRD allocation to actions under LIFE and Erasmus+
Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic Plans to use a certain share of the EAFRD allocation to leverage support and upscale integrated Strategic Nature Projects benefitting farmers’ communities as provided for under Regulation (EU) 2021/783 and to finance actions in respect of transnational learning mobility of people in the field of agricultural and rural development with a focus on young farmers and women in rural areas, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 16 ).
Article 100
Tracking climate expenditure
The contribution to achieving the expenditure target shall be estimated through the application of specific weightings differentiated on the basis of whether the support makes a significant or a moderate contribution towards achieving climate change objectives. Those weightings shall be as follows:
40 % for the expenditure under the basic income support and the complementary income support referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, Subsections 2 and 3;
100 % for expenditure under the eco-schemes referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, Subsection 4;
100 % for expenditure for the interventions referred to in Article 93(1) other than those referred to in point (d) of this paragraph;
40 % for expenditure for natural or other area-specific constraints referred to in Article 71.
Article 101
Indicative financial allocations
The indicative financial allocations set out by Member States in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not prevent those Member States from using funds from those indicative financial allocations as funds for other interventions, without amending their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with Article 119, subject to compliance with this Regulation, and in particular with Articles 87, 88, 89, 90, 92 to 98 and 102 thereof, and with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, and in particular with Article 32(6), point (b), thereof, as well as with the following conditions:
financial allocations for interventions in the form of direct payments are used for other interventions in the form of direct payments;
financial allocations for rural development interventions are used for other interventions for rural development;
financial allocations for interventions in the apiculture sector and in the wine sector are only used for other interventions in the same sector;
financial allocations for interventions in other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f), are used for interventions in other sectors referred to in that point laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan and such use does not affect approved operational programmes.
For the purpose of the first subparagraph, point (a), Member States which have decided to grant the basic income support on the basis of payment entitlements in accordance with Article 23 may linearly increase or decrease the amounts to be paid on the basis of the value of the entitlements activated in the calendar year, within the limits of the minimum and maximum planned unit amounts set out for interventions under the basic income support in accordance with Article 102(2).
Article 102
Planned unit amounts and planned outputs
For interventions covered by the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, uniform unit amounts shall be set out, except where uniform unit amounts are not possible or appropriate because of the design or scope of the intervention. In such cases, average unit amounts shall be set out.
The ‘maximum planned unit amount’ and the ‘minimum planned unit amount’ are the maximum and minimum unit amounts that are expected to be paid for the related outputs.
When setting the maximum or minimum planned unit amounts or both, Member States may justify those values with the necessary flexibility for reallocation to avoid unused funds.
The realised unit amount referred to in Article 134(5), first subparagraph, point (c), may only be lower than the planned unit amount or the minimum planned unit amount, where such amount is set out, to prevent an excess of the financial allocations for types of intervention in the form of direct payments referred to in Article 87(1).
The ‘maximum planned average unit amount’ is the maximum amount that is expected to be paid on average for the related outputs.
Article 103
Flexibility between direct payment allocations and EAFRD allocations
As part of its CAP Strategic Plan proposal referred to in Article 118(1), a Member State may decide to transfer:
up to 25 % of its allocation for direct payments set out in Annex V, where relevant after deduction of the allocations for cotton set in Annex VIII for calendar years 2023 to 2026, to its allocation for the EAFRD in financial years 2024 to 2027; or
up to 25 % of its allocation for the EAFRD in financial years 2024 to 2027 to its allocation for direct payments set out in Annex V for calendar years 2023 to 2026.
The percentage of transfer from a Member State’s allocation for direct payments to its allocation for the EAFRD referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), may be increased by:
up to 15 percentage points if that Member State uses the corresponding increase for EAFRD-financed interventions addressing the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f);
up to 2 percentage points if that Member State uses the corresponding increase in accordance with Article 95(1), point (b).
TITLE V
CAP STRATEGIC PLAN
CHAPTER I
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Article 104
CAP Strategic Plans
Where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established at regional level, the Member State shall ensure the coherence and the consistency with the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan established at national level. The elements established at regional level shall be appropriately reflected in the relevant sections of the CAP Strategic Plan as laid down in Article 107.
To reach those targets Member States shall set out interventions based on the types of intervention laid down in Title III.
Article 105
Increased ambition with regard to environmental and climate-related objectives
Article 106
Procedural requirements
The body of the Member State responsible for drawing up the CAP Strategic Plan shall ensure that:
where applicable, the relevant authorities at regional level are effectively involved in the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plan; and
the public competent authorities for the environment and climate are effectively involved in the preparation of the environmental and climate-related aspects of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Each Member State shall organise a partnership with the competent regional and local authorities. The partnership shall include at least the following partners:
relevant authorities at regional and local level, as well as other public authorities, including authorities competent for environmental and climate issues;
economic and social partners, including representatives of the agricultural sector;
relevant bodies representing civil society and where relevant bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination.
Member States shall effectively involve those partners in the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plans and shall consult with relevant stakeholders, including as regards the minimum standards referred to in Article 13, where appropriate.
CHAPTER II
CONTENT OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLAN
Article 107
Content of the CAP Strategic Plan
Each CAP Strategic Plan shall contain sections on the following:
the assessment of needs;
the intervention strategy;
the elements common to several interventions;
the direct payments, interventions in certain sectors and interventions for rural development specified in the strategy;
target and financial plans;
the governance and coordination system;
the elements that ensure modernisation of the CAP;
where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established at regional level, a short description about the Member State’s national and regional set-up, and in particular which elements are established at national and at regional level.
Each CAP Strategic Plan shall contain the following annexes:
Annex I on the ex-ante evaluation and the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) referred to in Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 17 );
Annex II on the SWOT analysis;
Annex III on the consultation of the partners;
where relevant, Annex IV on the crop-specific payment for cotton;
Annex V on the additional national financing provided within the scope of the CAP Strategic Plan;
where relevant, Annex VI on transitional national aid.
Article 108
Assessment of needs
The assessment of needs referred to in Article 107(1), point (a), shall include the following:
summary of the SWOT analysis as referred to in Article 115(2);
identification of needs for each specific objective set out in Article 6(1) and (2) based on the evidence from the SWOT analysis; all the needs arising from the SWOT analysis shall be described, regardless whether they will be addressed through the CAP Strategic Plan or not;
for the specific objective of supporting viable farm income and resilience set out in Article 6(1), point (a), an assessment of needs in relation to a fairer distribution and more effective and efficient targeting of direct payments, where relevant taking into account their farm structure, and in relation to risk management;
where relevant, an analysis of the needs of specific geographical areas, such as the outermost regions as well as mountain and island areas;
prioritisation of needs, including a sound justification of the choices made covering if relevant the reasons why certain identified needs are not addressed or partially addressed in the CAP Strategic Plan.
For the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e), and (f), the assessment of needs shall take into account the national environmental and climate plans emanating from the legislative acts listed in Annex XIII.
Member States shall use for their assessment of needs data which are recent and reliable and, where available, disaggregated by gender.
Article 109
Intervention strategy
The intervention strategy referred to in Article 107(1), point (b), shall set out, for each specific objective set out in Article 6(1) and (2) and addressed in the CAP Strategic Plan:
targets and related milestones for the relevant result indicators used by the Member State on the basis of its assessment of needs referred to in Article 108. The value of those targets shall be justified on the basis of that assessment of needs. As regards the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e), and (f), targets shall be derived from the elements of explanation given in paragraph 2, point (a), of this Article;
interventions, based on the types of intervention set out in Title III, which shall be designed to address the specific situation in the area concerned, following a sound intervention logic, supported by the ex-ante evaluation referred to in Article 139, the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 115(2) and the assessment of needs referred to in Article 108;
elements showing how the interventions allow reaching the targets and how they are mutually coherent and compatible;
elements demonstrating that the allocation of financial resources to the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plan is justified and adequate to achieve the targets set, and is consistent with the financial plan referred to in Article 112.
The intervention strategy shall demonstrate the consistency of the strategy and the complementarity of interventions across the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2) by providing:
an overview of the environmental and climate architecture of the CAP Strategic Plan which describes the following:
for each GAEC standard listed in Annex III, the way in which the Union standard is implemented, including the following elements: summary of the on-farm practice, territorial scope, types of farmers and other beneficiaries subject to the standard, and where necessary a description of how the practice contributes to achieving that GAEC standard’s main objective;
the overall contribution of conditionality to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f);
the complementarity between the relevant baseline conditions, as referred to in Article 31(5) and Article 70(3), conditionality and the different interventions, including support for organic farming, addressing the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e), and (f);
the way to achieve the greater overall contribution set out in Article 105;
how the environmental and climate architecture of the CAP Strategic Plan is meant to contribute to the achievement of, and be consistent with, the long-term national targets set out in or deriving from the legislative acts listed in Annex XIII;
in relation to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (g), an overview of the relevant interventions and specific conditions for young farmers set out in the CAP Strategic Plan such as those specified in Article 26(4), point (a), Articles 30, 73 and 75 and Article 77(6). Member States shall in particular refer to Article 95 when presenting the financial plan in relation to the types of intervention referred to in Articles 30, 73 and 75. The overview shall also explain in general terms the interplay with national instruments with a view of improving the consistency between Union and national actions in this area;
an explanation how the interventions under coupled income support as referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 3, Subsection 1, are consistent with Directive 2000/60/EC;
in relation to the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (a), an overview of how the aim of fairer distribution and more effective and efficient targeting of income support to be granted to farmers under the CAP Strategic Plan is addressed including, where applicable, information justifying the use of the derogation provided for in Article 29(1), second subparagraph. That overview shall, where relevant, also address the consistency and complementarity of the territorialisation of the basic income support referred to in Article 22(2) with support under other interventions, in particular the payments for natural or other area-specific constraints referred to in Article 71;
an overview of the sector-related interventions, including the coupled income support referred to in Title III, Chapter II, Section 3, Subsection 1, and the interventions in certain sectors referred to in Title III, Chapter III, providing a justification for targeting the sectors concerned, the list of interventions per sector, and their complementarity;
where relevant, an explanation as to which interventions are intended to contribute to ensuring a coherent and integrated approach to risk management;
where relevant, a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions, including the distribution of financial allocations per intervention and per fund;
an overview of how the CAP Strategic Plan contributes to achieving the specific objective of improving animal welfare and combatting antimicrobial resistance set out in Article 6(1), point (i), including the baseline conditions and the complementarity between conditionality and the different interventions;
an explanation of how the interventions and elements common to several interventions contribute to simplification for final beneficiaries and reducing the administrative burden.
Article 110
Elements common to several interventions
The section on the elements common to several interventions referred to in Article 107(1), point (c), shall include:
the definitions and conditions provided by Member States in compliance with Article 4, as well as the minimum requirements for interventions in the form of direct payments pursuant to Article 18;
a description of the use of ‘technical assistance’ referred to in Articles 94 and 125 and a description of the national CAP network referred to in Article 126;
in relation to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the definition of rural areas used in the CAP Strategic Plan as determined by Member States;
other information on implementation, in particular:
a short description of the establishment of the value of payment entitlements and of the functioning of the reserve, where applicable;
where relevant, the use of the estimated product of the reduction of direct payments referred to in Article 17;
the decision and its justification with regard to the implementation of Article 17(4), Article 29(6), and Article 30(4) of this Regulation and of Article 17(1), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
where relevant, the decision and the description of its main elements with regard to the implementation of Article 19;
an overview of the coordination, demarcation and complementarities between the EAFRD and other Union funds active in rural areas.
Article 111
Interventions
The section on each intervention specified in the strategy referred to in Article 107(1), point (d), including the interventions established at regional level, shall include:
the type of intervention on which it is based;
the territorial scope;
the specific design or requirements of that intervention that ensure an effective contribution to achieving the specific objective or objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2); for environmental and climate-related interventions, articulation with the conditionality requirements shall show that the practices are complementary and do not overlap;
the eligibility conditions;
the result indicators as laid down in Annex I to which the intervention should contribute directly and significantly;
for each intervention which is based on the types of intervention listed in Annex II to this Regulation, how it respects the relevant provisions of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture as specified in Article 10 of this Regulation and in Annex II to this Regulation, and for each intervention which is not based on the types of intervention listed in Annex II to this Regulation, whether and, if so, how it respects relevant provisions of Article 6.5 of, or Annex 2 to, the WTO Agreement on Agriculture;
one output indicator and the annual planned outputs for the intervention referred to in Article 102(5);
the annual planned uniform or average unit amounts referred to in Article 102(1) and, where relevant, the maximum or minimum planned unit amounts referred to in Article 102(2) and (3);
an explanation of how the amounts referred to in point (h) of this paragraph were set;
where applicable:
the form and rate of support;
the method for calculating the planned unit amounts of support and its certification in accordance with Article 82;
the annual financial allocation for the intervention referred to in Article 101(1) or, in the case of sectors referred to in Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f), the annual financial allocation for the relevant sector referred to in Article 101(2), including, where applicable, a breakdown on amounts planned for grants and amounts planned for financial instruments;
an indication as to whether the intervention falls outside the scope of Article 42 TFEU and is subject to State aid assessment.
