Compromise agreements on the new agricultural policy regulation reached
Member States have to draft and send their National Strategic Plans on Agriculture to the European Commission by 31st December 2021
The political negotiations known as ‘Trilogues’ between the presidents of the Council, European Parliament and European Commission concluded with a compromise agreement on the final text of the regulation at the end of June 2021.
The text of the agreement would have to be confirmed by the European Parliament Plenary in Autumn 2021.
The new CAP introduces a new way of working, where each Member State will draft a national CAP strategic plan describing how the CAP objectives as well as and Green Deal objectives as described in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies will be achieved.
The ECN Policy Brief on the Common Agricultural Policy can be downloaded here.