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Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0236(COD)

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

· First reading

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands

Published as law

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 31 December 2025 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 16 June 2025
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 September 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 26 September 2025
  4. Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 20 November 2025
  5. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 December 2025
  6. Published as law(done) 31 December 2025

Decided in plenary

16 December 2025 · decision 5

EU budget & funds, New EU law

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

Passed 629 for · 17 against · 16 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:The amendments cover conditionality, direct payments, sector interventions, and annual performance reporting, as well as data governance and payment suspensions.

8 October 2025 · decision 1

EU budget & funds, New EU law

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

Passed 492 for · 111 against · 39 abstained by a large majority

AI summary:The changes aim to simplify the common agricultural policy and make data sharing and payment suspensions more efficient.

What changed

  • Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:The adopted text makes crisis payments mandatory for member states and adds a new support measure for producer groups. It also adds an eligible cost for rural development and reintroduces a reporting requirement on social conditionality. The other changes are formal or wording: capitalization corrections.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Agriculture and Rural Development
André Franqueira Rodrigues (S&D)
Dan-Ştefan Motreanu (EPP), Tomáš Kubín (Patriots), Veronika Vrecionová (ECR), Christine Singer (Renew), Thomas Waitz (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left), Stanislav Stoyanov (ESN)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 16 Dec 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0321/2025

    AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amends CAP rules on conditionality, direct payments, sector interventions, rural development, annual performance reports, data governance, suspensions of payments, clearance, controls and penalties.

    What changed since Adopted text TA10-0213/2025 →

  2. Adopted by Parliament· 8 Oct 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0213/2025

    AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amends CAP rules on conditionality, direct payments, rural development, and governance. It exempts small farmers from conditionality, deems organic farmers compliant with certain GAEC standards, and removes the proposed complementary crisis payments under direct payments, keeping crisis payments under rural development.

    What changed since Report A10-0164/2025 →

  3. Tabled for plenary· 26 Sept 2025

    Report A10-0164/2025

    AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposal to amend the CAP regulations focuses on simplifying rules, exempting small and organic farmers from certain conditionality, and limiting crisis payments to rural development only.

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 2 steps

  1. 31 December 2025

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 19 December 2025

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 3 steps

  1. 16 December 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 16 Dec 2025 Adopted text TA10-0321/2025Report A10-0164/2025

  2. 15 December 2025

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 15 Dec 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0086/2025Report A10-0164/2025

  3. 10 December 2025

    1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendment 90

Negotiations with the Council 4 steps

  1. 20 November 2025

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    AGRI-AG-779741

  2. 10 November 2025

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  3. 17 October 2025

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  4. 8 October 2025

    Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 4 steps

  1. 8 October 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 8 Oct 2025 Adopted text TA10-0213/2025Report A10-0164/2025

  2. 7 October 2025

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 7 Oct 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0086/2025Council / Commission text C10-0209/2024Report A10-0161/2025Report A10-0164/2025

  3. 1 October – 7 October 2025

    89 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendments 1–75Amendments 76–77Amendments 78–79Amendments 80–81Amendments 82–86Amendment 87Amendment 88Amendment 89

  4. 26 September 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0164/2025

Committee stage 3 steps

  1. 24 September 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

    AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 10 July – 11 July 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (AGRI)Amendments in committee (AGRI)

  3. 16 June 2025

    Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0236(COD)