Point (e) of the first subparagraph shall not apply to interventions under the type of intervention in the apiculture sector referred to in Article 55(1), points (a) and (c) to (g), interventions under the type of intervention in the wine sector referred to in Article 58(1), points (h) to (k), and the information and promotion actions for quality schemes under the type of intervention for cooperation referred to in Article 77.
Article 112
Target and financial plans
The financial plan referred to in Article 107(1), point (e), shall comprise an overview table providing for:
the Member State’s allocations for the types of intervention in the form of direct payments referred to in Article 87(1), for the types of intervention in the wine sector referred to in Article 88(1), for the types of intervention in the apiculture sector referred to in Article 88(2) and for the types of intervention for rural development referred to in Article 89(3), with a specification of the annual and overall amounts reserved by Member States to comply with the requirements on minimum financial allocations laid down in Articles 92 to 98;
the transfers of the amounts referred to in point (a) between types of intervention in the form of direct payments and types of intervention for rural development in accordance with Article 103 and any deductions of the Member State’s allocations for the types of intervention in the form of direct payments to make amounts available for the types of intervention in other sectors referred to in Title III, Chapter III, Section 7, in accordance with Article 88(6);
the Member State’s allocations for the types of intervention in the hops sector referred to in Article 88(3) and for the types of intervention in the olive oil and table olives sector referred to in Article 88(4), and if those types of intervention are not implemented, the decision to include the corresponding allocations in the Member State’s allocation for direct payments in accordance with Article 88(5);
where relevant, transfer of Member State’s allocations from the EAFRD for support under InvestEU in accordance with Article 81 of this Regulation, under Regulation (EU) 2021/783 or under Regulation (EU) 2021/817 in accordance with Article 99 of this Regulation;
where relevant, the amounts planned for the outermost regions.
In addition to paragraph 2, a detailed financial plan shall provide for each financial year, and expressed as Member State’s forecasts of execution of payments, the following tables consistent with Article 111, points (g) and (k):
a breakdown of the Member State’s allocations for types of intervention in the form of direct payments after transfers as specified in paragraph 2, points (b) and (c), based on indicative financial allocations per type of intervention and per intervention, specifying for each intervention the planned outputs, the planned average or uniform unit amounts referred to in Article 102(1) and, where relevant, the maximum or minimum planned unit amounts, or both, referred to in Article 102(2). Where applicable, the breakdown shall include the amount of the reserve of payment entitlements.
The total estimated product of the reduction of payments referred to in Article 17 shall be specified.
Taking into account the use of the estimated product of the reduction of payments referred to in Article 17 and Article 87(3), those indicative financial allocations, the related planned outputs and the corresponding planned average or uniform unit amounts shall be established before the reduction of payments;
a breakdown of the allocations for the types of intervention referred to in Title III, Chapter III, per intervention and with an indication of the planned outputs or in the case of sectors referred to in Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f) the indicative financial allocation per sector with an indication of the planned outputs expressed as number of operational programmes per sector;
a breakdown of the Member State’s allocations for rural development after transfers to and from direct payments as specified in point (b), per type of intervention and per intervention, including totals for the CAP Strategic Plan period, indicating also the applicable EAFRD contribution rate, broken down per intervention and per type of region where applicable. In the case of transfer of funds from direct payments, the intervention(s) or part of intervention financed by the transfer shall be specified. That table shall also specify the planned outputs per intervention and the planned average or uniform unit amounts referred to in Article 102(1), as well as, where relevant, the maximum planned average unit amounts referred to in Article 102(3). Where applicable, the table shall also include a breakdown of the grants and amounts planned for financial instruments. The amounts for technical assistance shall also be specified.
Article 113
Governance and coordination systems
The section on the governance and coordination systems referred to in Article 107(1), point (f), shall comprise:
the identification of all governance bodies referred to in Title II, Chapter II, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 as well as of the national managing authority and, where relevant, the regional managing authorities;
the identification and role of intermediate bodies referred to in Article 123(4) of this Regulation;
information on the control systems and penalties referred to in Title IV of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, including:
the integrated administration and control system referred to in Title IV, Chapter II, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
the control and penalty system for conditionality referred to in Title IV, Chapters IV and V, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
the competent control bodies responsible for the checks;
an overview of the monitoring and reporting structure.
Article 114
Modernisation
The section on the elements that ensure modernisation of the CAP referred to in Article 107(1), point (g), shall highlight the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan that support the modernisation of the agriculture and rural areas and the CAP, and shall contain in particular:
an overview of how the CAP Strategic Plan will contribute to the achievement of the cross-cutting objective set out in Article 6(2), in particular through:
a description of the organisational set-up of the AKIS;
a description of how advisory services as referred to in Article 15, research and the national CAP network referred to in Article 126 will cooperate to provide advice, knowledge flows and innovation services and how the actions supported under interventions pursuant to Article 78 or other relevant interventions are integrated into the AKIS;
a description of the strategy for the development of digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas and for the use of those technologies to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions.
Article 115
Annexes
The SWOT analysis shall be based on the current situation of the area covered by the CAP Strategic Plan and shall comprise, for each specific objective set out in Article 6(1) and (2), an overall description of the current situation of the area covered by the CAP Strategic Plan, based on common context indicators and other quantitative and qualitative up-to-date information such as studies, past evaluation reports, sectoral analyses and lessons learned from previous experiences.
Where relevant, the SWOT analysis shall include an analysis of territorial aspects, including regional specificities, highlighting those territories specifically targeted by interventions, and an analysis of sectoral aspects, in particular for those sectors that are subject to specific interventions or programmes.
In addition, that description shall, in particular, highlight in relation to each general and specific objective set out in Article 5 and Article 6(1) and (2):
strengths identified in the CAP Strategic Plan area;
weaknesses identified in the CAP Strategic Plan area;
opportunities identified in the CAP Strategic Plan area;
threats identified in the CAP Strategic Plan area.
For the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f), the SWOT analysis shall refer to the national plans emanating from the legislative acts listed in Annex XIII.
For the specific objective set out in Article 6(1), point (g), the SWOT analysis shall include a short analysis of access to land, land mobility and land restructuring, access to finance and credits, and access to knowledge and advice.
For the cross-cutting objective set out in Article 6(2), the SWOT analysis shall also provide relevant information about the functioning of the AKIS and related structures.
Annex V to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 107(2), point (e), shall contain the following:
a short description of additional national financing for interventions in rural development laid down in Title III, Chapter IV, which is provided within the scope of the CAP Strategic Plan, including the amounts per intervention and indication of compliance with the requirements under this Regulation;
an explanation of the complementarity with the CAP Strategic Plan interventions;
an indication as to whether the additional national financing falls outside the scope of Article 42 TFEU and is subject to State aid assessment; and
the national financial assistance in the fruit and vegetables sector referred to in Article 53.
Annex VI to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 107(2), point (f), shall contain the following information as regards transitional national aid:
the annual sector-specific financial envelope for each sector for which transitional national aid is granted;
where relevant, the maximum unit rate of support for each year of the period;
where relevant, information as regards the reference period modified in accordance with Article 147(2), second subparagraph;
a brief description of the complementarity of the transitional national aid with CAP Strategic Plan interventions.
Article 116
Delegated powers for the content of the CAP Strategic Plan
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 until 31 December 2023 amending this Chapter as regards the content of the CAP Strategic Plan and its annexes. Those delegated acts shall be strictly limited to addressing problems experienced by Member States.
Article 117
Implementing powers for the content of the CAP Strategic Plan
The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down rules for the presentation of the elements described in Articles 108 to 115 in CAP Strategic Plans. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 153(2).
CHAPTER III
APPROVAL AND AMENDMENT OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLAN
Article 118
Approval of the CAP Strategic Plan
The Member State shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan.
The approval shall not cover the information referred to in Article 113, point (c), and in Annexes I to IV to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 107(2), points (a) to (d).
In duly justified cases, a Member State may ask the Commission to approve a CAP Strategic Plan which does not contain all elements. In that case the Member State concerned shall indicate the parts of the CAP Strategic Plan that are missing and provide indicative targets and financial plans as referred to in Article 112 for the whole CAP Strategic Plan in order to show the overall consistency and coherence of the plan. The missing elements of the CAP Strategic Plan shall be submitted to the Commission as an amendment of the plan in accordance with Article 119 within a timeframe not exceeding three months from the date of approval of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Article 119
Amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan
A request for amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan related to Article 17(5), Article 88(7), Article 103(5) or Article 120 shall not count for the limitation laid down in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
An amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan related to Article 103(1) in relation to the EAFRD shall take effect after the approval of the request for amendment by the Commission and following the corresponding amendment of the allocations in accordance with Article 89(4).
An amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan related to the EAGF, other than amendments referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, shall take effect from a date to be determined by the Member State that is later than the date of approval of the request for that amendment by the Commission. Member States may set different date or dates of effect for different elements of the amendment. When determining this date, Member States shall take into account the time limits for the approval procedure laid down in this Article and the need of farmers and other beneficiaries to have sufficient time to take the amendment into account. The planned date shall be indicated by the Member State with the request to amend the CAP Strategic Plan and shall be subject to the approval by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 10 of this Article.
Article 120
Review of the CAP Strategic Plans
When an amendment is made to any of the legislative acts listed in Annex XIII, each Member State shall assess whether its CAP Strategic Plan should be amended accordingly, in particular the explanation referred to in Article 109(2), point (a)(v), and the further elements of the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in that explanation. Each Member State shall, within six months after the deadline of transposition of the amendment in the case of a Directive listed in Annex XIII or within six months after the date of application of the amendment in the case of a Regulation listed in Annex XIII, notify the Commission of the outcome of its assessment with an accompanying explanation and, if necessary, submit a request to amend its CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 119(2).
Article 121
Calculation of time limits for Commission actions
For the purposes of this Chapter, where a time limit is set for an action by the Commission, that time limit shall start when all information complying with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it has been submitted.
This time limit shall not include:
the period which starts on the date following the date on which the Commission sends its observations or a request for revised documents to the Member State and ends on the date on which the Member State responds to the Commission;
for amendments related to Article 17(5), Article 88(7) and Article 103(5), the period for the adoption of the delegated act for the amendment of the allocations in accordance with Article 87(2).
Article 122
Delegated powers concerning amendments of CAP Strategic Plans
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Chapter as regards:
procedures and time limits for submission of requests for amendment to CAP Strategic Plans;
the determination of further cases for which the maximum number of amendments referred to in Article 119(7) does not count.
TITLE VI
COORDINATION AND GOVERNANCE
Article 123
Managing authority
Member States may, taking into account their constitutional and institutional provisions, designate regional managing authorities to be responsible for some or all of the tasks referred to in paragraph 2.
Member States shall ensure that the relevant management and control system has been set up in such a way that it ensures a clear allocation and separation of functions between the national managing authority and, where relevant, regional managing authorities and other bodies. Member States shall be responsible for ensuring that the system functions effectively throughout the CAP Strategic Plan period.
The managing authority shall be responsible for managing and implementing the CAP Strategic Plan in an efficient, effective and correct way. In particular, it shall ensure that:
there is an electronic information system as referred to in Article 130;
farmers, other beneficiaries and other bodies involved in the implementation of interventions:
are informed of their obligations resulting from the aid granted, and maintain either a separate accounting system or an adequate accounting code for all transactions relating to an operation, where relevant;
are aware of the requirements concerning the provision of data to the managing authority and the recording of outputs and results;
the farmers and other beneficiaries concerned are provided, where appropriate by the use of electronic means, with clear and precise information on the statutory management requirements and the minimum GAEC standards established pursuant to Title III, Chapter I, Section 2, as well as on the requirements related to social conditionality established pursuant to Title III, Chapter I, Section 3, to be applied at farm level;
the ex-ante evaluation referred to in Article 139 conforms to the evaluation and monitoring system and is submitted to the Commission;
the evaluation plan referred to in Article 140(4) is in place and that the ex-post evaluations referred to in that Article are conducted within the time limits laid down in this Regulation, ensuring that such evaluations conform to the monitoring and evaluation system and that they are submitted to the monitoring committee and the Commission;
the monitoring committee is provided with the information and documents needed to monitor the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the light of its specific objectives and priorities;
the annual performance report is drawn up, including aggregate monitoring tables, and, after the report has been submitted to the monitoring committee for opinion, is submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 9(3), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
relevant follow-up actions on Commission’s observations on the annual performance reports are taken;
the paying agency receives all necessary information, in particular on the procedures operated and any controls carried out in relation to interventions selected for funding, before payments are authorised;
beneficiaries under interventions financed by the EAFRD, other than area- and animal-related interventions, acknowledge the financial support received, including the appropriate use of the Union emblem in accordance with the rules laid down by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 5;
publicity is made for the CAP Strategic Plan, including through the national CAP network, by informing:
potential beneficiaries, professional organisations, the economic and social partners, bodies involved in promoting equality between men and women, and the non-governmental organisations concerned, including environmental organisations, of the possibilities offered by the CAP Strategic Plan and the rules for gaining access to the CAP Strategic Plan funding; and
farmers, other beneficiaries and the general public of the Union support for agriculture and rural development through the CAP Strategic Plan.
