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ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE procedure
Follow up to the 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
1. Rapporteur: André RODRIGUES (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats / PT)
2. References: 2025/0236(COD) / A10-0164/2025 / P10_TA(2025)0321
3. Date of adoption of the resolution: 16 December 2025
4. Legal basis: Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
5. Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
6. Commission's position: accepts all final compromise amendments (agreed at the last trilogue).
The following statement on Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions 5 (GAEC) 5 “Tillage management reducing the risk of soil degradation, including slope consideration” was recorded in the minutes of the European Parliament plenary session:
‘The Commission’s approach is to maintain the objective of GAEC 5, to ensure minimum land management reflecting site specific conditions to limit soil erosion, while ensuring that implementation remains practical, risk-based and fair to farmers, and fully consistent with the overall simplification, sustainability and crisis-response objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy. Since 2024, as a result of the first CAP simplification amendment, Member States have a greater degree of flexibility to define and implement GAEC 5.
As a result of the adoption of this simplification omnibus and taking into account the 2024 simplification act, the Commission will review by 31.12.2025 the documents clarifying legislation, as part of its continuous simplification drive, to make sure that Member States may fully benefit from simplifications available upon the entry into force of this Regulation. The content of any such documents will be clarified and where necessary modified, reflecting the new legal framework and the need for a proportionate and pragmatic implementation of rules.’
The Commission is in the process of reviewing the document mentioned above and the result will shortly be sent to co-legislators. The delay was due to the need to determine the exact scope of documents to be covered by the review.