Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

What it is

to modernise and simplify the common agricultural policy (CAP) beyond 2020 (regulation on the CAP strategic plans). PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the context in which the last CAP reform was decided in 2013 has shifted considerably. More specifically: (i) agricultural prices have fallen sharply as a result of macroeconomic factors and geopolitical tensions; (ii) the EU has become more open to global markets; (iii) the EU has made new commitments at international level, for example on climate change mitigation (through COP 21). The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the report by Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA (EPP, ES) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety , exercising its prerogative as an associated committee in accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure, also gave its opinion on the report. The committee recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal as follows. - foster a modern, competitive, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring long term food security while safeguarding the family farm model; - support and improve environmental protection, biodiversity and climate action and to contribute to the environmental- and climate-related objectives of the Union; - strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas, in order to contribute to the creation and maintenance of employment, by guaranteeing a viable income for farmers, pursuing a fair standard of living for the entire agricultural population and tackling rural depopulation, with a particular focus on the less populated and the less developed regions, and balanced territorial development. With a view to achieving the objectives, Member States and the Commission shall ensure the performance of CAP support and simplification for final beneficiaries by reducing the administrative burden while ensuring non-discrimination among beneficiaries. The proposed financial envelope for the EAGF for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 286 143 million in 2018 prices (EUR 322 511 million in current prices). The financial envelope for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 96 712 million in 2018 prices (EUR 109 000 million in current prices). Expenditure shall be eligible for contribution from the EAGF and the EAFRD following the approval of the CAP…

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