18/12/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 18 December, the EU Council formally adopted the ‘package’ for simplifying the rules of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The legislative act will be published in the Official Journal of the EU in the next few days and will enter into force on the day following its publication (see EUROPE B13774A8). The text allows certified farmers to comply de facto with Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC) 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and, as is...