The European Commission said on Wednesday 5 January that 18 EU countries had submitted their national strategic plans implementing the common agricultural policy (CAP) on time (by 1 January 2022).
The new CAP will enter into force on 1 January 2023 and the Commission still has to approve the national strategic plans by summer 2022.
Nine countries did not meet the deadline of 1 January 2022 (set out in the basic regulation on strategic plans) to submit their strategic plans to the...