What changed

B90199/2024

P9_TA(2024)0290

Draft European Parliament decision to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 12 March 2024 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/126 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules on the ratio for the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 1

Non-objection to a delegated act: rules on the ratio for GAEC Standard 1

(C(2024)01488 – 2024/2663(DEA))

PE759.936

European Parliament decision of 23 April 2024 to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 12 March 2024 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/126 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules on the ratio for the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 1 (C(2024)01488 – 2024/2663(DEA))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the recommendation for a decision of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,

A. whereaswhereas, since 1 January 2023, Member States are implementing their CAP Strategic Plans including the obligation to maintain a ratio of permanent grassland compared to agricultural area as set out as a part of Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition of Land (GAEC) Standard 1 (‘GAEC 1’) in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;

B. whereas experience since the start of the implementation of GAEC 1 shows that these rules need to be amended to avoid putting a disproportionate burden on farmers where structural changes to Member State’s farming systems caused by market reorientation, such as a shift from livestock production to arable land farming and a reduction in livestock production, substantially impact the ability of farmers to establish permanent grasslands while maintaining their viability;