On Tuesday 12 March, the European Commission adopted a delegated regulation amending the rules on the first category of good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) to take account of angry farmers’ demands.
GAEC 1 concerns the maintenance of permanent grassland based on a ratio of permanent grassland to agricultural surface area. It imposes an obligation to maintain the surface area of permanent grassland in the EU from the 2018 reference year. Under this requirement, former...