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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 26 Sept 2025
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 as regards data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties
To · adopted text· 8 Oct 2025
Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments, annual performance clearance and controls and penalties
AI:What changed, in short
The adopted text makes crisis payments mandatory for member states and adds a new support measure for producer groups.67 It also adds an eligible cost for rural development and reintroduces a reporting requirement on social conditionality.25 The other changes are formal or wording: capitalization corrections.134
5 changes of substance · 0 formal · 2 of wording only
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+12 added · −15 removed · 3 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 3 of 4: Paragraphs 121–180
60 unchanged paragraphs
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27, Article 111 – subparagraph 2: Point (e) of the first subparagraph shall not apply to the type of intervention in the apiculture sector referred to in Article 55(1), points (a) and (c) to (g), interventions under the type of intervention in the wine sector referred to in Article 58(1), points (h) to (k), the information and promotion actions for quality schemes under the type of intervention for cooperation referred to in Article 77, and interventions under the type of intervention for crisis payments to farmers under rural development referred to in Article 78a.
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Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 28, Article 115 – paragraph 5 – point a: deleted / (deleted)
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Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29, Article 119 – paragraph 5: 5. The Commission shall make observations within 30 calendar days from the submission of the request for amendment referred to in paragraph 2. The Member States shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information.
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Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29, Article 119 – paragraph 6: 6. The approval of a request for strategic amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan shall take place no later than two months after its submission by the Member State.
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Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29, Article 119 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3: Where the Commission does not object to notified amendments within 30 working days from the submission of the notification, the amendments shall have legal effects from the date of the notification. The Commission shall object to a notified amendment if it finds, within that period, that the amendment is not compatible with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, as well as in the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant to them.
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Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33 – point b, Article 134 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new): (da) support dedicated to beneficiaries under Article 78a, including the sectors concerned, the amounts allocated, and the justification for providing it.
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new), Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new): (-1) in Article 3, the following paragraph is added: / “2a. By way of derogation from Article 119(11) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, Member States may decide for claim year 2026 that amendments to CAP Strategic Plans related to the changes based on the amendment to this Regulation have legal effect before their approval by the Commission.”
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 13a – paragraph 1: 1. Each Member State shall designate one authority responsible for taking or coordinating actions to achieve and maintain national and cross-border interoperability between information systems used for the implementation, administration, monitoring and evaluation of the CAP for the benefit of farmers and other CAP beneficiaries. Such authority shall act on the basis of existing administrative structures and ensure effective coordination with the paying agencies. For the purposes of this Article, interoperability means the ability of information systems to interact with each other by sharing data by means of electronic communication.
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 13a – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. When a Member State requires farmers to use interoperable digital information systems, it shall, with the support of the Commission, ensure that: / (a) digital tools required for compliance are accessible and affordable for all farmers; / (b) appropriate technical support for farmers is available, including through advisory services or helplines; / (c) training opportunities are offered to farmers, with particular attention to farmers with limited digital skills; / (d) arrangements are in place for protecting individual data, including aggregation and anonymisation.
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 13a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall ensure that, when implementing this Regulation, data provided by farmers and other CAP beneficiaries is collected only once and re-used across information systems.
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 13a – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. Data shared through interoperable information systems under this Regulation shall be anonymised and used exclusively for purposes related to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the CAP or for statistical purposes.
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: The decision of the Commission to activate the reserve shall be duly justified. The Commission shall communicate such decision to the European Parliament and the Council without undue delay.
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new), Article 34 – paragraph 1: (8a) In Article 34, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: / “1. The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a budgetary commitment for interventions for rural development in a CAP Strategic Plan that has not been used for the purposes of prefinancing or for making advance payments or for which it has received no declaration of expenditure in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 32(6), points (a) and (c), in relation to expenditure effected by 31 December of the third year following that of the budgetary commitment.”
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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new), Article 97 a (new): (24a) the following article is inserted: / “Article 97a / Annual crisis payment report / By 30 September of each year following the budgetary year, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the use of support provided under Article 78a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.”
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Annex I – table ‘Annual performance clearance – OUTPUT – Types of intervention and their output indicators’
O.11 Number of heads benefitting from coupled income support
Natural or other area-specific constraints (Article 71)
O.12 Number of hectares benefitting from support for areas facing natural or other specific constraints, including a breakdown per type of area
Area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements (Article 72)
O.13 Number of hectares benefitting from support under Natura 2000 or Directive 2000/60/EC
Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments (Article 70)
O.14 Number of hectares (excluding forestry) or number of other units covered by environmental or climate-related commitments going beyond mandatory requirements
O.15 Number of hectares (forestry) or number of other units covered by environmental or climate-related commitments going beyond mandatory requirements
O.16 Number of hectares or number of other units under maintenance commitments for afforestation and agroforestry
O.17 Number of hectares or number of other units benefitting from support for organic farming
O.18 Number of livestock units (LU) benefitting from support for animal welfare, health or increased biosecurity measures
O.19 Number of operations or units supporting genetic resources
Investments (Articles 73 and 74)
O.20 Number of supported on-farm productive investment operations or units
O.21 Number of supported on-farm non-productive investment operations or units
O.22 Number of supported infrastructure investment operations or units
O.23 Number of supported off-farm non-productive investment operations or units
Setting-up of young farmers and new farmers, rural business start-up or business development of small farms (Article 75)
O.25 Number of young farmers receiving setting-up support
O.26 Number of new farmers receiving setting-up support (other than young farmers reported under O.25)
O.27 Number of rural businesses receiving support for start-up
O.27a Number of small farms receiving support for business development’
Cooperation (Article 77)
O.28 Number of supported producer groups and producer organisations
O.29 Number of beneficiaries receiving support to participate in official quality schemes
O.30 Number of supported operations or units for generational renewal (excluding setting-up support)
O.31 Number of supported local development strategies (LEADER) or preparatory actions
O.32 Number of supported other cooperation operations or units (excluding EIP reported under O.1)
Knowledge exchange and dissemination of information (Article 78)
O.33 Number of supported training, advice and awareness actions or units
Horizontal indicator