The European Commission presented, in a document dated 11 March, a first analysis of the choices made by the EU Member States in their strategic plan on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The European Commission has received strategic plans from all of the EU countries (except for Belgium) and provides indications of the countries’ priorities according to several themes (targeting of aid, coupled payments, transfers between pillars, etc.)
Regarding eco-regimes, the document indicates that seven States have provided a budget for the first pillar of the CAP of more than the 25% required in the regulation on national strategic plans. Eight countries intend to activate the mechanism to reduce this proportion to 20% for the first pillar in 2023 and 2024. The European Commission counts 170 different eco-regimes.
On cross-compliance and the crop rotation obligation, eight States wish to apply the derogation on crop diversification.
Nineteen comment letters sent by the end of March. The European Commission plans to send 19 letters of comment by the end of March on the strategic plans of the first 19 States that have already submitted their plans. These letters will be made public. The European Commission will then send these letters to the 8 countries that are late in submitting their plans.
Link to the European Commission document: https://aeur.eu/f/ru (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)