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Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034
Document AGRI-AM-790919 · COM(2025)0560 – 2025/0241(COD)
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| 2a. Member State listed in Annex [XX NRPP Regulation] shall ensure, within its National and Regional Partnership Plan, a mandatory and ring-fenced allocation for intervention in the wine sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l) of the [CMO Regulation]. In order to preserve the specific characteristics of the sector and ensure equal conditions of implementation across the Union, this allocation shall be used exclusively to finance wine-specific measures laid down in Article 31a(new) of the [CMO Regulation] and shall not be transferred to other sectors or policy objectives. |
The aim is to keep the budgetary allocations for interventions in the wine sectors in line with the current situation in order to ensure a continuity and commonality of the policies in place, specially taking into consideration the recently adopted wine package regulation.
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| 2a. The sector-specific interventions referred to in paragraph 1, point (r), shall continue to be governed by a common Union framework in order to provide legal certainty, predictable funding, stable co-financing rules and a level playing field in the single market. The implementation of these interventions shall be without prejudice to the specific measures for the outermost regions provided by Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and Article 349 TFEU and shall not undermine support for cooperatives, producer organisations or other collective farming arrangements. |
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| 2a. Each Member State listed in Annex [XX] shall ensure, in the context of its NRP Plan, that a mandatory allocation is exclusively made available for support for the wine sector as referred to in Article 1(2)(l) of [CMO Regulation]. In order to preserve the specific characteristics of the sector and provide a level playing field across the Union, this allocation shall be used exclusively to fund measures specific to the wine sector. |
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| 2a. The planned average support per hectare at national level for degressive area-based income support and efficiency scheme support as referred to in the first subparagraph shall be no less than EUR 130 and shall be no more than EUR 240 for each Member State. For cotton, the support is defined in Article 38 of this Regulation. |
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| 2a. Interventions financed under the CAP shall help to preserve the competitiveness of the Union’s agricultural production in the face of impacts of trade agreements concluded with third countries which do not uphold equivalent sanitary, phytosanitary, environmental and animal welfare standards. |
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| 2a. The interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 5(1), point (r), of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXX [CAP Regulation] shall be financed directly from the NRP budget at Union level and shall not be financed from the national allocations of the Member States. |
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| 2a. Interventions in certain sectors referred to in paragraph 1, point (r), shall be financed directly from the NRP budget implemented at Union level, in accordance with Regulation (EU) [...] [NRP], and shall not be sourced from national allocations. |
A producer organization should be able to count on the same operational support wherever in the Union it is established, and many producer organizations have members in more than one Member State. Keeping the financing of sectoral interventions at Union level guarantees equal treatment across borders and preserves the incentive for growers to organize themselves, independently of the size of the national envelope of the Member State concerned.
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| 2a. Interventions referred to in Article 10 of Regulation 2025/0241 shall be financed from the Fund in accordance with Article 10(2), point (a), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2025/0240 [NRP] and shall not be subject to the minimum national contributions. |
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| 2a. In addition to the payment per eligible hectare set out in the first subparagraph, Member States shall provide for complementary income support for young farmers determined in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 1b(5). |
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| 2a. The intervention referred to in paragraph 1, point (l) (LEADER), shall be financed from the allocation referred to in Article 10(2), point (a), [Rural development] subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) […] [NRP]. |
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| 2a. Interventions in certain sectors referred to in Regulation (EU) 202X/XXX [CAP Regulation], Article 5(1) point (r) shall be financed directly from the NRP budget at EU level and not sourced from national allocations. |
Funding these projects directly from an EU fund serves a specific purpose: producers are incentivized to work together in POs, APOs, or TPOs, regardless of the national allocated CAP funding of the Member State they are located in. Additionally, it is justified that these sectoral interventions are financed from outside the national allocations, since many POs and their members that participate are active in multiple Member States. To ensure that sectoral interventions can continue to be adequately financed under the MFF post 2027 on a non-discriminatory basis regardless of the Member State the PO, APO or TPO is based in, the sectoral interventions should therefore continue to be financed directly from the EU-budget and not sourced from national allocations.
