P9_TA(2022)0009

Non-objection to a delegated act: additional requirements for Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans for 2023-2027 and rules for GAEC standard 1

European Parliament decision to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 7 December 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council with additional requirements for certain types of intervention specified by Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans for the period 2023 to 2027 under that Regulation as well as rules on the ratio for the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 1 (C(2021)09115 — 2021/3008(DEA))

(2022/C 336/13)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2021)09115),

— having regard to the Commission’s letter of 7 December 2021 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

— having regard to the letter from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 11 January 2022,

— having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 4(8), Article 13(3), Article 37(5), Article 38(5) and Article 39(3) and Article 45, points (a) to (i), Article 56, points (a), (b) and (c), and Article 84, points (a) and (b), thereof,

— having regard to Rule 111(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

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

— having regard to the fact that no objections have been raised within the period laid down in Rule 111(6), third and fourth indents, of its Rules of Procedure, which expired on 20 January 2022,

A. whereas Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council requires Member States to submit national Strategic Plans (‘CAP Strategic Plans’) for approval by the Commission;

B. whereas Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 empowers the Commission to adopt additional requirements for the design of the interventions to be specified in the CAP Strategic Plans, in the area of direct payments, of certain agricultural sectors referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and in the area of rural development, as well as common rules for those areas as regards the ratio for the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 1;

C. whereas all those additional requirements are to be considered by the Member States when designing their CAP Strategic Plans that need to be transmitted or confirmed to the Commission as soon as possible;

D. whereas the delegated regulation lays down the additional requirements for certain types of intervention specified by Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans for the period 2023 to 2027, as well as rules on the ratio for GAEC standard 1; whereas it is therefore appropriate to consider those additional requirements as fully necessary and urgent now;

1. Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1).

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).