For support financed by the EAGF, as appropriate, Member States shall provide for the managing authority to use the visibility and communication tools and structures used by the EAFRD.
Article 124
Monitoring committee
Each monitoring committee shall adopt its rules of procedure, which shall include provisions on the coordination with regional monitoring committees when set up in accordance with paragraph 5, on the prevention of conflicts of interest and on the application of the principle of transparency.
The monitoring committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review all issues that affect the CAP Strategic Plan progress towards achieving its targets.
Each Member State shall publish the rules of procedure and the opinions of the monitoring committee.
Each member of the monitoring committee shall have a vote.
The Member State shall publish the list of the members of the monitoring committee online.
Representatives of the Commission shall participate in the work of the monitoring committee in an advisory capacity.
The monitoring committee shall examine in particular:
progress in CAP Strategic Plan implementation and in achieving the milestones and targets;
any issues that affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan and the actions taken to address those issues, including progress towards simplification and reduction of administrative burden for final beneficiaries;
the elements of the ex-ante assessment listed in Article 58(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and the strategy document referred to in Article 59(1) of that Regulation;
progress made in carrying out evaluations, syntheses of evaluations and any follow-up given to findings;
relevant information related to the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan supplied by the national CAP network;
the implementation of communication and visibility actions;
administrative capacity building for public authorities and farmers and other beneficiaries, where relevant.
The monitoring committee shall give its opinion on:
the methodology and criteria used for the selection of operations;
the annual performance reports;
the evaluation plan and amendments thereof;
any proposal by the managing authority for an amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Article 125
Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States
Article 126
National and European CAP networks
Networking through the national and European CAP networks shall have the following objectives:
increase the involvement of all relevant stakeholders in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans and, where relevant, in their design;
accompany the Member States’ administrations in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans and the transition to a performance-based delivery model;
contribute to improving the quality of implementation of CAP Strategic Plans;
contribute to the information of the public and potential beneficiaries on the CAP and funding opportunities;
foster innovation in agriculture and rural development and support peer-to-peer learning and the inclusion of, and the interaction between, all stakeholders in the knowledge-exchange and knowledge-building process;
contribute to monitoring and evaluation capacity and activities;
contribute to the dissemination of CAP Strategic Plans results.
The objective set out in the first subparagraph, point (d), shall be addressed in particular through the national CAP networks.
The tasks of the national and European CAP networks for the achievement of the objectives set out in paragraph 3 shall be the following:
collection, analysis and dissemination of information on actions and good practices implemented or supported under CAP Strategic Plans as well as analysis on developments in agriculture and rural areas relevant to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2);
contribution to capacity building for Member States administrations and of other actors involved in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans, including as regards monitoring and evaluation processes;
creation of platforms, fora and events to facilitate exchanges of experience between stakeholders and peer-to-peer learning, including where relevant exchanges with networks in third countries;
collection of information and facilitation of its dissemination as well as networking of funded structures and projects, such as local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3) of this Regulation and equivalent structures and projects;
support for cooperation projects between EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3) of this Regulation, local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 or similar local development structures, including transnational cooperation;
creation of links to other Union-funded strategies or networks;
contribution to the further development of the CAP and preparation of any subsequent CAP Strategic Plan period;
in the case of national CAP networks, participating in, and contributing to, the activities of the European CAP network;
in the case of the European CAP network, cooperating with, and contributing to, the activities of the national CAP networks.
Article 127
European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability
The EIP shall support the AKIS, by connecting policies and instruments to speed up innovation.
It shall in particular:
create added value by better linking research and farming practice and encouraging the wider use of available innovation measures;
connect innovation actors and projects;
promote the faster and wider transposition of innovative solutions into practice, including farmer-to-farmer exchange; and
inform the scientific community about the research needs of farming practice.
EIP operational groups supported under the cooperation type of intervention referred to in Article 77 shall form part of the EIP. Each EIP operational group shall draw up a plan for an innovative project to be developed or implemented. The innovative project shall be based on the interactive innovation model which has as key principles:
developing innovative solutions focusing on farmers’ or foresters’ needs while also tackling the interactions across the whole supply chain where useful;
bringing together partners with complementary knowledge such as farmers, advisors, researchers, enterprises or non-governmental organisations in a targeted combination as best suited to achieve the project objectives; and
co-deciding and co-creating all along the project.
EIP operational groups may act at transnational, including cross-border, level. The envisaged innovation may be based on new practices, but also on traditional practices in a new geographical or environmental context.
EIP operational groups shall disseminate a summary of their plans and of the results of their projects, in particular through the national and European CAP networks.
TITLE VII
MONITORING, REPORTING AND EVALUATION
CHAPTER I
PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK
Article 128
Establishment of the performance framework
The performance framework shall include the following elements:
a set of common output, result, impact and context indicators referred to in Article 7 which will be used as the basis for monitoring, evaluation and the annual performance reporting;
targets and annual milestones established in relation to the relevant specific objective using the relevant result indicators;
data collection, storage and transmission;
regular reporting on performance, monitoring and evaluation activities;
the ex-ante, interim, and ex-post evaluations and all other evaluation activities linked to the CAP Strategic Plan.
Article 129
Objectives of the performance framework
The performance framework’s objectives shall be to:
assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the CAP;
monitor progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plans;
assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plans;
support a common learning process related to monitoring and evaluation.
Article 130
Electronic information system
Member States shall establish a secure electronic information system, or use an existing one, in which they shall record and keep key information on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan that is needed for monitoring and evaluation, in particular for monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set, including information on each beneficiary and operation.
Article 131
Provision of information
Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries of support under the CAP Strategic Plan interventions and local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 provide to the managing authority, or other bodies delegated to perform functions on its behalf, all the information necessary for the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Member States shall ensure that comprehensive, timely and reliable data sources are established to enable effective follow-up of policy progress towards objectives using output, result and impact indicators.
Article 132
Monitoring procedures
The managing authority and the monitoring committee shall monitor the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plan on the basis of the output and result indicators.
Article 133
Implementing powers for the performance framework
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts on the content of the performance framework. Such acts shall include indicators other than those of Annex I which are needed for the appropriate monitoring and evaluation of the policy, the methods for the calculation of indicators set out in and outside of Annex I, and the necessary provisions to guarantee accuracy and reliability of the data collected by Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 153(2).
CHAPTER II
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS
Article 134
Annual performance reports
The quantitative information referred to in paragraph 4 shall include:
the realised outputs;
the expenditure declared in the annual accounts and relevant to the outputs referred to in point (a), before application of any penalties or other reductions, and for the EAFRD, taking into account reallocation of cancelled or recovered funds pursuant to Article 57 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
the ratio between expenditure referred in point (b) and relevant outputs referred to in point (a) (‘realised unit amount’);
results and distance to corresponding milestones set in accordance with Article 109(1), point (a).
The information referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), shall be broken down per unit amount as set out in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 111, point (h), for the purpose of performance clearance. For output indicators which are marked in Annex I as used only for monitoring, only the information referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), of this paragraph shall be included.
For an intervention not covered by the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, Member States may, in addition to the information provided under paragraph 5 of this Article, decide to provide in each annual performance report:
either the average unit amounts for the operations selected in the previous financial year and the related number of outputs and expenditure; or
the ratio between the total public expenditure excluding additional national financing referred to in Article 115(5), committed for operations for which payments have been made in the previous financial year and the realised outputs as well as the related number of outputs and expenditure.
That information shall be used by the Commission for the purposes of Articles 40 and 54 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 for each of the years when payments are made for the related operations.
The qualitative information referred to in paragraph 4 shall include:
a synthesis of the state of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in respect of the previous financial year;
any issues which affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan, in particular as regards deviations from milestones, where appropriate, giving reasons and, where relevant, describing the measures taken.
For the purposes of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, Member States may decide to also include under the qualitative information referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article:
justification of any excess of the realised unit amount compared to the corresponding planned unit amount or, where applicable, the maximum planned unit amount referred to in Article 102 of this Regulation; or
where a Member State decides to make use of one of the possibilities provided in paragraph 6 of this Article, justification of any excess of the realised unit amount compared to either the corresponding average unit amount for operations selected or the ratio between the total public expenditure, excluding additional national financing referred to in Article 115(5), committed for operations for which payments have been made in the previous financial year and the related realised outputs, depending on the Member State’s choice.
Alternatively, where a Member State decides to make use of the possibility provided for in paragraph 6, justification shall be required only where the excess referred to in paragraph 8, point (b), is higher than 50 %.
For financial instruments, in addition to the data to be provided under paragraph 4, information shall be provided on:
the eligible expenditure by type of financial product;
the amount of management costs and fees declared as eligible expenditure;
the amount, by type of financial product, of private and public resources mobilised in addition to the EAFRD;
interest and other gains generated by support from the EAFRD contribution to financial instruments in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and resources returned attributable to support from the EAFRD in accordance with Article 62 of that Regulation;
total value of loans, equity or quasi-equity investments in final recipients which were guaranteed with eligible public expenditure excluding additional national financing referred to in Article 115(5) of this Regulation and which were actually disbursed to final recipients.
Where Member States decide to apply paragraph 6 of this Article to financial instruments, the information referred to in that paragraph shall be provided at the level of final recipients.
Article 135
Biennial performance review
Article 136
Annual review meetings
CHAPTER III
REPORTING FOR THE CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR COTTON AND THE TRANSITIONAL NATIONAL AID
Article 137
Annual reporting
By 15 February 2025 and 15 February of each subsequent year until 2030, the Member States that grant the crop-specific payment for cotton laid down in Title III, Chapter II, Section 3, Subsection 2, shall provide the Commission with the following information on the implementation of that payment in the previous financial year:
the number of beneficiaries;
the amount of payment per hectare; and
the number of hectares for which the payment was granted.
Article 138
Annual reporting on transitional national aid
By 15 February 2025 and 15 February of each subsequent year until 2030, the Member States that grant the transitional national aid laid down in Article 147 shall provide the Commission with the following information on the implementation of that aid in the previous financial year for each relevant sector:
the number of beneficiaries;
the total amount of transitional national aid granted; and
the number of hectares, animals or other units for which that aid has been granted.
CHAPTER IV
CAP STRATEGIC PLAN EVALUATION
Article 139
Ex-ante evaluations
The ex-ante evaluation shall assess:
the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plan to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2), taking into account national and regional needs and potential for development as well as lessons drawn from implementation of the CAP in previous programming periods;
the internal coherence of the proposed CAP Strategic Plan and its relationship with other relevant instruments;
the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources with those specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2) that are addressed by the CAP Strategic Plan;
how the expected outputs will contribute to results;
whether the quantified target values for results and milestones are appropriate and realistic, having regard to the support envisaged from the EAGF and EAFRD;
measures planned to reduce the administrative burden on farmers and other beneficiaries;
where relevant, the rationale for the use of financial instruments financed by the EAFRD.
Article 140
Evaluation of CAP Strategic Plans during the implementation period and ex post
CHAPTER V
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BY THE COMMISSION
Article 141
Performance assessment and evaluation
Article 142
Reporting based on a core set of indicators
In compliance with the reporting requirement pursuant to Article 41(3), point (h)(iii), of the Financial Regulation, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council the performance information referred to in that Article measured by the core set of indicators set out in Annex XIV to this Regulation.
Article 143
General provisions
TITLE VIII
COMPETITION PROVISIONS
Article 144
Rules applying to undertakings
Where support under Title III of this Regulation is granted to forms of cooperation between undertakings, it may be granted only to such forms of cooperation which comply with the competition rules as they apply by virtue of Articles 206 to 210 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Article 145
State aid
Article 146
Additional national financing
Support provided by Member States in relation to operations falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU that is intended to provide additional financing for interventions in rural development laid down in Title III, Chapter IV, of this Regulation for which Union support is granted at any time during the CAP Strategic Plan period may only be made if it complies with this Regulation and is included in Annex V to the CAP Strategic Plans approved by the Commission.