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| 2a. Farmers who as a part of their agricultural activities are involved in breeding of bulls for bullfighting shall be excluded from the support through CAP interventions referred to in paragraph 1. |
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| 2a. Stresses that CAP funding must remain clearly identifiable, visible and protected, and must not be diluted, diverted or reallocated within wider national or regional spending envelopes; |
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Ton Diepeveen, Gilles Pennelle, Valérie Deloge, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Csaba Dömötör, Vilis Krištopans
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| 2a. The minimum national contribution to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, points (d) to (f) and (h) to (p) shall be maintained at the current levels. |
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| 2b. Subject to compliance with Article 20(4) [national contribution to the estimated costs], the minimum national contribution to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (d) to (k), shall be no less than 30 % of the total estimated costs of each intervention. The Member State may grant additional national funding for the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, point (h). | |
| In the event that the Member State’s national contribution to the interventions referred to in Article 15, Article 42 and Article 69 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (current CAP Regulation) exceeds 30 %, the Member State shall retain the national contribution set for the 2021-2027 period. | |
| The maximum support rate applicable to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (h) and (i) [investments for farmers], shall be 75 % of the total eligible costs of each intervention. The maximum support rate applicable to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (h) and (i), targeting young farmers and new entrants, shall however be 85 % of the eligible public expenditure. | |
| The financial allocation to coupled income support interventions as referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), shall be limited to a maximum of 20 % of the Union contribution set out by the Member State in the NRP Plan for CAP income support interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (ba) (new), (c), (f) and (g). This percentage may be increased by a maximum of five percentage points, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding 20 % is allocated to protein crops and farmers combining the production of crops and livestock, whereby Member States shall ensure that farmers operating the mixed holdings referred to in Article 5(1), point (fa) (new), benefit from priority access to this part of the support or agricultural areas at a risk of abandonment of agricultural production, in particular in the Eastern border regions, defined in the Plans. For the purposes of this Article, Eastern border regions means Union NUTS2 regions bordering the Russian Federation, Belarus or Ukraine, by land or sea, not covering the entire territory of the Member State concerned. |
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| 2b. Interventions referred to in paragraph 1 point (f) shall amount to 35% of the total budget allocated for CAP interventions referred to under Article 10 (2) point (a) second subparagraph of Regulation (EU) […] [NRP] and to minimum 108 billion € in current prices and shall be financed entirely by the EU. |
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| 2b. The financial allocation to the measures referred to in paragraph 1, point (ba), shall be at least 25 % of the Union contribution set out by the Member State in the NRCAP Plan for CAP income support interventions as referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (c) and (g). |
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| 2b. Stresses that CAP-related funding must remain clearly identifiable, protected and ringfenced within the wider NRPP envelope, and must not be diverted, diluted or reallocated to non-agricultural priorities. |
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| 2c. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the degressivity rates referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. |
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| 2c. The interventions referred to in paragraph 1, point (f) providing support to farmers in the environmental and climate priority area referred in Article 4, point (e) shall not be required to comply with the minimum national contribution presented above. |
Since Organic farming is named as a priority environmental and climate area and is a decade-long standing European project, regulated under EU law, guaranteeing a strong EU support is a logical continuation of the EU's commitment and investment in this sector. Therefore, this proposes a type of AECA, supporting organic farming, without co-financing from MS and entirely EU-financed.
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| 2c. The financial allocation to the measures referred to in paragraph 1, point (ba), shall be at least 25 % of the Union contribution set out by the Member State in the NRP Plan for CAP income support interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (c) and (g). |
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| 2d. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the capping at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. |
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | deleted |
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | deleted |
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | deleted |
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | deleted |
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. By way of derogation, production of certified industrial hemp varieties cultivated for fibre or other industrial purposes, including construction, shall remain eligible for support where the limited exceeding results solely from environmental conditions beyond the farmer's control and the cultivation duly complies with applicable Union and national legislation. |
Considering the increasing use of hemp fibres and hurds as renewable construction materials contributing to decarbonisation and the circular bioeconomy, support should not be withheld from otherwise compliant industrial hemp production solely because exceptional environmental or climatic conditions lead to limited exceedances of the THC threshold.
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation, unless the cultivation is part of certified breeding or production systems aimed at the multiple use of hemp (including fibre and extraction), and provided that appropriate control and traceability mechanisms are in place. |
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation, unless the cultivation is part of certified breeding or production systems aimed at the multiple use of hemp (including fibre and extraction), and provided that appropriate control and traceability mechanisms are in place. |
In plant breeding, the aim is to develop hemp varieties for fibre and extraction purposes. Rigid THC limits effectively exclude these breeding and production approaches from funding and hinder innovation as well as the more effective economic use of hemp as a crop. A practical funding scheme should therefore explicitly take breeding and integrated utilisation concepts into account, provided that suitable control and demarcation mechanisms are in place and there is no risk of abuse.
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 1% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. There shall be a tolerance applied up to take into account natural fluctuation during the growing season with respect to levels expected in fibre hemp cultivars. |
Climatic conditions can alter the expected THC content of cannabis cultivars grown for fibre, hence the tolerance we introduce. Czechia has a 1.0%. tolerance today, and we should not penalise Czech fibre growers.
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,5% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. |
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| 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,3% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. | 3. Production of hemp varieties with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content exceeding 0,5% shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. |
This amendment aims at restoring the Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) limit to 0.5%, in order to align with international markets, reduce administrative burdens for farmers, and strengthen the competitiveness of the European industrial hemp sector.
