The European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture is not expected, during the vote on the EU Action Plan on organic production on Thursday 31 March, to explicitly retain the target of 25% organic farming by 2030.
However, this is one of the important objectives of the European Commission in the action plan in question and in the various strategies arising from the European Green Deal.
For example, a new version of the proposed regulation revising the 2009 directive on the sustainable use of pesticides mentions this target of 25% of areas under organic farming in 2030.
Negotiators from the different political groups in the Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture have finalised their position on the action plan ahead of the committee vote on 31 March.
The compromise amendments do not, at this stage, include the target of 25% of area under organic farming. MEPs are divided on this issue (see EUROPE 12882/10).
The draft report on this action plan has been prepared by Simone Schmiedtbauer (EPP, Austria).
The compromise amendments refer to a “balanced” development of organic production, depending on the capacity of the market to absorb this production, thus preserving the profitability of the sector. The Commission is expected to be asked to carry out an impact assessment on the share of the EU’s agricultural area devoted to organic farming. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)