Member States shall not provide support for interventions in sectors referred to in Title III, Chapter III, of this Regulation except where it is explicitly provided for in that Chapter.
Article 147
Transitional national aid
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, where the conditions for granting transitional national aid referred to in the first subparagraph related to a reference period, Member States may decide to modify the reference period to no later than year 2018.
The total amount of transitional national aid that may be granted per sector shall be limited to the following percentage of the level of payments in each of the sector-specific financial envelopes authorised by the Commission in accordance with Article 132(7) or Article 133a(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 ( 20 ) in 2013:
For Cyprus, the percentage shall be calculated on the basis of the sector-specific financial envelopes set out in Annex XVIIa to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
TITLE IX
GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 148
Measures to resolve specific problems
Article 149
Application to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands
CHAPTER II
INFORMATION SYSTEM AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
Article 150
Exchange of information and documents
Article 151
Processing and protection of personal data
CHAPTER III
DELEGATED ACTS AND IMPLEMENTING ACTS
Article 152
Exercise of delegation
Article 153
Committee procedure
In the case of acts referred to in Article 133 and Article 143(4) of this Regulation, where the Committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and Article 5(4), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
CHAPTER IV
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 154
Repeals
However, it shall, subject to Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 21 ), continue to apply to the implementation of rural development programmes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 until 31 December 2025. It shall, under the same conditions, apply to expenditure incurred by the beneficiaries and paid by the paying agency in the framework of those rural development programmes until 31 December 2025.
Article 32 of, and Annex III to, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 shall continue to apply in respect of the designation of areas facing natural and other specific constraints. References to the rural development programmes shall be read as references to the CAP Strategic Plans.
Until the national and European CAP networks referred to in Article 126 of this Regulation are established, the European network for rural development, the European Innovation Partnership network and the national rural networks referred to in Articles 52, 53 and 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 may carry out, in addition to the activities referred to in those Articles, the activities referred to in Article 126 and 127 of this Regulation.
When the national and European CAP networks referred to in Article 126 of this Regulation are established, they may carry out until 31 December 2025, in addition to the activities referred to in Articles 126 and 127 of this Regulation, the tasks referred to in Article 52(3), Article 53(3) and Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 related to the implementation of the rural development programmes pursuant to that Regulation.
However, it shall continue to apply in respect of aid applications relating to claim years starting before 1 January 2023.
Article 155
Eligibility of certain types of expenditure relating to the CAP Strategic Plan period
Expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries incurred under the measures referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 or in Article 39 or Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 which are receiving support under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 may continue to be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the CAP Strategic Plan period, subject to the following conditions:
such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
the EAFRD contribution rate of the intervention set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation to cover those measures applies;
the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to the area- and animal-based types of intervention listed in Title III, Chapters II and IV, of this Regulation and the relevant operations are clearly identified; and
the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (c) are made within the period laid down in Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
Expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries incurred under the measures referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 may continue to be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the CAP Strategic Plan period, subject to the following conditions:
such expenditure is notified to the Commission as an additional information in the part of the CAP Strategic Plan dedicated to the intervention strategy, referred to in Article 109, and by indicating the expenditure in the financial plan of the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 112(2);
it complies with Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, which continues to apply to such expenditure in accordance with Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (d), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; and
the EAFRD contribution rate established in the CAP Strategic Plan pursuant to Article 91(2), point (d), of this Regulation applies.
Expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries incurred under the multiannual measures referred to in Articles 22, 28, 29, 33 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 may be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the CAP Strategic Plan period, subject to the following conditions:
such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
the EAFRD contribution rate of the intervention set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation to cover those measures applies;
the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to the area- and animal-based types of intervention listed in Title III, Chapters II and IV, of this Regulation and the relevant operations are clearly identified; and
the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (c) of this paragraph are made within the period laid down in Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
Expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries incurred under the measures referred to in Articles 14 to 18, Article 19(1), points (a) and (b), and Articles 20, 23 to 27, 35, 38, 39 and 39a of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 after 31 December 2025 may be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the CAP Strategic Plan period, subject to the following conditions:
such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation, with the exception of Article 73(3), first subparagraph, point (f), thereof, ►C1 and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; ◄
the EAFRD contribution rate of the intervention established in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation to cover those measures applies.
Expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries incurred under the multiannual measures referred to in Articles 28 and 29 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 may be eligible for support from the EAGF in the CAP Strategic Plan period, subject to the following conditions:
such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 31(7), first subparagraph, point (b), of this Regulation and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to eco-schemes referred to in Article 31 of this Regulation and the relevant operations are clearly identified;
the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (b) of this paragraph are made within the period laid down in Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
Article 156
Transition for financial allocations for types of intervention in certain sectors
As from the date from which a CAP Strategic Plan has legal effects in accordance with Article 118(7) of this Regulation, the sum of the payments made in a financial year within each of the aid schemes referred to in Articles 29 to 31 and Articles 39 to 60 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and within each of the types of intervention for certain sectors referred to in Article 42, points (b) to (e), of this Regulation shall not exceed the financial allocations laid down in Article 88 of this Regulation for each financial year for each of those types of intervention.
Article 157
Eligibility of expenditure for multi-funded community-led local development
By way of derogation from Articles 86(1) and 118(7) of this Regulation, expenditure incurred under Article 31(2), point (c), and Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 in combination with Article 77(1), point (b), and Article 2(2) of this Regulation shall be eligible for a contribution from the EAFRD from the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan provided that the support is paid by the paying agency as of 1 January 2023. Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall apply in respect of such expenditure from the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan until 31 December 2022.
Article 158
Transitional measures
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Regulation with measures to protect any acquired rights and legitimate expectations of beneficiaries to the extent necessary for the transition from the arrangements provided for in Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 to those laid down in this Regulation. Those transitional rules shall in particular lay down the conditions under which support approved by the Commission under Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 may be integrated into support provided for under this Regulation, including for technical assistance and for the ex-post evaluations.
Article 159
Review of Annex XIII
By 31 December 2025, the Commission shall review the list in Annex XIII on the basis of the Union acquis in the area of environment and climate existing at that time and, where appropriate, make legislative proposals to add additional legislative acts to that list.
Article 160
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
IMPACT, RESULT, OUTPUT AND CONTEXT INDICATORS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7
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Assessment of the performance of the policy (multi-annual) - IMPACT Objectives and the corresponding impact indicators (1) |
Performance review - RESULT (2) Only based on interventions supported by the CAP |
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(1)
Most of impact indicators are already collected via other channels (European statistics, Joint Research Centre, European Environment Agency, etc.) and used in the framework of other Union legislation or the Sustainable Development Goals. The data collection frequency is not always annual and there might be two or three years delay.
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Proxies for results. Data notified annually by Member States to monitor the progress towards the targets they established in their CAP Strategic Plans. Result indicators which are mandatory for performance review when used by Member States in accordance with Article 109(1), point (a), are marked with PR. Member States may use for performance review any other relevant result indicator laid down in this Annex in addition to those marked with PR. |
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EU cross-cutting objective |
Impact indicators |
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Result indicators |
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Modernising agriculture and rural areas by fostering and sharing knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas and by encouraging their uptake by farmers, through improved access to research, innovation, knowledge exchange and training |
I.1 Sharing knowledge and innovation: Share of CAP budget for knowledge sharing and innovation |
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R.1PR Enhancing performance through knowledge and innovation: Number of persons benefitting from advice, training, knowledge exchange or participating in European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational groups supported by the CAP in order to enhance sustainable economic, social, environmental, climate-related and resource efficiency performance R.2 Linking advice and knowledge systems: Number of advisors receiving support to be integrated within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) R.3 Digitalising agriculture: Share of farms benefitting from support for digital farming technology through CAP |
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EU specific objective |
Impact indicators |
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Result indicators |
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To support viable farm income and resilience of the agricultural sector across the Union in order to enhance long-term food security and agricultural diversity as well as to ensure the economic sustainability of agricultural production in the Union |
I.2 Reducing income disparities: Evolution of agricultural income compared to the general economy I.3 Reducing farm income variability: Evolution of agricultural income I.4 Supporting viable farm income: Evolution of agricultural income level by type of farming (compared to the average in agriculture) I.5 Contributing to territorial balance: Evolution of agricultural income in areas with natural constraints (compared to the average) |
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R.4 Linking income support to standards and good practices: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) covered by income support and subject to conditionality R.5 Risk management: Share of farms with supported CAP risk management tools R.6PR Redistribution to smaller farms: Percentage of additional direct payments per hectare for eligible farms below average farm size (compared to average) R.7PR Enhancing support for farms in areas with specific needs: Percentage of additional support per hectare in areas with higher needs (compared to average) |
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To enhance market orientation and increase farm competitiveness both in the short and long term, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation |
I.6 Increasing farm productivity: Total factor productivity in agriculture I.7 Harnessing agri-food trade: Agri-food imports and exports |
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R.8 Targeting farms in specific sectors: Share of farms benefitting from coupled income support for improving competitiveness, sustainability or quality R.9PR Farm modernisation: Share of farms receiving investment support to restructure and modernise, including to improve resource efficiency |
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To improve the farmers’ position in the value chain |
I.8 Improving farmers’ position in the food chain: Value added for primary producers in the food chain |
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R.10PR Better supply chain organisation: Share of farms participating in producer groups, producer organisations, local markets, short supply chain circuits and quality schemes supported by the CAP R.11 Concentration of supply: Share of value of marketed production by producer organisations or producer groups with operational programmes in certain sectors |
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To contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing carbon sequestration, as well as to promote sustainable energy |
I.9 Improving the resilience of agriculture to climate change: Agricultural sector resilience progress indicator I.10 Contributing to climate change mitigation: Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture I.11 Enhancing carbon sequestration: Soil organic carbon in agricultural land I.12 Increasing sustainable energy in agriculture: Sustainable production of renewable energy from agriculture and forestry |
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R.12 Adaptation to climate change: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments to improve adaptation to climate change R.13PR Reducing emissions in the livestock sector: Share of livestock units (LU) under supported commitments to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and/or ammonia, including manure management R.14PR Carbon storage in soils and biomass: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments to reduce emissions or to maintain or enhance carbon storage (including permanent grassland, permanent crops with permanent green cover, agricultural land in wetland and peatland) R.15 Renewable energy from agriculture, forestry and from other renewable sources: Supported investments in renewable energy production capacity, including bio-based (in MW) R.16 Investments related to climate: Share of farms benefitting from CAP investment support contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to the production of renewable energy or biomaterials R.17PR Afforested land: Area supported for afforestation, agroforestry and restoration, including breakdowns R.18 Investment support for the forest sector: Total investment to improve the performance of the forestry sector |
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To foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air, including by reducing chemical dependency |
I.13 Reducing soil erosion: Percentage of agricultural land in moderate and severe soil erosion I.14 Improving air quality: Ammonia emissions from agriculture I.15 Improving water quality: Gross nutrient balance on agricultural land I.16 Reducing nutrient leakage: Nitrates in ground water – percentage of ground water stations with nitrates concentration over 50 mg/l under Directive 91/676/EEC I.17 Reducing pressure on water resource: Water Exploitation Index Plus (WEI+) I.18 Sustainable and reduced use of pesticides: Risks, use and impacts of pesticides |