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| (1) Each Member State shall have a specific and ring-fenced financial envelope for the wine sector within the framework of the National and Regional Partnership Plan. It shall also be stipulated that these resources are to be used exclusively for specific wine support measures and may not be transferred to other sectors or policies. |
Stanislav Stoyanov, Ilia Lazarov, Ivaylo Valchev, Elena Yoncheva, Kristian Vigenin, Petar Volgin, Taner Kabilov, Andrey Novakov, Andrey Kovatchev, Emil Radev, Tsvetelina Penkova, Eva Maydell, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nikola Minchev, Radan Kanev
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| (1) Member States that have granted transitional national aid in the period 2023-2027 in accordance with Article 147 of Regulation (EU) 2115/2021 may continue to grant transitional national aid to farmers. The conditions for granting transitional national aid shall be identical to those referred to in Article 37, paragraph 3 of Regulation (EU) № 1307/2013. |
In order to avoid a sudden and significant reduction of support in certain sectors in Member States that have granted transitional national aid in the period 2023-2027, the Member States concerned should be able to continue to grant such aid under certain conditions.
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| 3a. Member States shall ensure the fair distribution of CAP support by applying mandatory capped and degressive payments for all support interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) to (k), granted to active farmers. Capping and degressivity shall apply at active farmer level and shall cover all holdings controlled by the same natural or legal person. |
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| 3a. 4. In order to facilitate access to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, as well as interventions laid out in Article 16, Member States shall establish a single point of access for young farmers which may provide inter alia information on support opportunities and procedures and facilitate the entry and the establishment in the agricultural sector, including submission of funding applications and guidance. |
This paragraph was originally part of Article 16, starter pack for young farmers. We are convinced that access to guidance must, however, be easy for all farmers, not only young farmers.
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| 3a. In order to facilitate access to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, as well as interventions laid out in Article 16, Member States shall establish a single point of access for farmers which may provide inter alia information on support opportunities and procedures and facilitate the entry and the establishment in the agricultural sector, including submission of funding applications and guidance |
This paragraph was originally part of Article 16, starter pack for young farmers. Guidance must, however, be easily accessible for all farmers, not only young farmers.
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| 3a. Support under interventions referred to paragraph 1 of this article shall be deemed to comply with the 'do no significant harm' principle in Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
CAP interventions should be deemed compliant with the ‘Do No Significant Harm'. Applying the principle to CAP would only add further burden, complexity and legal uncertainty to an already robust system. Farmers are already subject to many environmental and climate requirements, animal welfare, emissions control and water protection through conditionality/ Farm Stewardship and SMRs.
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| 3a. 4. Member States having granted transitional national aid in the period 2023–2027 in accordance with Article 147 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 may continue to grant transitional national aid to farmers.” |
Tobacco sector belongs to a group of niche sectors that are important for socio-economic and environmental reasons and are deeply rooted in the traditions of certain regions. Tobacco cultivation is important for crop diversity. Because niche crops are often grown in regions with high unemployment rates, on small farms, and on poor soils, switching to a different production profile is difficult.
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Gilles Pennelle, Valérie Deloge, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Tomáš Kubín, Vilis Krištopans
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| 3a. The principle of “do no significant harm” as set out in Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall not apply to CAP interventions listed in paragraph 1 of this article. |
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| 3a. Support under interventions referred to paragraph 1 of this article shall be deemed to comply with the 'do no significant harm' principle in Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
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| 3a. Member States having granted transitional national aid in the period 2023–2027 in accordance with Article 147 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 may continue to grant transitional national aid to farmers. |
Certain niche crops are often grown in regions with high unemployment rates, on small farms, and on poor soils, which makes switching to a different production profile difficult. Therefore, it is proposed to allow Member States to grant transitional national aid (TNA).
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| 3a. Member States having granted transitional national aid in the period 2023–2027 in accordance with Article 147 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 may continue to grant transitional national aid to farmers. |
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| 3a. The breeding of 'toros de lidia', bulls that are primarily intended to be used for events such as bullfighting, shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. |
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| 3b. Granting of the support referred to in this Article shall be contingent upon the introduction, by each Member State, of a legislative arrangement for minimum guaranteed purchase prices for agricultural products, set by sector, which shall not be less than the costs of production, including fair pay for the farmer, taking into account the size of the holding and the diversity of basins and production systems. These minimum prices shall be set by public sectoral alliances bringing together producer organisations, processors, distributors and public authorities or, if no agreement can be reached, by the competent ministerial authority of the Member State, and shall be revised at least once every four months in order to take into account production cost trends. | |
| The Member State shall furthermore introduce a maximum multiplying factor which defines the difference between the price paid to the producer and the final selling price to the consumer, broken down by food product categories, and shall also define marginal rates for the agri-food industry and retail distribution, which shall apply in particular during periods of high food price inflation. | |
| Compliance with these obligations shall be regularly reviewed by a public and independent observatory for pricing and margins, which shall be granted powers to impose sanctions proportionate to turnover on non-compliant operators. Failure by a Member State to comply with this paragraph shall result in the suspension of all or some of the payments referred to in this Article until compliance is restored. |
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Gilles Pennelle, Valérie Deloge, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Tomáš Kubín, Vilis Krištopans
