EN
19.1.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 17/77
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/130 of 18 January 2023 laying down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the presentation of the content of the annual performance report
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 134(14) and Article 150(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 lays down a legal framework for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) based on a performance-oriented delivery model.
That Regulation lays down the specific Union objectives to be achieved by the CAP.
That Regulation also defines the types of intervention, as well as common Union requirements applicable to Member States, while leaving Member States flexibility for the design of their intervention strategy to take account of their local conditions, needs and internal arrangements.
That Regulation specifies that Member States bear a greater responsibility as to how they meet the CAP specific objectives and achieve targets, including by ensuring coherence across the multiple tools of the CAP Strategic Plan.
(2)
Article 128 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provides that a performance framework is to be established to allow reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the CAP Strategic Plans during their implementation, including regular reporting on, among others, performance and monitoring activities.
Pursuant to Article 129, points (b) and (c), of that Regulation, the performance framework’s objectives are to monitor progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plans and to assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plans.
(3)
As an essential element of the performance framework, pursuant to Article 134 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and Article 9(3), point (b), and Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), Member States are to provide an annual performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan, containing quantitative and qualitative information relevant to the performance of their CAP Strategic Plans.
(4)
To ensure that the content of the annual performance reports responds effectively to the objectives of the performance framework laid down in Article 129 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, its structure should allow for the provision of information, relevant to the performance in relation to each of the CAP specific objectives, and in relation to horizontal elements laid down in that Regulation affecting the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan as a whole.
(5)
Pursuant to Articles 124(3), points (a) and (b), and 124(4), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, the monitoring committee is to examine the progress made in CAP Strategic Plan implementation and to give an opinion on the annual performance reports.
The annual performance report should therefore contain all qualitative and quantitative information including issues that affect the progress and performance of the CAP Strategic Plan in a given financial year to allow the monitoring committee to establish its opinion on the annual performance report.
(1) OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
(2) Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 187).