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R.19PR Improving and protecting soils: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments beneficial for soil management to improve soil quality and biota (such as reducing tillage, soil cover with crops, crop rotation included with leguminous crops) R.20PR Improving air quality: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments to reduce ammonia emission R.21PR Protecting water quality: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments for the quality of water bodies R.22PR Sustainable nutrient management: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments related to improved nutrient management R.23PR Sustainable water use: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments to improve water balance R.24PR Sustainable and reduced use of pesticides: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported specific commitments which lead to a sustainable use of pesticides in order to reduce risks and impacts of pesticides such as pesticides leakage R.25 Environmental performance in the livestock sector: Share of livestock units (LU) under supported commitments to improve environmental sustainability R.26 Investments related to natural resources: Share of farms benefitting from CAP productive and non-productive investment support related to care for the natural resources R.27 Environmental or climate-related performance through investment in rural areas: Number of operations contributing to environmental sustainability and the achievement of climate mitigation and adaptation goals in rural areas R.28 Environmental or climate-related performance through knowledge and innovation: Number of persons benefitting from advice, training, knowledge exchange, or participating in European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational groups supported by the CAP related to environmental or climate-related performance |
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To contribute to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes |
I.19 Increasing farmland bird populations: Farmland Bird Index I.20 Enhancing biodiversity protection: Percentage of species and habitats of Community interest related to agriculture with stable or increasing trends, with a breakdown of the percentage for wild pollinators species (1) I.21 Enhancing provision of ecosystem services: Share of agricultural land covered with landscape features I.22 Increasing agro-biodiversity in farming system: Crop diversity |
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R.29PR Development of organic agriculture: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) supported by the CAP for organic farming, with a split between maintenance and conversion R.30PR Supporting sustainable forest management: Share of forest land under commitments to support forest protection and management of ecosystem services R.31PR Preserving habitats and species: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments for supporting biodiversity conservation or restoration including high-nature-value farming practices R.32 Investments related to biodiversity: Share of farms benefitting from CAP investment support contributing to biodiversity R.33 Improving Natura 2000 management: Share of total Natura 2000 area under supported commitments R.34PR Preserving landscape features: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments for managing landscape features, including hedgerows and trees R.35 Preserving beehives: Share of beehives supported by the CAP |
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To attract and sustain young farmers and other new farmers and facilitate sustainable business development in rural areas |
I.23 Attracting young farmers: Evolution of the number of new farm managers and the number of new young farm managers, including a gender breakdown |
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R.36PR Generational renewal: Number of young farmers benefitting from setting up with support from the CAP, including a gender breakdown |
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To promote employment, growth, gender equality, including the participation of women in farming, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including the circular bio-economy and sustainable forestry |
I.24 Contributing to jobs in rural areas: Evolution of the employment rate in rural areas, including a gender breakdown I.25 Contributing to growth in rural areas: Evolution of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in rural areas I.26 A fairer CAP: Distribution of CAP support I.27 Promoting rural inclusion: Evolution of poverty index in rural areas |
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R.37 Growth and jobs in rural areas: New jobs supported in CAP projects R.38 LEADER coverage: Share of rural population covered by local development strategies R.39 Developing the rural economy: Number of rural businesses, including bio-economy businesses, developed with CAP support R.40 Smart transition of the rural economy: Number of supported smart-village strategies R.41PR Connecting rural Europe: Share of rural population benefitting from improved access to services and infrastructure through CAP support R.42 Promoting social inclusion: Number of persons covered by supported social inclusion projects |
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To improve the response of Union agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including high-quality, safe and nutritious food produced in a sustainable way, to reduce food waste, as well as to improve animal welfare and to combat antimicrobial resistances |
I.28 Limiting antimicrobial use in farmed animals: Sales/use of antimicrobials for food-producing animals I.29 Responding to consumer demand for quality food: Value of production under Union quality schemes and of organic production |
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R.43PR Limiting antimicrobial use: Share of livestock units (LU) concerned by supported actions to limit the use of antimicrobials (prevention/reduction) R.44PR Improving animal welfare: Share of livestock units (LU) covered by supported actions to improve animal welfare |
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The assessment of the trends for pollinators shall be performed by using relevant Union measures for pollinator indicators, in particular by a pollinator indicator and other measures adopted through the governance framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (Commission communication of 20 May 2020) on the basis of the EU Pollinators Initiative (Commission communication of 1 June 2018). |
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Annual performance clearance - OUTPUT
Types of intervention and their output indicators ( 22 )
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Types of intervention |
Output indicators (1) |
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Cooperation (Article 77) |
O.1 Number of European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational group projects |
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Knowledge exchange and dissemination of information (Article 78) |
O.2 Number of advice actions or units to provide innovation support for preparing or implementing European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational group projects |
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Horizontal indicator |
O.3MO Number of CAP support beneficiaries |
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Basic income support (Article 21) |
O.4 Number of hectares benefitting from basic income support |
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Payment for small farmers (Article 28) |
O.5 Number of beneficiaries or hectares benefitting from payments for small farmers |
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Complementary income support for young farmers (Article 30) |
O.6 Number of hectares benefitting from complementary income support for young farmers |
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Redistributive income support (Article 29) |
O.7 Number of hectares benefitting from redistributive income support |
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Eco-schemes (Article 31) |
O.8 Number of hectares or of livestock units benefitting from eco-schemes |
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Risk management tools (Article 76) |
O.9 Number of units covered by supported CAP risk management tools |
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Coupled income support (Article 32) |
O.10 Number of hectares benefitting from coupled income support |
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O.11 Number of heads benefitting from coupled income support |
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Natural or other area-specific constraints (Article 71) |
O.12 Number of hectares benefitting from support for areas facing natural or other specific constraints, including a breakdown per type of area |
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Area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements (Article 72) |
O.13 Number of hectares benefitting from support under Natura 2000 or Directive 2000/60/EC |
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Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments (Article 70) |
O.14 Number of hectares (excluding forestry) or number of other units covered by environmental or climate-related commitments going beyond mandatory requirements |
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O.15 Number of hectares (forestry) or number of other units covered by environmental or climate-related commitments going beyond mandatory requirements |
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O.16 Number of hectares or number of other units under maintenance commitments for afforestation and agroforestry |
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O.17 Number of hectares or number of other units benefitting from support for organic farming |
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O.18 Number of livestock units (LU) benefitting from support for animal welfare, health or increased biosecurity measures |
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O.19 Number of operations or units supporting genetic resources |
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Investments (Articles 73 and 74) |
O.20 Number of supported on-farm productive investment operations or units |
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O.21 Number of supported on-farm non-productive investment operations or units |
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O.22 Number of supported infrastructure investment operations or units |
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O.23 Number of supported off-farm non-productive investment operations or units |
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O.24 Number of supported off-farm productive investment operations or units |
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Setting-up of young farmers and new farmers and rural business start-up (Article 75) |
O.25 Number of young farmers receiving setting-up support |
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O.26 Number of new farmers receiving setting-up support (other than young farmers reported under O.25) |
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O.27 Number of rural businesses receiving support for start-up |
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Cooperation (Article 77) |
O.28 Number of supported producer groups and producer organisations |
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O.29 Number of beneficiaries receiving support to participate in official quality schemes |
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O.30 Number of supported operations or units for generational renewal (excluding setting-up support) |
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O.31 Number of supported local development strategies (LEADER) or preparatory actions |
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O.32 Number of supported other cooperation operations or units (excluding EIP reported under O.1) |
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Knowledge exchange and dissemination of information (Article 78) |
O.33 Number of supported training, advice and awareness actions or units |
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Horizontal indicator |
O.34MO Number of hectares under environmental practices (summary indicator on physical area covered by conditionality, eco-schemes, agri- and forest-environment-climate management commitments) |
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Types of intervention in certain sectors (Article 47) |
O.35 Number of supported operational programmes |
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Types of intervention in the wine sector (Article 58) |
O.36 Number of actions or units supported in the wine sector |
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Types of intervention in the apiculture sector (Article 55) |
O.37 Number of actions or units for beekeeping preservation or improvement |
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Output indicators used for monitoring only are marked with MO. |
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CONTEXT INDICATORS
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Indicator number |
Context indicator |
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Population |
C.01 |
Total population |
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C.02 |
Population density |
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C.03 |
Age structure of the population |
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Total area |
C.04 |
Total area |
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C.05 |
Land cover |
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Labour market |
C.06 |
Employment rate in rural areas |
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C.07 |
Unemployment rate in rural areas |
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C.08 |
Employment (by sector, by type of region, by economic activity) |
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Economy |
C.09 |
GDP per capita |
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C.10 |
Poverty rate |
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C.11 |
Gross value added by sector, by type of region, in agriculture and for primary producers |
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Farms and farmers |
C.12 |
Agricultural holdings (farms) |
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C.13 |
Farm labour force |
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C.14 |
Age structure of farm managers |
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C.15 |
Agricultural training of farm managers |
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C.16 |
New farm managers and new young farm managers |
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Agricultural land |
C.17 |
Utilised agricultural area |
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C.18 |
Irrigable land |
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C.19 |
Farming in Natura 2000 areas |
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C.20 |
Areas facing natural and other specific constraints |
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C.21 |
Agricultural land covered with landscape features |
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C.22 |
Crop diversity |
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Livestock |
C.23 |
Livestock units |
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C.24 |
Livestock density |
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Agricultural and farm income |
C.25 |
Agricultural factor income |
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C.26 |
Comparison of agricultural income with non-agricultural labour cost |
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C.27 |
Farm income by type of farming, by region, by farm size, in areas facing natural and other specific constraints |
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C.28 |
Gross fixed capital formation in agriculture |
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Agricultural productivity |
C.29 |
Total factor productivity in agriculture |
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C.30 |
Labour productivity in agriculture, in forestry and in the food industry |
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Agricultural trade |
C.31 |
Agricultural imports and exports |
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Other gainful activities |
C.32 |
Tourism infrastructure |
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Farming practices |
C.33 |
Agricultural area under organic farming |
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C.34 |
Farming intensity |
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C.35 |
Value of production under Union quality schemes and of organic production |
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Biodiversity |
C.36 |
Farmland Bird Index |
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C.37 |
Percentage of species and habitats of Community interest related to agriculture with stable or increasing trends |
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Water |
C.38 |
Water use in agriculture |
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C.39 |
Water quality |
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Gross nutrient balance – nitrogen |
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Gross nutrient balance – phosphorus |
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Nitrates in ground water |
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Soil |
C.40 |
Soil organic carbon in agricultural land |
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C.41 |
Soil erosion by water |
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Energy |
C.42 |
Sustainable production of renewable energy from agriculture and forestry |
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C.43 |
Energy use in agriculture, forestry and food industry |
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Climate |
C.44 |
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture |
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C.45 |
Agricultural sector resilience progress indicator |
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C.46 |
Direct agricultural loss attributed to disasters |
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Air |
C.47 |
Ammonia emissions from agriculture |
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Health |
C.48 |
Sales/use of antimicrobials for food-producing animals |
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C.49 |
Risk, use and impacts of pesticides |
ANNEX II
WTO DOMESTIC SUPPORT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 10
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Type of intervention |
Reference in this Regulation |
Paragraph of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (‘Green Box’) |
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Basic income support |
Title III, Chapter II, Section 2, Subsection 2 |
5 (if implementation is not based on payment entitlements) 6 (if implementation is based on payment entitlements) |
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Redistributive income support |
Article 29 |
5 (if implementation of the related basic income support is not based on payment entitlements) 6 (if implementation of the related basic income support is based on payment entitlements) |