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| 3b. The maximum support rate applicable to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1 point (i) shall be, as a general rule, 75% of the total eligible costs of each intervention. However, the maximum support rate applicable to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, point (i), targeting young farmers shall be 100% of the eligible public expenditure. By way of derogation, the maximum support rate may be increased up to 100% for investment interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (i), aimed at restoring production capacity following exceptional events. |
"By way of derogation, the maximum support rate may be increased up to 100% for investment interventions referred to in paragraph 1, points (i), aimed at restoring production capacity following exceptional events." addition
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| 3b. In order to facilitate access to the interventions referred to in paragraph 1, as well as interventions laid out in Article 16, Member States shall establish access points, such as regional one-stop-shops, for farmers. Those access points may provide inter alia information on support opportunities and procedures and facilitate the entry and establishment of farmers in the agricultural sector, including by helping them with the submission of funding applications and providing guidance. |
Barry Cowen, Asger Christensen, Michal Wiezik, Charles Goerens, Benoit Cassart, Christine Singer, Elsi Katainen, Jérémy Decerle
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| 3b. Member States shall ensure that final recipients as defined in Article 4 point (7) Regulation (EU) […] [NRP] receiving support under this Article shall be EU residents. |
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| 3b. The breeding of animals that are primarily intended to be used for fur production, shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation. |
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| 3b. Member States may pay advances of up to 85% for interventions referred to in Article 5(1) |
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| 3c. The breeding and keeping of animal shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation, if production methods include force feeding of animals or are in breach with provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes. | |
| The breeding and keeping of animals shall not be eligible for support under this Regulation, if production methods include administering of food or liquid in a manner which may cause unnecessary suffering or injury, such as force feeding practices. |
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| 3c. An agri-food margins control authority shall be established and granted the power to impose financial sanctions of up to 5 % of the annual turnover of non-compliant operators, the right to take up cases on its own initiative and an enforceable right to access commercial and contractual data from the agri-food chain. It shall publish details every year of the distribution of value per sector and per operator, and shall impose a sanction for any failure to comply with the obligations laid down in paragraph 5. |
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| Article 5a | |
| Specific requirements for CAP interventions | |
| 1. Member States shall provide for each intervention in their Plans: | |
| (a) the type of intervention on which it is based, the territorial scope and the type of area targeted by the intervention; | |
| (b) where applicable, sectors targeted by the intervention or group of farmers or other beneficiaries targeted under the intervention, CAP environment and climate priority area, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [CAP Regulation]; | |
| (c) An explanation of the relevant criteria of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture as referred to in Article 40 [WTO domestic support] and in Annex XVII [WTO annex]; | |
| (d) A description of the design of the intervention, including the eligibility conditions, and for agri-environmental and climate actions referred to in Article 10 of Regulation XX [CAP]; | |
| (e) a description of farming practices covered by the intervention based on the Joint Research Centre classification of farming practices in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [CAP Regulation]. | |
| (f) in relation to the interventions in certain sectors referred to in Part II, Title I, Chapter IIa of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, justification for targeting the selected sectors and complementarity with other CAP interventions, and where relevant, with other measures set out in the Plan; |
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| Article 5a | |
| Additional interventions to support agriculture in the outermost regions | |
| Member States may, within the framework of their respective NRP Plans, establish interventions to complement those already in place under Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 to support the production, processing, marketing and transport of agricultural products, whether raw or processed, in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. These interventions shall be aimed, in particular, at: | |
| (a) strengthening agricultural diversification and local food security; | |
| (b) prioritising the production, processing and marketing of local agricultural products; | |
| (c) offsetting the abnormally high transport costs attributable to the structural and permanent constraints faced by the outermost regions, which hamper trade in those regions and the competitiveness of businesses; | |
| (d) supporting the establishment of schemes to compensate for additional costs in order to ensure the sustainable development and use of forest resources with a view to supporting the production, processing and marketing of timber; | |
| (e) contributing to climate change adaptation and to strengthening the resilience of agricultural systems in the outermost regions. |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Degressive income support based on agricultural workforce |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
Farmers of retirement age remain subject to the same rules and obligations as younger farmers, including environmental standards, animal welfare, and production requirements. Forcing older farmers to relinquish support to accelerate generational renewal, does not effectively achieve real generational change. True generational renewal should be based on voluntary succession planning and on making the sector attractive for young people, showing that agriculture can provide a viable livelihood and is a growing, economically relevant sector.
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Gilles Pennelle, Valérie Deloge, Csaba Dömötör, Tomáš Kubín, Vilis Krištopans
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| Degressive area-based income support | Area-based income support |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. to farmers to address income needs. Member States shall allocate a minimum share of direct payments to redistributive income support for small and medium sized farms. |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs and strengthen the economic resilience, competitiveness and food production capacity of agricultural holdings. |
The amendments strengthen subsidiarity by allowing Member States to tailor income support to their agricultural structures and social-economic conditions. They ensure that CAP support continues to promote food security, competitiveness and the economic resilience of farms while avoiding mandatory capping and degressivity that could disproportionately affect productive agricultural holdings. The proposals also recognise the diversity of farming models across the Union, support generational renewal through flexible national measures and contribute to a simpler and more effective implementation of the CAP.
