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OPINION (COM(2025)0560 – C100169/2025 – 2025/0241(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034

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Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Seán Kelly

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The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety proposes amendments to the Commission's proposed regulation on Union support for the Common Agricultural Policy for 2028 to 2034. It wants food security, farmers' incomes and Union production capacity written into the regulation's objectives, alongside climate neutrality by 2050, environmental and biodiversity protection and animal welfare. It asks for ringfenced CAP funding of 433,01 billion in current prices, with at least 108 billion reserved for agri-environmental and climate actions, and an upward-only approach to co-financed allocations. It adds new definitions, a starter pack for protein crops, complementary income support for young farmers, and rules on risk management, investments, advisory services and monitoring.

Committee position. The committee proposes amendments to the Commission's proposal, adding food security, environmental and climate objectives, ringfenced funding, new definitions, a protein crops starter pack, young farmer support and stronger risk management and monitoring rules.

Key points

  1. The rapporteur argues that sustainable domestic food production cuts dependence on imports linked to higher emissions and lower environmental standards, and supports Union climate targets.
  2. An upward-only approach to co-financed allocations, including eco-schemes, is called essential for continuity and financial predictability of environmental ambition.
  3. Support for technology, digital tools and artificial intelligence is described as a critical enabler of environmental performance, cutting emissions, nutrient losses and resource use.
  4. Lowering the threshold for risk management support in exceptional circumstances is said to give farmers, especially small and medium ones, earlier access and help avoid farm abandonment.
  5. Generational renewal is presented as intrinsically linked to CAP environmental ambitions, with young and female farmers key to climate-friendly practices and to avoiding land abandonment.
  6. Amendments add food security, food safety, competitiveness, climate neutrality by 2050, environmental and biodiversity protection and animal welfare to the regulation's purpose and objectives.
  7. New definitions are added for active farmer, resilient production system, agroecology, agroforestry, food security, agricultural area, eligible hectare and landscape features.
  8. A minimum of 108 billion in current prices of the CAP budget is to be reserved for agri-environmental and climate actions, and 433,01 billion ringfenced for the CAP.
  9. Member States would have to provide incentives for climate adaptation, mitigation, biodiversity, organic farming, animal welfare and reduced pesticide and fertiliser use, with rewards for long-term commitments.
  10. A starter pack for protein crops is created, covering start-up support, coupled income support, risk management, investment aid, advisory services and research cooperation.
  11. Complementary income support for young farmers is introduced for up to five years, with annual or lump-sum payments, and support for women and new entrants in rural areas.
  12. Risk management support is extended to climate, energy and fuel price volatility, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical crises, and crisis payments are set for natural disasters and adverse events.

Who is affected

  • Farmers and other CAP beneficiaries, who would face new conditions, incentives and support schemes.
  • Small and medium-sized farms, which would get proportionate requirements and exemptions from controls below 10 hectares.
  • Young and new farmers and women in rural areas, who would receive targeted income and investment support.
  • Member States, which would design protective practices, NRP Plans and monitoring, with flexibility for local conditions.
  • The Commission, which would issue CAP national recommendations, guidance and a transition plan template.

Figures and deadlines

  • 433,01 billion in current prices ringfenced for the CAP.
  • A minimum of 108 billion in current prices reserved for agri-environmental and climate actions.
  • At least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030.
  • Climate neutrality by 2050 and the Union's 2030 and 2040 greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways.
  • Exemption from controls and penalties where the eligible area does not exceed 10 hectares.
  • Risk management support only for losses exceeding a threshold of at least 20 % of average annual production or income.
  • Support for restoration of production potential only when the event destroyed at least 25 % of agricultural or 20 % of forestry production potential.
  • Maximum aid of EUR 300 000 for business start-up support, with maximum support rates of 75 % and 85 % for young farmers.