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Complementary income support for young farmers |
Article 30 |
5 (if implementation of the related basic income support is not based on payment entitlements) 6 (if implementation of the related basic income support is based on payment entitlements) |
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Schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare (eco-schemes) |
Article 31(7), first subparagraph, point (a) |
5 (if implementation of the related basic income support is not based on payment entitlements) 6 (if implementation of the related basic income support is based on payment entitlements) |
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Schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare (eco-schemes) |
Article 31(7), first subparagraph, point (b) |
12 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – investments in tangible and intangible assets, research and experimental and innovative production methods and other actions, in areas such as: |
Article 47(1), point (a) |
2, 11 or 12 |
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— soil conservation, including the enhancement of soil carbon and soil structure, and the reduction of contaminants |
Article 47(1), point (a)(i) |
12 |
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— improvement of the use of and sound management of water, including water saving, water conservation and drainage |
Article 47(1), point (a)(ii) |
12 |
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— preventing damage caused by adverse climatic events and promoting the development and use of varieties, breeds and management practices adapted to changing climate conditions |
Article 47(1), point (a)(iii) |
12 |
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— increasing energy saving, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy |
Article 47(1), point (a)(iv) |
11 or 12 |
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— ecological packaging, only in the field of research and experimental production |
Article 47(1), point (a)(v) |
2 |
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— biosecurity, animal health and welfare |
Article 47(1), point (a)(vi) |
12 |
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— reducing emissions and waste, improving the use of by-products, including their reuse and valorisation, and the management of waste |
Article 47(1), point (a)(vii) |
11 or 12 |
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— improving resilience against pests and reducing risks and impacts of pesticide use, including implementing Integrated Pest Management techniques |
Article 47(1), point (a)(viii) |
2, 11 or 12 |
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— improving resilience against animal disease and reducing the use of veterinary medicines, including antibiotics |
Article 47(1), point (a)(ix) |
2 |
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— creating and maintaining habitats favourable to biodiversity |
Article 47(1), point (a)(x) |
12 |
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— improving product quality |
Article 47(1), point (a)(xi) |
2 |
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— improving genetic resources |
Article 47(1), point (a) (xii) |
2 |
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— improving the conditions of employment and ensuring compliance with employer obligations as well as occupational health and safety requirements in accordance with Directives 89/391/EEC, 2009/104/EC and (EU) 2019/1152 |
Article 47(1), point (a)(xiii) |
2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – advisory services and technical assistance |
Article 47(1), point (b) |
2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – training and exchange of best practices |
Article 47(1), point (c) |
2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – organic or integrated production |
Article 47(1), point (d) |
12 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – actions to increase the sustainability and efficiency of transport and storage |
Article 47(1), point (e) |
11, 12 or 2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – promotion, communication and marketing |
Article 47(1), point (f) |
2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – quality schemes |
Article 47(1), point (g) |
2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – traceability and certification systems |
Article 47(1), point (h) |
2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – climate change adaptation and mitigation |
Article 47(1), point (i) |
11, 2 or 12 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) - mutual funds |
Article 47(2), point (a) |
7 or 2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) - investments in tangible and intangible assets |
Article 47(2), point (b) |
11 or 2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) - orchard or olive groves replanting |
Article 47(2), point (d) |
8 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) - restocking with livestock for health reasons or because of losses resulting from natural disasters |
Article 47(2), point (e) |
8 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) - coaching |
Article 47(2), point (j) |
2 |
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Fruit and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) - implementation and management of third-country phytosanitary requirements |
Article 47(2), point (k) |
2 |
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Fruits and vegetables, hops, olive oil, table olives and other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f) – communication actions |
Article 47(2), point (l) |
2 |
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Apiculture – advisory services, technical assistance, training, information and exchange of best practices |
Article 55(1), point (a) |
2 |
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Apiculture – investment in tangible and intangible assets, as well as other actions, including for combatting beehive invaders and diseases |
Article 55(1), point (b)(i) |
11 or 12 or 2 |
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Apiculture – investment in tangible and intangible assets, as well as other actions, including for preventing damage caused by adverse climatic conditions, development and use of management practices |
Article 55(1), point (b)(ii) |
11 or 12 or 2 |
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Apiculture – support laboratories |
Article 55(1), point (c) |
2 |
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Apiculture – research programmes |
Article 55(1), point (e) |
2 |
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Apiculture – promotion, communication and marketing |
Article 55(1), point (f) |
2 |
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Apiculture – enhancing product quality |
Article 55(1), point (g) |
2 |
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Wine – restructuring and conversion |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (a) |
8, 11 or 12 |
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Wine – investments in tangible and intangible assets |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (b) |
11 |
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Wine – tangible and intangible investments in innovation |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (e) |
11 |
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Wine – advisory services |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (f) |
2 |
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Wine – information actions |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (h) |
2 |
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Wine – promotion of wine tourism |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (i) |
2 |
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Wine – improvement of market knowledge |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (j) |
2 |
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Wine – promotion and communication |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (k) |
2 |
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Wine – administrative costs of mutual funds |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (l) |
2 |
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Wine – investments to enhance sustainability |
Article 58(1), first subaragraph, point (m) |
11 or 12 or 2 |
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Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments |
Article 70 |
12 |
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Natural or other area-specific constraints |
Article 71 |
13 |
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Area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements |
Article 72 |
12 |
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Investments |
Article 73 |
11 or 8 |
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Investments in irrigation |
Article 74 |
11 |
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Cooperation |
Article 77 |
2 |
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Knowledge exchange and dissemination of information |
Article 78 |
2 |
ANNEX III
RULES ON CONDITIONALITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12
SMR: Statutory management requirement
GAEC: Standard for good agricultural and environmental condition of land
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Areas |
Main issue |
Requirements and standards |
Main objective of the standard |
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Climate and environment |
Climate change (mitigation of and adaptation to) |
GAEC 1 |
Maintenance of permanent grassland based on a ratio of permanent grassland in relation to agricultural area at national, regional, subregional, group-of-holdings or holding level in comparison to the reference year 2018 Maximum decrease of 5 % compared to the reference year |
General safeguard against conversion to other agricultural uses to preserve carbon stock |
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GAEC 2 |
Protection of wetland and peatland (1) |
Protection of carbon-rich soils |
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GAEC 3 |
Ban on burning arable stubble, except for plant health reasons |
Maintenance of soil organic matter |
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Water |
SMR 1 |
Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1): Article 11(3), point (e), and point (h), as regards mandatory requirements to control diffuse sources of pollution by phosphates |
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SMR 2 |
Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1): Articles 4 and 5 |
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GAEC 4 |
Establishment of buffer strips along water courses (2) |
Protection of river courses against pollution and run-off |
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Soil (protection and quality) |
GAEC 5 |
Tillage management, reducing the risk of soil degradation and erosion, including consideration of the slope gradient |
Minimum land management reflecting site specific conditions to limit erosion |
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GAEC 6 |
Minimum soil cover to avoid bare soil in periods that are most sensitive (3) |
Protection of soils in periods that are most sensitive |
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GAEC 7 |
Crop rotation in arable land, except for crops growing under water (4) |
Preserving the soil potential |
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Biodiversity and landscape (protection and quality) |
SMR 3 |
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7): Article 3(1), Article 3(2), point (b), Article 4(1), (2) and (4) |
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SMR 4 |
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7): Article 6(1) and (2) |
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GAEC 8 |
— Minimum share of agricultural area devoted to non-productive areas or features (5) — Minimum share of at least 4 % of arable land at farm level devoted to non-productive areas and features, including land lying fallow. — Where a farmer commits to devote at least 7 % of his/her arable land to non-productive areas or features, including land lying fallow, under an enhanced eco-scheme in accordance with Article 31(6), the share to be attributed to compliance with this GAEC standard shall be limited to 3 %. — Minimum share of at least 7 % of arable land at farm level if this includes also catch crops or nitrogen fixing crops, cultivated without the use of plant protection products, of which 3 % shall be land lying fallow or non-productive features. Member States should use the weighting factor of 0,3 for catch crops. — Retention of landscape features — Ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season — As an option, measures for avoiding invasive plant species |
Maintenance of non-productive features and area to improve on-farm biodiversity |
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GAEC 9 |
Ban on converting or ploughing permanent grassland designated as environmentally-sensitive permanent grasslands in Natura 2000 sites |
Protection of habitats and species |
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Public health, and plant health |
Food safety |
SMR 5 |
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1): Articles 14 and 15, Article 17(1) (6) and Articles 18, 19 and 20 |
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SMR 6 |
Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and beta-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3): Article 3, points (a), (b), (d) and (e), and Articles 4, 5 and 7 |
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Plant protection products |
SMR 7 |
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1): Article 55, first and second sentence |
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SMR 8 |
Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71): |
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Article 5(2) and Article 8(1) to (5) Article 12 with regard to restrictions on the use of pesticides in protected areas defined on the basis of Directive 2000/60/EC and Natura 2000 legislation Article 13(1) and (3) on handling and storage of pesticides and disposal of remnants |
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Animal welfare |
Animal welfare |
SMR 9 |
Council Directive 2008/119/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (OJ L 10, 15.1.2009, p. 7): Articles 3 and 4 |
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SMR 10 |
Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (OJ L 47, 18.2.2009, p. 5): Articles 3 and 4 |
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SMR 11 |
Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (OJ L 221, 8.8.1998, p. 23): Article 4 |
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Member States may provide in their CAP Strategic Plans that this GAEC will only be applicable as from claim year 2024 or 2025. In such cases, Member States shall demonstrate that the delay is necessary for the establishment of the management system in accordance with a detailed planning. Member States, when establishing GAEC standard 2, shall ensure that on the land concerned an agricultural activity suitable for qualifying the land as agricultural area may be maintained.
(2)
The buffer strips along water courses under this GAEC standard shall, as a general rule and in compliance with Union law, respect a minimum width of 3 meters without using pesticides and fertilisers. In areas with significant dewatering and irrigation ditches, Member States may adjust, if duly justified for those areas, the minimum width in accordance with specific local circumstances.
(3)
In duly justified cases, Member States may adapt in the regions concerned the minimum standards to take into account the short vegetation period resulting from the length and severity of the winter period.
(4)
Rotation shall consist in a change of crop at least once a year at land parcel level (except in case of multiannual crops, grasses and other herbaceous forage, and land lying fallow), including the appropriately managed secondary crops. On the basis of diversity of farming methods and agro-climatic conditions, Member States may authorise in the regions concerned other practices of enhanced crop rotation with leguminous crops or crop diversification which aim at improving and preserving the soil potential in line with the objectives of this GAEC standard. Member States may exempt from the obligation under this standard holdings: (a) where more than 75 % of the arable land is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage, is land lying fallow, is used for cultivation of leguminous crops, or is subject to a combination of those uses; (b) where more than 75 % of the eligible agricultural area is permanent grassland, is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage or for the cultivation of crops under water either for a significant part of the year or for a significant part of the crop cycle, or is subject to a combination of those uses; or (c) with a size of arable land up to 10 hectares. Member States may introduce a maximum limit of area covered with a single crop to prevent large monocultures. Farmers certified in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 shall be deemed to comply with this GAEC standard.
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Member States may exempt from the obligation under this indent holdings: (a) where more than 75 % of the arable land is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage, is land lying fallow, is used for cultivation of leguminous crops, or is subject to a combination of those uses; (b) where more than 75 % of the eligible agricultural area is permanent grassland, is used for the production of grasses or other herbaceous forage or for the cultivation of crops under water either for a significant part of the year or for a significant part of the crop cycle, or is subject to a combination of those uses; or (c) with a size of arable land up to 10 hectares. Member States with more than 50 % of their total land surface area covered by forest may exempt from the obligation under this indent holdings located in areas designated by those Member States as areas facing natural constraints in accordance with Article 32(1), point (a) or (b), of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, provided that more than 50 % of the land surface area of the unit referred to in the second sentence of this paragraph is covered by forest and the ratio of forest land to agricultural land is higher than 3:1. The area covered by forest and the ratio of forest land to agricultural land shall be assessed on an area level equivalent to the LAU2 level or on the level of another clearly delineated unit which covers a single clear contiguous geographical area having similar agricultural conditions.