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers either by way of a flat-rate uniform rate per hectare or an entitlements-based system. |
Jérémy Decerle, Benoit Cassart, Laurence Farreng, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Grégory Allione, Pascal Canfin
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares, as well as the number of active farmers working on the farm, to farmers to address income needs. |
The criteria for allocating support must be revised to take into account the number of people in employment and those working on farms, rather than just the size of the farm. Farms with more people in employment are often more diversified and contribute more to the vitality of local areas
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. In order to address farmers’ income needs, Member States shall provide them with income support based on agricultural workforce for each agricultural worker working at the holding, or annual lump-sum payments. |
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Gilles Pennelle, Valérie Deloge, Barbara Bonte, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Vilis Krištopans
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs to farmers. |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States may provide annual area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide annual area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide annual area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall phase-out area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide annual area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. |
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers. |
The proposed deletion reflects the need to consider the CAP not merely as a needs-based policy, but also as an instrument aimed at maintaining and enhancing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector.
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| 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers to address income needs. | 1. 1. Member States shall provide area-based income support for eligible hectares to farmers. |
The CAP cannot be regarded as a needs-based policy, but must be seen as a policy aimed at ensuring that the agricultural sector remains competitive.
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| 1a. Member States shall ensure that at least 30 % of the national budgetary allocation intended for degressive income support as referred to in paragraph 1 takes the form of a redistributive payment targeting the first hectares of each holding, up to an area-based cap set by the Member State and not exceeding 50 hectares. The unit value per hectare in connection with this redistributive payment shall be higher than the basic average unit value. Member States may adjust this cap, taking into account the national agricultural structure, subject to approval by the Commission as part of the NRP Plan. |
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| 1a. 1bis The average aid per hectare provided for in relation to the degressive area-based income support referred to in the first paragraph shall be no less than EUR 130 and no more than EUR 260 for each Member State. For cotton, the aid is set out in Article 38 of Regulation 202X/XXXX (NRP Regulation). |
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| 1a. In the case of area-based income support referred to in paragraph 1, the average amount of aid per hectare shall not be less than EUR 130 and shall not exceed 260 for each Member State. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments may be established on the basis of objective and verifiable criteria, which may include farmers' income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period, farm type or the specific characteristics of the area concerned. Member States shall ensure that any differentiation does not create unequal competitive conditions between comparable holdings. |
A general obligation to differentiate hectare payments on the basis of individual farm income data would impose a considerable administrative apparatus on national administrations and farmers, raise data protection concerns and produce widely diverging national systems on one internal market. Differentiation should be a possibility, based on a broader set of verifiable criteria, not an obligation built on income data alone.
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers, geographical areas or aspects of environmental protection, climate action and animal welfare pursuant to Article 3(1)(d)(v) of Regulation (EU) 2025/0240 [NRP], on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers, geographical areas or aspects of environmental protection, climate action and animal welfare pursuant to Article 3(1)(d)(v) of Regulation (EU) 2025/0240 [NRP] that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | Member States shall provide for a higher area-based income support for eligible hectares to young farmers. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. Member States may introduce voluntary retirement and farm succession schemes that facilitate generational renewal while allowing retiring farmers to retain limited support during the transition period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. |
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Gilles Pennelle, Valérie Deloge, Barbara Bonte, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Csaba Dömötör, Tomáš Kubín, Vilis Krištopans
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. |
Payments should not be differentiated solely on the basis of farmers' income. Member States should have the flexibility to apply other objective criteria reflecting national circumstances.
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | 2. The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. |
The amendment aims to give Member States greater flexibility in determining the amount of the payment.
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | Member States shall grant young farmers a greater amount of income support per eligible hectare. The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, while allowing Member States sufficient flexibility to reflect their agricultural structures and national priorities.. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | Member States may apply national degressivity and capping models designed to reflect national farm structures and to avoid disproportionate effects on family farms. The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by one or more of the following criteria in objective and non-discriminatory way: groups of farmers or geographical areas or productivity of the area based on natural conditions and the resulting cultivation potential and its impact on farmers’ income |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Basic income support per hectare must remain available to all active agricultural holdings. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Member States may ensure a redistribution of area-based income support from larger to smaller or medium-sized farms by granting farmers who are eligible for income support under paragraph 1 a redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | Member States shall provide for a higher area-based income support for young farmer. The higher payment per eligible hectare may also be provided to other groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | Member States shall provide for a higher area-based income support for young and new farmers. The higher payment per eligible hectare may also be provided to other groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or groups of territories, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or groups of territories that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period or similar socio-economic and agronomic criteria. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas or animal welfare performance, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers, geographical areas or animal welfare performance, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by one or more of the following criteria in objective and non-discriminatory way: groups of farmers or geographical areas or productivity of the area based on natural conditions and the resulting cultivation potential and its impact on farmers’ income. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established taking into account farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment based on eligible agricultural workforce shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
The area-based income support shall ensure the broad maintenance of agriculture. The payments shall cover the costs farmers have to bear which are not covered by the market. From our point of view, it is not the right mechanism to support specific farmers who are most in need - this can be done in a more well-targeted and effective way via the starter package, the investment support, the coupled payment, etc. These tools are specifically designed to respond to the diverse needs farmers are in. Rather than mixing them with direct payments, these specialized tools should be improved / strengthened where needed, e.g. through providing easier access to small-scale investments and thus responding to the need for easy access to financing as articulated by women farmers.
