Despite a degree of reticence from some, the member states will not oppose the measures simplifying the rules on the greening of direct aid proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday 15 February (see EUROPOE 11738).
The delegated act proposed seeks, in particular, to ban the use of plant health products on what are known as “productive” (mainly pulse crops) ecological focus areas. No qualified majority against the delegated act was achieved among the member state experts meeting in...