(6)
As implemented in particular by: — Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 and the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 37/2010, — Regulation (EC) No 852/2004: Article 4(1) and Annex I part A (II 4 (g, h, j), 5 (f, h), 6; III 8 (a, b, d, e), 9 (a, c)), — Regulation (EC) No 853/2004: Article 3(1), Annex III Section IX Chapter I (I-1 b, c, d, e; I-2 a (i, ii, iii), b (i, ii), c; I-3; I-4; I-5; II-A 1, 2, 3, 4; II-B 1(a, d), 2, 4 (a, b)), Annex III Section X Chapter I(1), — Regulation (EC) No 183/2005: Article 5(1), (5) and (6), Annex I, part A (I-4 e, g; II-2 a, b, e), and Annex III (under the heading ‘FEEDING’, point 1 entitled ‘Storage’, first and last sentences, and point 2 entitled ‘Distribution’, third sentence), and — Regulation (EC) No 396/2005: Article 18. |
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ANNEX IV
RULES ON SOCIAL CONDITIONALITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14
|
Areas |
Applicable legislation |
Relevant provisions |
Requirements |
|
Employment |
Transparent and predictable working conditions Directive 2019/1152 |
Article 3 |
Employment conditions to be provided in writing (‘employment contract’) |
|
Article 4 |
Ensure that agricultural employment is subject to an employment contract |
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|
Article 5 |
Employment contract to be provided within first seven days of working |
||
|
Article 6 |
Changes to the employment relationship to be provided in documentary form. |
||
|
Article 8 |
Probationary period |
||
|
Article 10 |
Conditions regarding minimum predictability of work |
||
|
Article 13 |
Mandatory training |
||
|
Health and safety |
Measures to encourage improvements in safety and health of workers Directive 89/391/EEC |
Article 5 |
General provision laying down duty of employer to ensure safety and health of workers |
|
Article 6 |
General obligation on employers to take measures necessary for safety and health protection, including prevention of risks and provision of information and training |
||
|
Article 7 |
Protective and preventive services: worker(s) to be designated for health and safety activities or competent external service to be engaged |
||
|
Article 8 |
Employer to take measures for first aid, fire-fighting and evacuation of workers |
||
|
Article 9 |
Obligations on employers regarding assessment of risks, protective measures and equipment, recording and reporting of occupational accidents |
||
|
Article 10 |
Provision of information to workers on safety and health risks and protective and preventive measures |
||
|
Article 11 |
Consultation and participation of workers in discussions on all questions relating to safety and health at work |
||
|
Article 12 |
Employer to ensure that workers receive adequate safety and health training |
||
|
|
Minimum safety and health requirements for use of work equipment by workers Directive 2009/104/EC |
Article 3 |
General obligations to ensure that work equipment is suitable for work to be carried out by workers without impairment of safety or health |
|
Article 4 |
Rules concerning work equipment: must comply with the Directive and established minimum requirements and be adequately maintained |
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|
Article 5 |
Inspection of work equipment – equipment to be inspected after instalment and periodic inspections by competent persons |
||
|
Article 6 |
Work equipment involving specific risks to be restricted to persons tasked with using it and all repairs, modifications, maintenance to be performed by designated workers |
||
|
Article 7 |
Ergonomics and occupational health |
||
|
Article 8 |
Workers to receive adequate information and, where appropriate, written instructions on use of work equipment |
||
|
Article 9 |
Workers to receive adequate training |
ANNEX V
MEMBER STATES’ ALLOCATIONS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 87(1), FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH
|
(current prices, in EUR) |
|||||
|
Calendar year |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 and subsequent years |
|
Belgium |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
|
Bulgaria |
808 442 754 |
817 072 343 |
825 701 932 |
834 331 520 |
834 331 520 |
|
Czechia |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
|
Denmark |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
|
Germany |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
|
Estonia |
196 436 567 |
199 297 294 |
202 158 021 |
205 018 748 |
205 018 748 |
|
Ireland |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
|
Greece |
2 075 656 043 |
2 075 656 043 |
2 075 656 043 |
2 075 656 043 |
2 075 656 043 |
|
Spain |
4 874 879 750 |
4 882 179 366 |
4 889 478 982 |
4 896 778 599 |
4 896 778 599 |
|
France |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
|
Croatia |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
|
Italy |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
|
Cyprus |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
|
Latvia |
349 226 285 |
354 312 105 |
359 397 925 |
364 483 744 |
364 483 744 |
|
Lithuania |
587 064 372 |
595 613 853 |
604 163 335 |
612 712 816 |
612 712 816 |
|
Luxembourg |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
|
Hungary |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
|
Malta |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
|
Netherlands |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
|
Austria |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
|
Poland |
3 092 416 671 |
3 123 600 494 |
3 154 784 317 |
3 185 968 140 |
3 185 968 140 |
|
Portugal |
613 619 128 |
622 403 166 |
631 187 204 |
639 971 242 |
639 971 242 |
|
Romania |
1 946 921 018 |
1 974 479 078 |
2 002 037 137 |
2 029 595 196 |
2 029 595 196 |
|
Slovenia |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
|
Slovakia |
400 894 402 |
405 754 516 |
410 614 629 |
415 474 743 |
415 474 743 |
|
Finland |
519 350 246 |
521 168 786 |
522 987 325 |
524 805 865 |
524 805 865 |
|
Sweden |
686 131 966 |
686 360 116 |
686 588 267 |
686 816 417 |
686 816 417 |
ANNEX VI
LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 42, POINT (f)
|
CN code |
Description |
|
ex 01 01 |
Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies: |
|
|
– Horses |
|
0101 21 00 |
– – Pure-bred breeding animals (1) |
|
0101 29 |
– – Other: |
|
0101 29 10 |
– – – For slaughter |
|
0101 29 90 |
– – – Other |
|
0101 30 00 |
– Asses |
|
0101 90 00 |
– Other |
|
ex 01 03 |
Live swine: |
|
0103 10 00 |
– Pure-bred breeding animals (2) |
|
ex 01 06 |
Other live animals: |
|
0106 14 10 |
– Domestics rabbits |
|
ex 0106 19 00 |
– – Other: reindeer and deer |
|
0106 33 00 |
– – Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) |
|
0106 39 10 |
– – – Pigeons |
|
0106 39 80 |
– – – Other birds |
|
ex 0205 00 |
Meat of horses, fresh, chilled or frozen |
|
ex 02 08 |
Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: |
|
ex 0208 10 10 |
– – Meat of domestic rabbits |
|
ex 0208 90 10 |
– – Meat of domestic pigeons |
|
ex 0208 90 30 |
– – Meat of game other than rabbits or hares |
|
ex 0208 90 60 |
– – Meat of reindeer |
|
ex 04 07 |
Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked: |
|
0407 19 90 |
– Fertilised, other than of poultry |
|
0407 29 90 |
– Other fresh eggs, other than of poultry |
|
0407 90 90 |
– Other eggs, other than of poultry |
|
0701 |
Potatoes, fresh or chilled |
|
ex 07 13 |
Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split: |
|
ex 0713 10 |
– Peas (Pisum sativum): |
|
0713 10 90 |
– – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 20 00 |
– Chickpeas (garbanzos): |
|
|
– – Other than for sowing |
|
|
– Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): |
|
ex 0713 31 00 |
– – Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek: |
|
|
– – – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 32 00 |
– – Small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis): |
|
|
– – – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 33 |
– – Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris): |
|
0713 33 90 |
– – – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 34 00 |
– – Bambara beans (Vigna subterranea or Voandzeia subterranea): |
|
|
– – – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 35 00 |
– – Cow peas (Vigna unguiculata): |
|
|
– – – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 39 00 |
– – Other: |
|
|
– – – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 40 00 |
– Lentils: |
|
|
– – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 50 00 |
– Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina and Vicia faba var. minor): |
|
|
– – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 60 00 |
– Pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan): |
|
|
– – Other than for sowing |
|
ex 0713 90 00 |
– Other: |
|
|
– – Other than for sowing |
|
1201 90 00 |
Soya beans, whether or not broken, other than seed |
|
1202 41 00 |
Groundnuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, in shell, other than seed |
|
1202 42 00 |
Groundnuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, other than seed |
|
1203 00 00 |
Copra |
|
1204 00 90 |
Linseed, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1205 10 90 |
Low euricic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1205 90 00 |
Other rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1206 00 91 |
Sunflower seeds, shelled; in grey and white striped shell, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1206 00 99 |
Other sunflower seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1207 29 00 |
Cotton seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1207 40 90 |
Sesamum seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1207 50 90 |
Mustard seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1207 60 00 |
– Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds |
|
1207 91 90 |
Poppy seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
1207 99 91 |
Hemp seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
ex 1207 99 96 |
Other oilseeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken, other than for sowing |
|
ex 1209 29 50 |
– – – Lupine seed, other than for sowing |
|
ex 12 11 |
Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits) of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered excluding the products listed under CN code ex 1211 90 86 in Part IX |
|
1212 94 00 |
Chicory roots |
|
ex 12 14 |
Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets: |
|
ex 1214 10 00 |
– Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets: |
|
|
– – – Other than lucerne artificially heat-dried or of lucerne otherwise dried and ground |
|
ex 1214 90 |
– Other: |
|
1214 90 10 |
– – Mangolds, swedes and other fodder roots |
|
ex 1214 90 90 |
– – Other, excluding: |
|
|
– – – Sainfoin, clover, lupines, vetches and similar fodder products artificially heat- dried, except hay and fodder kale and products containing hay |
|
|
– – – Sainfoin, clover, lupines, vetches, honey lotus, chickling pea and birdsfoot, otherwise dried and ground |
|
ex 22 06 |
Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included: |
|
ex 2206 00 31 to ex 2206 00 89 |
– Fermented beverages other than piquette |
|
5201 |
Cotton, not carded or combed |
|
(1)
Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Union provisions (see Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17 February 2015 laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/427/EEC and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the identification of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation), OJ L 59, 3.3.2015, p. 1).
(2)
Regulation (EU) 2016/1012. |
|
ANNEX VII
MEMBER STATES’ ALLOCATIONS (PER FINANCIAL YEAR) FOR TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN THE WINE SECTOR AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 88(1)
|
|
EUR (current prices) |
|
Bulgaria |
25 721 000 |
|
Czechia |
4 954 000 |
|
Germany |
37 381 000 |
|
Greece |
23 030 000 |
|
Spain |
202 147 000 |
|
France |
269 628 000 |
|
Croatia |
10 410 000 |
|
Italy |
323 883 000 |
|
Cyprus |
4 465 000 |
|
Lithuania |
43 000 |
|
Hungary |
27 970 000 |
|
Austria |
13 155 000 |
|
Portugal |
62 670 000 |
|
Romania |
45 844 000 |
|
Slovenia |
4 849 000 |
|
Slovakia |
4 887 000 |
ANNEX VIII
MEMBER STATES’ ALLOCATIONS FOR COTTON REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 87(1), SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH
|
(current prices, in EUR) |
|||||
|
Calendar year |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 and subsequent years |
|
Bulgaria |
2 557 820 |
2 557 820 |
2 557 820 |
2 557 820 |
2 557 820 |
|
Greece |
183 996 000 |
183 996 000 |
183 996 000 |
183 996 000 |
183 996 000 |
|
Spain |
59 690 640 |
59 690 640 |
59 690 640 |
59 690 640 |
59 690 640 |
|
Portugal |
177 589 |
177 589 |
177 589 |
177 589 |
177 589 |
ANNEX IX
MEMBER STATES’ ALLOCATIONS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS WITHOUT COTTON AND BEFORE THE TRANSFERS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 87(1), THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH
|
(current prices, in EUR) |
|||||
|
Calendar year |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 and subsequent years |
|
Belgium |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
494 925 924 |
|
Bulgaria |
805 884 934 |
814 514 523 |
823 144 112 |
831 773 700 |
831 773 700 |
|
Czechia |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
854 947 297 |
|
Denmark |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
862 367 277 |
|
Germany |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
4 915 695 459 |
|
Estonia |
196 436 567 |
199 297 294 |
202 158 021 |
205 018 748 |
205 018 748 |
|
Ireland |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
1 186 281 996 |
|
Greece |
1 891 660 043 |
1 891 660 043 |
1 891 660 043 |
1 891 660 043 |
1 891 660 043 |
|
Spain |
4 815 189 110 |
4 822 488 726 |
4 829 788 342 |
4 837 087 959 |
4 837 087 959 |
|
France |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
7 285 000 537 |
|
Croatia |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
374 770 237 |
|
Italy |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
3 628 529 155 |
|
Cyprus |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
47 647 540 |
|
Latvia |
349 226 285 |
354 312 105 |
359 397 925 |
364 483 744 |
364 483 744 |
|
Lithuania |
587 064 372 |
595 613 853 |
604 163 335 |
612 712 816 |
612 712 816 |
|
Luxembourg |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
32 747 827 |
|
Hungary |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
1 243 185 165 |
|
Malta |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
4 594 021 |
|
Netherlands |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
717 382 327 |
|
Austria |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
677 581 846 |
|
Poland |
3 092 416 671 |
3 123 600 494 |
3 154 784 317 |
3 185 968 140 |
3 185 968 140 |
|
Portugal |
613 441 539 |
622 225 577 |
631 009 615 |
639 793 653 |
639 793 653 |
|
Romania |
1 946 921 018 |
1 974 479 078 |
2 002 037 137 |
2 029 595 196 |
2 029 595 196 |
|
Slovenia |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
131 530 052 |
|
Slovakia |
400 894 402 |
405 754 516 |
410 614 629 |
415 474 743 |