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
Farmers of retirement age remain subject to the same rules and obligations as younger farmers, including environmental standards, animal welfare, and production requirements. Forcing older farmers to relinquish support to accelerate generational renewal, does not effectively achieve real generational change. True generational renewal should be based on voluntary succession planning and on making the sector attractive for young people, showing that agriculture can provide a viable livelihood and is a growing, economically relevant sector.
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare may be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. |
The mandatory differentiation of area aid will significantly complicate the administration of the CAP and increase the administrative burden for the farmers. Consequently, it should be optional for member states to differentiate. This should also include young farmers where the support in stead should be given in the form of support for setting-up.
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| The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ income from agricultural activity in a representative reference period. | The payment per eligible hectare shall be differentiated by groups of farmers or geographical areas on the basis of sustainability and animal welfare criteria. The groups of farmers or geographical areas that are basis for the differentiation of payments shall be established based on farmers’ performance with regards to these criteria. |
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| Member States may also decide to differentiate the amount of the area-based income support per hectare amongst different groups of territories faced with similar socio-economic or agronomic conditions, including traditional forms of agriculture as determined by Member States, such as traditional extensive alpine pasture. The amount of the area-based income support per hectare may be reduced, taking into account support under other payments for CAP income supports. |
Barry Cowen, Asger Christensen, Charles Goerens, Benoit Cassart, Christine Singer, Elsi Katainen, Jérémy Decerle
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| In addition to the payment per eligible hectare set out in the first subparagraph, Member States shall provide for complementary income support for young farmers determined in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 1b(5). |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | deleted |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | deleted |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who provide more public goods and are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, organic farmers, women, family or small-scale farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock farmers engaged in on-farm food processing and direct selling, extensive livestock farmers and those extensifying their livestock production, farmers adopting a transition process to a resilient production system, farmers implementing environmental, climate and animal welfare beneficial activities in accordance with Article 4 and Article 4a under this Regulation or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. In extensive livestock systems, support shall be granted for silvopastoral, wooded, shrub-rich, and other heterogeneous pasture areas where livestock grazing is effectively carried out. |
| When differentiating the payments based on animal welfare performance, Member States shall target the support at farmers delivering levels of animal welfare higher than required by Union and national legislation, and who incur additional costs or income foregone or provide additional public goods as a result. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
| Member States shall give particular priority to mountain, island, outermost and border regions, taking into account increased production costs, demographic decline, food security needs and the territorial cohesion of the Union, by allocating a minimum percentage of the national income support envelope to farmers in these regions. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock, livestock farmers extensifying their production and transitioning to more resilient production systems, farmers guaranteeing a higher level of animal welfare than required by Union and Member State legislation and thereby incurring additional costs and/or forgoing income or delivering additional public goods, or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers Managing Natura 2000 lands who face specific constraints in complying with mandatory obligations or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. The Member States shall ensure that support under this Article is directed towards active farmers, including dual-income farmers, who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and contribute to Union food security and the viability of rural communities. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, part-time farmers, upland farmers, farmers engaged in extensive livestock production, including suckler beef and sheep or livestock systems of environmental and socio-economic importance, including those managing commonage and permanent grassland, farmers managing lands who face specific constraints in complying with mandatory environmental obligations, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
| The differentiation of payments shall take into account, in addition to income criteria, the specific vulnerability of farms facing climate risks (drought, wildfire, flooding), so as to allow a targeted increase in support for holdings in climate-vulnerable zones, including through DABIS modulation or specific area-based bonuses. |
The Mediterranean basin is experiencing the most severe effects of climate change: a 20 to 30% decline in crop yields (JRC 2025), recurring droughts, wildfires, and chronic water stress.
The post-2027 CAP must incorporate a geography of climate vulnerability and allow for the differentiation of aid based on this criterion.
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support in particular at young farmers. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers extensifying their production, including lowering stocking densities and transitioning to cage-free systems production systems, farmers cultivating protein crops for food production, farmers certified in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States may target the support at specific categories, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. Furthermore, Member States may differentiate the amount of support available by tailoring it to the intensity of agricultural activities, proceeding on the basis of their own objective and non-discriminatory criteria. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States may target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young farmers, women or small farmers. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States may target the support considering, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. Furthermore, Member States may differentiate the level of support according to the intensity of the agricultural activity carried out, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria defined by the Member State. |
The CAP cannot be regarded as a needs-based policy, but must be seen as a policy aimed at ensuring that the agricultural sector remains competitive.
