On Tuesday 13 February, the European Commission adopted the regulation providing for a derogation, in 2024, from the application of the standard relating to good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAEC) standard 8.
This is a partial exemption from rules on land lying fallow, a demand made by protesting farmers.
According to the text published in the Official Journal of the EU, farmers will be able to receive aid from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by devoting a...