415 474 743 |
|
Finland |
519 350 246 |
521 168 786 |
522 987 325 |
524 805 865 |
524 805 865 |
|
Sweden |
686 131 966 |
686 360 116 |
686 588 267 |
686 816 417 |
686 816 417 |
ANNEX X
MEMBER STATES’ ALLOCATIONS (PER FINANCIAL YEAR) FOR TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN THE APICULTURE SECTOR AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 88(2)
|
|
EUR (current prices) |
|
Belgium |
422 967 |
|
Bulgaria |
2 063 885 |
|
Czechia |
2 121 528 |
|
Denmark |
295 539 |
|
Germany |
2 790 875 |
|
Estonia |
140 473 |
|
Ireland |
61 640 |
|
Greece |
6 162 645 |
|
Spain |
9 559 944 |
|
France |
6 419 062 |
|
Croatia |
1 913 290 |
|
Italy |
5 166 537 |
|
Cyprus |
169 653 |
|
Latvia |
328 804 |
|
Lithuania |
549 828 |
|
Luxembourg |
30 621 |
|
Hungary |
4 271 227 |
|
Malta |
14 137 |
|
Netherlands |
295 172 |
|
Austria |
1 477 188 |
|
Poland |
5 024 968 |
|
Portugal |
2 204 232 |
|
Romania |
6 081 630 |
|
Slovenia |
649 455 |
|
Slovakia |
999 973 |
|
Finland |
196 182 |
|
Sweden |
588 545 |
ANNEX XI
BREAKDOWN OF UNION SUPPORT FOR TYPES OF INTERVENTION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (2023 TO 2027) REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 89(3)
|
(current prices, in EUR) |
||||||
|
Member States |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 |
Total 2023-2027 |
|
Belgium |
105 730 894 |
82 800 894 |
82 800 894 |
82 800 894 |
82 800 894 |
436 934 470 |
|
Bulgaria |
282 979 644 |
282 162 644 |
282 162 644 |
282 162 644 |
282 162 644 |
1 411 630 220 |
|
Czechia |
267 027 708 |
259 187 708 |
259 187 708 |
259 187 708 |
259 187 708 |
1 303 778 540 |
|
Denmark |
155 982 060 |
75 934 060 |
75 934 060 |
75 934 060 |
75 934 060 |
459 718 300 |
|
Germany |
1 485 615 738 |
1 092 359 738 |
1 092 359 738 |
1 092 359 738 |
1 092 359 738 |
5 855 054 690 |
|
Estonia |
88 031 648 |
88 016 648 |
88 016 648 |
88 016 648 |
88 016 648 |
440 098 240 |
|
Ireland |
311 641 628 |
311 640 628 |
311 640 628 |
311 640 628 |
311 640 628 |
1 558 204 140 |
|
Greece |
651 491 600 |
556 953 600 |
556 953 600 |
556 953 600 |
556 953 600 |
2 879 306 000 |
|
Spain |
1 081 552 825 |
1 080 382 825 |
1 080 382 825 |
1 080 382 825 |
1 080 382 825 |
5 403 084 125 |
|
France |
2 007 185 070 |
1 459 440 070 |
1 459 440 070 |
1 459 440 070 |
1 459 440 070 |
7 844 945 350 |
|
Croatia |
268 849 401 |
297 307 401 |
297 307 401 |
297 307 401 |
297 307 401 |
1 458 079 005 |
|
Italy |
1 355 321 375 |
1 349 921 375 |
1 349 921 375 |
1 349 921 375 |
1 349 921 375 |
6 755 006 875 |
|
Cyprus |
23 770 514 |
23 770 514 |
23 770 514 |
23 770 514 |
23 770 514 |
118 852 570 |
|
Latvia |
142 745 173 |
117 495 173 |
117 495 173 |
117 495 173 |
117 495 173 |
612 725 865 |
|
Lithuania |
195 495 162 |
195 495 162 |
195 495 162 |
195 495 162 |
195 495 162 |
977 475 810 |
|
Luxembourg |
11 626 644 |
12 310 644 |
12 310 644 |
12 310 644 |
12 310 644 |
60 869 220 |
|
Hungary |
384 539 149 |
416 869 149 |
416 869 149 |
416 869 149 |
416 869 149 |
2 052 015 745 |
|
Malta |
19 334 497 |
19 984 497 |
19 984 497 |
19 984 497 |
19 984 497 |
99 272 485 |
|
Netherlands |
180 985 369 |
73 268 369 |
73 268 369 |
73 268 369 |
73 268 369 |
474 058 845 |
|
Austria |
520 024 752 |
520 024 752 |
520 024 752 |
520 024 752 |
520 024 752 |
2 600 123 760 |
|
Poland |
1 004 581 539 |
1 320 001 539 |
1 320 001 539 |
1 320 001 539 |
1 320 001 539 |
6 284 587 695 |
|
Portugal |
455 630 620 |
540 550 620 |
540 550 620 |
540 550 620 |
540 550 620 |
2 617 833 100 |
|
Romania |
967 049 892 |
967 049 892 |
967 049 892 |
967 049 892 |
967 049 892 |
4 835 249 460 |
|
Slovenia |
110 170 192 |
110 170 192 |
110 170 192 |
110 170 192 |
110 170 192 |
550 850 960 |
|
Slovakia |
260 599 909 |
259 077 909 |
259 077 909 |
259 077 909 |
259 077 909 |
1 296 911 545 |
|
Finland |
354 551 956 |
354 549 956 |
354 549 956 |
354 549 956 |
354 549 956 |
1 772 751 780 |
|
Sweden |
211 889 741 |
211 889 741 |
211 889 741 |
211 889 741 |
211 889 741 |
1 059 448 705 |
|
Total EU-27 |
12 904 404 700 |
12 078 615 700 |
12 078 615 700 |
12 078 615 700 |
12 078 615 700 |
61 218 867 500 |
|
Technical assistance (0,25 %) |
30 272 220 |
30 272 220 |
30 272 220 |
30 272 220 |
30 272 220 |
151 361 100 |
|
Total |
12 934 676 920 |
12 108 887 920 |
12 108 887 920 |
12 108 887 920 |
12 108 887 920 |
61 370 228 600 |
ANNEX XII
MINIMUM AMOUNTS RESERVED FOR THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6(1), POINT (g)
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(current prices, in EUR) |
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|
Calendar year |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 and subsequent years |
|
Belgium |
14 847 778 |
14 847 778 |
14 847 778 |
14 847 778 |
14 847 778 |
|
Bulgaria |
24 176 548 |
24 435 436 |
24 694 323 |
24 953 211 |
24 953 211 |
|
Czechia |
25 648 419 |
25 648 419 |
25 648 419 |
25 648 419 |
25 648 419 |
|
Denmark |
25 871 018 |
25 871 018 |
25 871 018 |
25 871 018 |
25 871 018 |
|
Germany |
147 470 864 |
147 470 864 |
147 470 864 |
147 470 864 |
147 470 864 |
|
Estonia |
5 893 097 |
5 978 919 |
6 064 741 |
6 150 562 |
6 150 562 |
|
Ireland |
35 588 460 |
35 588 460 |
35 588 460 |
35 588 460 |
35 588 460 |
|
Greece |
56 749 801 |
56 749 801 |
56 749 801 |
56 749 801 |
56 749 801 |
|
Spain |
144 455 673 |
144 674 662 |
144 893 650 |
145 112 639 |
145 112 639 |
|
France |
218 550 016 |
218 550 016 |
218 550 016 |
218 550 016 |
218 550 016 |
|
Croatia |
11 243 107 |
11 243 107 |
11 243 107 |
11 243 107 |
11 243 107 |
|
Italy |
108 855 875 |
108 855 875 |
108 855 875 |
108 855 875 |
108 855 875 |
|
Cyprus |
1 429 426 |
1 429 426 |
1 429 426 |
1 429 426 |
1 429 426 |
|
Latvia |
10 476 789 |
10 629 363 |
10 781 938 |
10 934 512 |
10 934 512 |
|
Lithuania |
17 611 931 |
17 868 416 |
18 124 900 |
18 381 384 |
18 381 384 |
|
Luxembourg |
982 435 |
982 435 |
982 435 |
982 435 |
982 435 |
|
Hungary |
37 295 555 |
37 295 555 |
37 295 555 |
37 295 555 |
37 295 555 |
|
Malta |
137 821 |
137 821 |
137 821 |
137 821 |
137 821 |
|
Netherlands |
21 521 470 |
21 521 470 |
21 521 470 |
21 521 470 |
21 521 470 |
|
Austria |
20 327 455 |
20 327 455 |
20 327 455 |
20 327 455 |
20 327 455 |
|
Poland |
92 772 500 |
93 708 015 |
94 643 530 |
95 579 044 |
95 579 044 |
|
Portugal |
18 403 246 |
18 666 767 |
18 930 288 |
19 193 810 |
19 193 810 |
|
Romania |
58 407 631 |
59 234 372 |
60 061 114 |
60 887 856 |
60 887 856 |
|
Slovenia |
3 945 902 |
3 945 902 |
3 945 902 |
3 945 902 |
3 945 902 |
|
Slovakia |
12 026 832 |
12 172 635 |
12 318 439 |
12 464 242 |
12 464 242 |
|
Finland |
15 580 507 |
15 635 064 |
15 689 620 |
15 744 176 |
15 744 176 |
|
Sweden |
20 583 959 |
20 590 803 |
20 597 648 |
20 604 493 |
20 604 493 |
ANNEX XIII
UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE TO WHOSE OBJECTIVES MEMBER STATES’ CAP STRATEGIC PLANS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO, AND BE CONSISTENT WITH, PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 108, 109 AND 115
ANNEX XIV
REPORTING BASED ON CORE SET OF INDICATORS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 142
Indicators for the European Agriculture Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
|
Objective |
Core set of indicators |
|
To support viable farm income and resilience of the agricultural sector across the Union in order to enhance long-term food security and agricultural diversity as well as to ensure the economic sustainability of agricultural production in the Union |
O.3 Number of CAP support beneficiaries C.25 Agricultural factor income R.6 Redistribution to smaller farms: Percentage of additional direct payments per hectare for eligible farms below average farm size (compared to average) |
|
To enhance market orientation and increase farm competitiveness both in the short and long term, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation |
R.9 Farm modernisation: Share of farms receiving investment support to restructure and modernise, including to improve resource efficiency |
|
To improve the farmers’ position in the value chain |
R.10 Better supply chain organisation: Share of farms participating in producer groups, producer organisations, local markets, short supply chain circuits and quality schemes supported by the CAP |
|
To contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing carbon sequestration, as well as to promote sustainable energy |
I.10 Contributing to climate change mitigation: Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture R.14 Carbon storage in soils and biomass: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments to reduce emissions or to maintain or enhance carbon storage (including permanent grassland, permanent crops with permanent green cover, agricultural land in wetland and peatland) R.17 Afforested land: Area supported for afforestation, agroforestry and restoration, including breakdowns |
|
To foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air, including by reducing chemical dependency |
O.34 Number of hectares under environmental practices (summary indicator on physical area covered by conditionality, eco-schemes, agri- and forest-environment-climate management commitments) I.15 Improving water quality: Gross nutrient balance on agricultural land I.16 Reducing nutrient leakage: Nitrates in ground water - percentage of ground water stations with nitrates concentration over 50 mg/l under Directive 91/676/EEC I.18 Sustainable and reduced use of pesticides: Risks, use and impacts of pesticides R.19 Improving and protecting soils: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments beneficial for soil management to improve soil quality and biota (such as reducing tillage, soil cover with crops, crop rotation included with leguminous crops) R.20 Improving air quality: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments to reduce ammonia emission R.21 Protecting water quality: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments for the quality of water bodies R.22 Sustainable nutrient management: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments related to improved nutrient management R.24 Sustainable and reduced use of pesticides: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported specific commitments which lead to a sustainable use of pesticides in order to reduce risks and impacts of pesticides such as pesticides leakage |
|
To contribute to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes |
C.33 Agricultural area under organic farming I.21 Enhancing provision of ecosystem services: Share of agricultural land covered with landscape features R.29 Development of organic agriculture: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) supported by the CAP for organic farming, with a split between maintenance and conversion R.34 Preserving landscape features: Share of utilised agricultural area (UAA) under supported commitments for managing landscape features, including hedgerows and trees |
|
To attract and sustain young farmers and new farmers and facilitate sustainable business development in rural areas |
R.36 Generational renewal: Number of young farmers benefitting from setting up with support from the CAP, including a gender breakdown |
|
To promote employment, growth, gender equality, including the participation of women in farming, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including the circular bio-economy and sustainable forestry |
R.37 Growth and jobs in rural areas: New jobs supported in CAP projects R.38 LEADER coverage: Share of rural population covered by local development strategies R.41 Connecting rural Europe: Share of rural population benefitting from improved access to services and infrastructure through CAP support |
|
To improve the response of Union agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including high-quality, safe and nutritious food produced in a sustainable way, to reduce food waste, as well as to improve animal welfare and to combat antimicrobial resistances |
I.28 Limiting antimicrobial use in farmed animals: Sales/use of antimicrobials for food-producing animals R.43 Limiting antimicrobial use: Share of livestock units (LU) concerned by supported actions to limit the use of antimicrobials (prevention/reduction) R.44 Improving animal welfare: Share of livestock units (LU) covered by supported actions to improve animal welfare |
|
Modernising agriculture and rural areas by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas and by encouraging their uptake by farmers, through improved access to research, innovation, knowledge exchange and training |
R.1 Enhancing performance through knowledge and innovation: Number of persons benefitting from advice, training, knowledge exchange or participating in European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational groups supported by the CAP in order to enhance sustainable economic, social, environmental, climate and resource efficiency performance |
( 1 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ L 193, 1.7.2014, p. 1).
( 2 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80).
( 3 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1).
( 4 ) Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).
( 5 ) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).
( 6 ) Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1).
( 7 ) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1).
( 8 ) Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).
( 9 ) Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1).
( 10 ) Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
( 11 ) OJ C 249, 31.7.2014, p. 1.
( 12 ) Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding (‘Animal Breeding Regulation’) ( OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66).
( 13 ) Regulation (EU) 2020/741 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 on minimum requirements for water reuse (OJ L 177, 5.6.2020, p. 32).
( 14 ) Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104).
( 15 ) Regulation (EU) 2021/783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE), and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 (OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 53).
( 16 ) Regulation (EU) 2021/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing Erasmus+: the Union Programme for education and training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 (OJ L 189, 28.5.2021, p. 1).
( 17 ) Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).
( 18 ) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
( 19 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of 30 November 2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Union (OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 27).
( 20 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16).
( 21 ) Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 laying down certain transitional provisions for support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the years 2021 and 2022 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards resources and application in the years 2021 and 2022 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards resources and the distribution of such support in respect of the years 2021 and 2022 (OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 1).
( 22 ) Data notified annually for their declared expenditure.