What changed between the adopted text of 8 Oct 2025 and the adopted text of 16 Dec 2025

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new), Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new): (9a) in Article 30(3), the following subparagraph is added: / “In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons such as group of farmers, producer organisations or cooperatives, the complementary income support for young farmers may be granted for an additional maximum of five years in the case of a young farmer becoming a new member of such legal persons or groups, starting from the first year of submission of the application for the payment for young farmers following the admission of this new young farmer. This additional support shall only be granted to young farmers as determined in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 4(6) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in the CAP Strategic Plans.”

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a (new), Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): (-a) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added: / ‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide to exempt from the commitments laid down in this Article farmers who submit applications for agricultural practices that are beneficial for the climate, the environment and animal welfare, and/or for combating antimicrobial resistance within the meaning of this Article, and whose agricultural area does not exceed 10 hectares and/or does not exceed a number of livestock unit defined by Member States.’

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point b, Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3: By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States shall exclude from the requirement laid down in the first subparagraph, point (a), GAEC standard 2 established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point c – point i a (new), Article 31 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2 a (new): (ia) after the second subparagraph, the following subparagraph is inserted: / “Member States that make use of the derogation laid down in the second subparagraph and introduce an annual payment for livestock units shall ensure that the rare breed measure remains a stand-alone measure and is exempted from double funding calculations due to the diverse and exceptional objectives of the rare breed measure.”

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point c a (new), Article 31 – paragraph 9 a (new): (ca) the following paragraph is added: / “9a. Member States may amend their CAP Strategic Plans to stipulate that, instead of one or more of the obligations set out in Annex III, equivalent measures receiving support shall be included in the ecological schemes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or in the measures referred to in Article 70. Commitments relating to Annex III shall cease to be binding on beneficiaries but shall not cease to give rise to reductions in payments from the calendar year in which the equivalent measures provided for by the Member State begin.”

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – title: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – paragraph 1: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – paragraph 2: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – paragraph 3: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – paragraph 4: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – paragraph 5: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – paragraph 6: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 41a – paragraph 7: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new), Article 49 – paragraph 1: (12a) In Article 49, the first paragraph is amended as follows: / “Member States shall pursue one or more of the objectives set out in Article 46 in the fruit and vegetables sector referred to in Article 42, point (a). The objectives set out in Article 46, points (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (k), shall cover the products whether in a fresh or processed form, while the objectives set out in the other points of that Article shall cover only products in fresh form."

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b – point ii, Article 70 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3: By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States shall exclude from the requirement laid down in the first subparagraph, point (a), GAEC standard 2 established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new), Article 73 – paragraph 3 –subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new): (16a) in Article 73(3), first subparagraph, point (d), the following point is added: / “(iva) purchasing high-quality genetic material or high-quality breeding animals under the commitments referred to in Article 70;”;

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d, Article 75 – paragraph 4 – point b: (b) the maximum amount of aid of EUR 75 000 for the activities referred to in paragraph 2, point (d).

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19, Article 76 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall ensure that support is granted only for covering losses which exceed a threshold of at least 15 % of the average annual production or income of the farmer in the preceding three-year period, or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Sectoral production risk management tools shall calculate the losses either at holding level, at the level of the holding’s activity in the sector concerned or in relation to the specific area or the specific livestock insured.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19, Article 76 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2: When the calculation methods referred to in the first subparagraph are not appropriate, Member States may assess the losses on the basis of the average annual production or income of the farmer over a period that does not exceed eight years, excluding the highest and lowest entry.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new), Article 77 – paragraph 8 – point b: (19a) in Article 77(8), point (b) is replaced by the following: / “(b) setting-up of producer groups, producer organisations or interbranch organisations to 10 % of the annual marketed production of the group or organisation with a maximum of EUR 500 000 over five years; that support shall be degressive and limited to the first five years following recognition.”;

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20, Article 78a – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall provide crisis payments to active farmers that are affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events, epizootic outbreaks or catastrophic events. Those payments shall aim at ensuring continuity of the agricultural activity of those farmers and shall be subject to the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20, Article 78a – paragraph 2: 2. Support under this Article shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent authority of the Member State that a natural disaster, adverse climatic event, epizootic outbreak or catastrophic event, as defined by the Member State, has occurred and that these events, or measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest, or measures adopted to prevent or eradicate animal diseases listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 or measures adopted regarding an emerging disease in accordance with Article 6(3) and Article 259 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 have directly caused a damage resulting in the destruction of at least 30 % of the area or livestock concerned or the average annual production or average profitability of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and the lowest entry. The losses shall be calculated either at holding level, at the level of the holding’s activity in the sector concerned or in relation to the specific area or the specific livestock concerned.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20, Article 78a – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall ensure that support under this Article targets farmers who are most affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events, epizootic outbreaks or catastrophic events, by determining eligibility conditions on the basis of available evidence.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20, Article 78a – paragraph 6 a (new): 6a. Member States shall include in their annual performance reports referred to in Article 134 the support granted under this Article, including the sectors concerned, the amounts allocated, and the justification for allocating such support, as provided in paragraph 2 of this Article. Member States shall ensure that reporting under this paragraph does not incur administrative burden for the beneficiaries.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25, Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26, Article 96a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: For each Member State, the maximum amount that can be reserved for the crisis payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events, epizootic outbreaks or catastrophic events referred to in Article 78a shall be limited to the annual amounts set out in Annex XV.

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26, Article 96a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26, Article 96a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26, Article 96a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: deleted

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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26 a (new), Article 103 – paragraph 5 a (new): (26a) in Article 103, the following paragraph is added: / “5a. POSEI programmes established under Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 shall be eligible for transfers between the EAFRD and POSEI under this Article. Member States with outermost regions may also, within the limits of their national CAP allocations, transfer amounts from the EAGF to reinforce the corresponding POSEI allocations, subject to the objectives and limits of this Regulation.”

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