The European Commission has recently put forward proposals on how to integrate the objectives of the ‘European Green Deal’ into the texts of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The integration of the objectives pertaining to biodiversity and the Farm to Fork strategy into the CAP, which will enter into force on 1 January 2023, is one of the issues still being discussed in negotiations over the text on the strategic plans (see EUROPE 12741/11). The European Parliament is strongly in favour of integrating the Green Deal into the CAP, while the EU Council is more cautious of this approach.
The Commission’s suggestions are aimed at brokering an agreement between the institutions at next week’s super trilogue on the CAP.
According to these suggestions, the Commission is proposing to assess the strategic plans against the Union’s 2030 targets set out in the strategies in question, with regard to the following objectives: 50% cut in nutrient losses from agriculture, 50% reduction in the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides, 50% reduction in sales of antimicrobials for farmed animals, raising the proportion of EU agricultural land farmed organically to 25%, and bringing back at least 10% of agricultural areas under high-diversity landscape features.
Here is the link to the Commission’s suggestions on integrating the Green Deal into the CAP: https://bit.ly/3gBCbMr (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)