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock, sectors particularly affected by rising production costs, sanitary and phytosanitary risks, energy price volatility, or external competition resulting from international trade agreements, farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
Dario Nardella, André Franqueira Rodrigues, Cristina Maestre, Eric Sargiacomo, Stefano Bonaccini, Claire Fita, Elena Sancho Murillo, Camilla Laureti
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8, as well as farmers who generate and sustain jobs, taking into account the number of employees, quality and stability of employment. |
Direct payments should be determined not solely on the basis of eligible hectares and animals, but also on the level and quality of employment, including wages, social security contributions and employment stability. Such an approach would enable the CAP to make a meaningful contribution to combating undeclared and under-declared work in the sector, while effectively promoting decent employment and sustainable growth in rural areas.
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers managing NATURA 2000 lands who face specific constraints in complying with mandatory obligations and farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
Farmers farming NATURA lands face many constraints in complying with mandatory obligation that have cost implications that other farmers do not.
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock, farmers who grow a wide variety of crops in relation to the area they farm or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, organic farmers, farmers practising agroecology, farmers extensifying their production system, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, while ensuring equal treatment of active farmers and avoiding discrimination between different farm structures and production models. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need of support, in particular young and, optionally, new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Ton Diepeveen, Gilles Pennelle, Valérie Deloge, Barbara Bonte, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Csaba Dömötör, Tomáš Kubín, Vilis Krištopans
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | If differentiating the payments, Member States may target the support at young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | If differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | If differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | If differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
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| When differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. | If differentiating the payments, Member States shall target the support at farmers who are the most in need, in particular young and new farmers, women, family or small farmers, farmers combining the production of crops and livestock or farmers in areas with natural or other area-specific constraints determined in accordance with Article 8. |
Farmers of retirement age remain subject to the same rules and obligations as younger farmers, including environmental standards, animal welfare, and production requirements. Forcing older farmers to relinquish support to accelerate generational renewal, does not effectively achieve real generational change. True generational renewal should be based on voluntary succession planning and on making the sector attractive for young people, showing that agriculture can provide a viable livelihood and is a growing, economically relevant sector.
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| When differentiating the payments based on animal welfare performance, Member States shall target the support at farmers applying the best environmental and climate action practices, a high level of biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources and the application of high animal welfare standards as set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/848. |
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| Member States may also target the support at farmers who are taking actions aimed to maintain or improve their incomes or competitiveness, such as taking part in collective organization of production, (i.e. producer groups or cooperatives). |
Member States should also be able to grant higher payments to other categories of farmers/activities, in order to provide incentives.
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| In order to ensure the fair distribution of public funding and prevent land speculation, Member States shall exclude from this support any beneficiary whose non-agricultural income exceeds by a factor of three the national median income. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | deleted |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. In line with the minimum 10 % of the amount dedicated to CAP income support that Member States must allocate to interventions for young farmers pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 35(4), point 3 (new) [support to young farmers], of [NRP Regulation], Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young and new farmers within the maximum total amount allowed for area-based income support as established in this article. |
Barry Cowen, Asger Christensen, Michal Wiezik, Charles Goerens, Benoit Cassart, Christine Singer, Elsi Katainen, Jérémy Decerle
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. In line with the minimum 10 % of the amount dedicated to CAP interventions set out in Article 10(2), point (a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [NRP] Member States must allocate to interventions targeting young farmers pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 35(4), point 3 (new) [support to young farmers], of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [NRP], Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | When differentiating the payments based on animal welfare performance, Member States shall target the support at farmers delivering animal welfare higher than required by Union and national legislation, and who incur additional costs or income foregone or provide additional public goods as a result. The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. In line with the minimum 10 % of the amount dedicated to CAP income support that Member States must allocate to interventions targeting young farmers pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 35(4), point 3 (new) [support to young farmers], of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [NRP], Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
The amendment specifies that Member States should spend at least 10% of the minimum budget for young farmers on young farmers’ instruments for interventions allocated under income support, in line with Article 35(4) of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [NRP].
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. In line with the minimum 10 % of the amount dedicated to CAP income support that Member States must allocate to interventions targeting young farmers pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 35(4), point 3 (new) [support to young farmers], of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [NRP], Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. In line with the minimum 8 % of the amount dedicated to CAP income support that Member States must allocate to interventions targeting young farmers pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 35(4), point 3 (new) [support to young farmers], of Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [NRP], Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Member States may increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers in accordance with their Generational Renewal Strategy and the Starter Pack for Young Farmers referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of this Regulation. |
Additional area-based income support for young farmers should remain optional for Member States and be coherent with the Generational Renewal Strategy and the Starter Pack for Young Farmers. This ensures better targeting, preserves flexibility and avoids turning area-based income support into an isolated mandatory top-up.
