AGRICULTURE Post 2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform package
In public session the Council will exchange views on the Commission proposals that are part of the CAP reform package:
- a regulation on CAP strategic plans (9645/18 +ADD 1)
- a regulation on financing, managing and monitoring of the CAP (9634/18+ADD 1)
- a regulation on a common market organisation of agricultural products (9556/18)
The debate will be based on a presidency's report on the state of play of the three files (7482/19),and on a set of three revised texts summarising the work carried out since January at the WorkingParty, SCA and Council level:
- a regulation on CAP strategic plans (7485/19)
- a regulation on financing, managing and monitoring of the CAP (6981/1/19 REV 1)
- a regulation on a common market organisation of agricultural products (7451/19)
Ministers will be invited to comment on these texts and answer the following question included in the state of play report:
- would you in principle endorse the Romanian presidency's orientation given in each of the three draft regulations, and which elements included therein, if any, would not be acceptable to you atthis stage, in a spirit of compromise?
The Commission's proposalsfor a CAP reform worth €365 billionintroduce a new delivery model by which member states will have more flexibility in how to use their funds and will be able to tailor-make their programmes. A single set of 9 EU-wide economic, environmental and social objectives will be identified at EU level and each member state will have to draw up a Strategic Plan covering the whole programming period, setting out how it intends to meet those objectives, using both direct payments and rural development. The Commission will approve each plan to ensure consistency and the protection of the single market, and monitor the progress towards objectives and targets using a set of result indicators agreed at EU level.
The Commission proposals also outline new obligations and incentives for farmers on the front of environment and climate action. Direct payments will be conditional on enhanced environmental and climate requirements and member states will have to offer eco-schemes to support farmers in going beyond the mandatory requirements, funded with a share of their national direct payments' allocations.
Moreover the new CAP will better target small and young farmers thereby facilitating generational renewal, and will try and foster greater use of knowledge and innovation.
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