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OPINION (COM(2025)0560 – C10-0169/2025 – 2025/0241(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on 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 Regional Development · Rapporteur: André Rougé

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The Committee on Regional Development gives its opinion to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on the proposed regulation on Union support for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2028 to 2034. It rejects merging cohesion and CAP funds into National and Regional Partnership Plans and proposes amendments replacing all NRP Plan references with the CAP and CAP Strategic Plans. It asks that CAP and POSEI budgets be ring-fenced and kept at least at the level of the current 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework in constant euro. The amendments add rules on farm stewardship, income support, young farmers, risk management, investments, LEADER, knowledge transfer, outermost regions, the smaller Aegean islands and administrative systems.

Committee position. The committee proposes rejecting the merger of cohesion and CAP funds into National and Regional Partnership Plans and submits amendments to the CAP regulation that replace NRP Plan references with CAP and CAP Strategic Plan references, ring-fence CAP and POSEI budgets, and add rules on farm stewardship, income support, young farmers, risk management, investments, LEADER, knowledge transfer and outermost regions.

Key points

  1. The committee opposes merging cohesion and CAP instruments into National and Regional Partnership Plans and proposes keeping them distinct.
  2. All agriculture provisions in the draft NRP Plans are changed to refer to the new draft CAP regulation, and NRP Plan references in that regulation are replaced by CAP references.
  3. CAP funds must be ring-fenced, and the amounts for CAP functioning must be at least maintained in constant euro at the level of the current MFF 2021-2027.
  4. The POSEI scheme for the outermost regions must be maintained and ring-fenced, with amounts at least equivalent in constant euro to the current MFF 2021-2027.
  5. Farm stewardship rules are set, with exemptions for small farmers, young farmer support and outermost region farmers receiving POSEI support.
  6. Area-based income support is kept, with a minimum share of direct payments for redistributive support to small and medium-sized farms and at least 5% of income support funds for young farmers.
  7. Complementary income support for young farmers is granted for a maximum of five years, and Member States must adopt a Strategy on Generational Renewal in Agriculture.
  8. Support for risk management tools is provided, with a loss threshold of at least 20% of average annual production or income.
  9. LEADER becomes mandatory in the EAFRD, with a minimum ring-fenced amount of five percent of the current EAFRD and a maximum co-financing rate of 80%.
  10. At least 30% of the rural areas allocation must be implemented through integrated and participatory territorial instruments such as LEADER, community-led local development and Smart Villages.
  11. New articles set specific support schemes for the smaller Aegean islands and the outermost regions, including supply arrangements and local production support.
  12. Member States must set up an integrated administration and control system, and a transition period of up to 18 months may be granted for new monitoring systems.

Who is affected

  • Farmers and farm workers, who gain income support, risk management tools and training support under the amended rules.
  • Young farmers and new entrants, who get complementary income support, a generational renewal strategy and a minimum share of funds.
  • Outermost regions, which keep a maintained and ring-fenced POSEI scheme and specific support interventions.
  • The smaller Aegean islands, which receive specific supply arrangements and support for local agricultural products.
  • Member States and regional authorities, which must apply the partnership principle and strengthen administrative capacity for rural development.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 433.01 billion in current prices for the CAP total budget, corresponding to EUR 385.12 billion in 2025 constant prices.
  • EUR 320.30 billion for farmers' income support, EUR 106.41 billion for rural areas and EUR 6.30 billion for the Unity Safety Net.
  • EUR 7.33 billion allocated to POSEI.
  • The MFF for 2028-2034 is set at 1.27% of the European Union's gross national income, with NextGenerationEU debt servicing costs of an additional 0.11% of GNI excluded from that ceiling.
  • Planned average aid per hectare for degressive area-based income support must be not less than EUR 130 and not more than EUR 240 per Member State.
  • The difference between national average levels of area-based income support per eligible hectare must not exceed EUR 50.
  • Support for setting up producer groups, producer organisations or interbranch organisations is limited to 10% of turnover with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per year.
  • National base areas for cotton: Bulgaria 3 342 ha, Greece 250 000 ha, Spain 48 000 ha, Portugal 360 ha.

Legal basis: Article 43(2) and Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union