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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

* Consultation procedure

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

*** Consent procedure

PE776.996

***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading)

Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 8 October 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 (COM(2025)0236 – C10-0086/2025 – 2025/0236(COD))

***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading)

***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading)

(The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.)

Amendments to a draft act

Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns

Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column.

The first and second lines of the header of each amendment identify the relevant part of the draft act under consideration. If an amendment pertains to an existing act that the draft act is seeking to amend, the amendment heading includes a third line identifying the existing act and a fourth line identifying the provision in that act that Parliament wishes to amend.

Amendments by Parliament in the form of a consolidated text

New text is highlighted in bold italics. Deletions are indicated using either the ▌symbol or strikeout. Replacements are indicated by highlighting the new text in bold italics and by deleting or striking out the text that has been replaced.

By way of exception, purely technical changes made by the drafting departments in preparing the final text are not highlighted.

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

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

(COM(2025)0236 – C100086/2025 – 2025/0236(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2025)0236),

– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C100086/2025),

– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 18 September 2025,

– having regard to Rule 60 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A10-0164/2025),

1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Amendment 1

Farmers whose entire holding is less 50 ha shall be deemed to comply with the three-crop rule per GAEC standard 7 listed in Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2018/848. The 2-crop rule shall be removed entirely.

Amendment 89

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EU) 2021/2115

Article 14 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(6) in Article 14, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

deleted

‘1. Member States shall indicate, in their CAP Strategic Plans, that, at the latest as from 1 January 2025, farmers and other beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II, except for the payments referred to in Article 41a, or annual payments under Articles 70, 71 and 72 are to be subject to an administrative penalty if they do not comply with the requirements related to applicable working and employment conditions or employer obligations arising from the legal acts referred to in Annex IV.’;

Amendment 25

Amendment

(6a) Inin Article 14, the following paragraph is added:

“4a. By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of social conditionality by Member States. The report shall evaluate its effectiveness and impact.”

Amendment

(7a) Inin Article 16, the following paragraph is added:

“3a. Direct payments shall not be subject to taxes or any fiscal charges imposed by Member States.”

Amendment

(9a) Inin 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.”

“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."

(32021R2115)

Amendment 43

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.

Amendment 88

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/2115

Article 73 – paragraph 3 –subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(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;”;

Amendment 44

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.

Amendment 4776

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/2115

Article 77 – paragraph 8 – point b

Present Text

Amendment

(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 100 000 per year; that support shall be degressive and limited to the first five years following recognition.

“(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.”;

Amendment 77

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20

1. Member States may provide crisis payments to active farmers that are affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events 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.

1. Member States mayshall 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.

Amendment 48

Deleted

ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT

Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that he included in his report input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that he received, in the preparation of the report, prior to the adoption thereof in committee, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:

1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register

COPA-COGECA

IFOAM Organics Europe

European Coordination Via Campesina

CEJA – European Council of Young Farmers

Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Union (Danish REPER) – Agriculture portfolio / Danish Presidency

CAP – Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal (Portuguese Farmers’ Confederation)

Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Food of the Autonomous Region of the Azores

Agricultural Federation of the Azores

2. Representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies

The list above is drawn up under the exclusive responsibility of the rapporteur.

Where natural persons are identified in the list by their name, by their function or by both, the rapporteur declares that he has submitted to the natural persons concerned the European Parliament’s Data Protection Notice No 484 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/data-protect/index.do), which sets out the conditions applicable to the processing of their personal data and the rights linked to that processing.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title

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

References

COM(2025)0236 – C10-0086/2025 – 2025/0236(COD)

Date submitted to Parliament

15.5.2025

Committee(s) responsible

Date announced in plenary

AGRI

16.6.2025

Committees asked for opinions

Date announced in plenary

BUDG

16.6.2025

ENVI

16.6.2025

Not delivering opinions

Date of decision

BUDG

5.6.2025

ENVI

4.9.2025

Rapporteurs

Date appointed

André Rodrigues

18.6.2025

Simplified procedure - date of decision

3.6.2025

Date adopted

24.9.2025

Result of final vote

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38

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2

Members present for the final vote

Arno Bausemer, Stefano Bonaccini, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Daniel Buda, Asger Christensen, Barry Cowen, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Ivan David, Valérie Deloge, Salvatore De Meo, Csaba Dömötör, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Herbert Dorfmann, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan, Maria Grapini, Cristina Guarda, Martin Häusling, Krzysztof Hetman, Céline Imart, Elsi Katainen, Stefan Köhler, Tomáš Kubín, Camilla Laureti, Norbert Lins, Cristina Maestre, Dario Nardella, Maria Noichl, Gilles Pennelle, André Rodrigues, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arash Saeidi, Eric Sargiacomo, Christine Singer, Raffaele Stancanelli, Anna Strolenberg, Pekka Toveri, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Veronika Vrecionová, Thomas Waitz, Maria Walsh

Substitutes present for the final vote

Alexander Bernhuber, Benoit Cassart, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Anna Zalewska

Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote

Gabriela Firea, Aurelijus Veryga

Date tabled

26.9.2025

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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