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States may increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers without prejudice to the allocation of complementary income support for young farmers under Article 6a. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the income support based on agricultural workforce. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young and new farmers. Member States shall increase the level of support to young and new farmers by means of a differentiated annual lump-sum supplement. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The support under this Article may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The support under this Article may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support granted to young farmers per eligible hectare or as a complementary lump sum. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States may increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
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| The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States shall increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. | The differentiation of payments may take the form of annual lump sum payments that replace fully or partially the area-based income support per eligible hectare. Members States may increase the support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
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| Member States shall ensure that a proportion of that minimum allocation is dedicated to interventions under Article 16(1), point (h), facilitating the transfer of holdings from farmers reaching retirement age to young and new farmers, so that support to young farmers is also linked to the corresponding exit of retiring farmers from active farming. |
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| The European Commission and the Council of the EU shall ensure that when national and regional partnership plans are developed and approved, the difference between the national average levels of area-based income support per eligible hectare granted to farmers does not exceed 50 euro. |
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| Member States shall publish clear criteria and maps of differentiated payments, including a mechanism to review eligibility annually, ensuring transparency and accountability. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
Mandatory degressivity does not adequately reflect the diversity of agricultural structures across the Union and may disproportionately affect efficient and employment-intensive farms. Member States should retain flexibility to decide whether and how to apply such mechanisms. Farmers of retirement age remain subject to the same rules and obligations as younger farmers, including environmental standards, animal welfare, and production requirements. Forcing older farmers to relinquish support to accelerate generational renewal, does not effectively achieve real generational change. True generational renewal should be based on voluntary succession planning and on making the sector attractive for young people, showing that agriculture can provide a viable livelihood and is a growing, economically relevant sector.
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | deleted |
| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | |
| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | |
| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive, taking into account structural fairness, a fair distribution of payments and ensuring sufficient funds for objectives in Article 4 and 4a, in accordance with the following rules: |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. Member States may apply degressive reductions to the annual amount of area-based income support granted to a farmer, taking into account the diversity of farm structures, labour intensity and the contribution of agricultural holdings to food security and rural employment. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. Member States shall retain sufficient flexibility in applying degressive area-based income support, taking into account income predictability, administrative feasibility, farm structures and the need to avoid disproportionate negative impacts on active and productive farmers. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. Member States may apply degressive area-based income support. Where they decide to do so, the total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 may be reduced in accordance with the following rules: |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive and adjusted annually in line with EU inflation and in accordance with the following rules: |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 may be differentiated by Member States on a degressive basis in accordance with the following rules: |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules excluding DABIS top-up for young farmers: |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 may be degressive in accordance with the thresholds to be established by the Member States. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the thresholds to be set by the Member State. |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. 3. The total amount of payments for each farmer, determined in accordance with paragraph 2, may be degressive in accordance with the following rules: |
Should Member States decide to apply degressivity, the resulting effects should not entail drastic cuts in support and should take full account of the farms that form the backbone of the EU’s production and sovereignty.
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per active farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: |
The degressive payment scale should apply at the level of the active farmer rather than the farm, so as to support the number of farmers actually working the land
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 may be degressive in accordance with the following rules: |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. Member States may apply degressive reductions to the total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2, as follows: |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 may be degressive in accordance with the following rules: |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. Member States may decide to grant farmers degressive area-based income support per eligible hectare. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 3. The total amount of payments per farmer established in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be degressive in accordance with the following rules: | 3. The total amount of payments per farmer may be degressive in accordance with thresholds established by the Member States. |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
Mandatory degression would penalise high-performing and labour-intensive farms without taking sufficient account of their actual cost structures, employment contribution or production models. Targeted support for smaller and medium-sized farms should instead be achieved through redistributive support for the first hectares. This is a simpler and better targeted instrument, while preserving the basic payment as area-based income support for all active farmers.
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | deleted |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 30 000 to be granted to a farmer after penalties and other reductions by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 30 000 and EUR 50 000; |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 40 000 to be granted to a farmer by 10 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 40 000 and EUR 50 000; |
Member States which choose to use the degressive system should be wary of not bringing about drastic reductions in support and should take proper account of the needs of agricultural undertakings, as they are the backbone of the Union’s production and sovereignty.
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 200 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 200 000 and EUR 500 000; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) (a) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 40 000 to be granted to a farmer by 10 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 40 000 and EUR 75 000; |
Should Member States decide to apply degressivity, the resulting effects should not entail drastic cuts in support and should take full account of the farms that form the backbone of the EU’s production and sovereignty.
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 10 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 50 000 and EUR 750 000; |
The proposed degressive payments will have very strong negative economic consequences for the holdings which produce the vast majority of the EU’s agricultural production. To support the EU’s food security and the continued green transition, the amounts and the percentages should be significantly changed.
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 35 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 35 000 and EUR 60 000; |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 15 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 35 000; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 40 000 to be granted to a farmer by 10% where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 40 000 and EUR 75 000; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is between EUR 20 000 and EUR 50 000; | (a) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 20 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is EUR 50 000; |
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| (aa) ab) (new) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 35 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 35 000 and not more than EUR 50 000; |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than 75 000; | deleted |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | deleted |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | deleted |
Mandatory degression would penalise high-performing and labour-intensive farms without taking sufficient account of their actual cost structures, employment contribution or production models. Targeted support for smaller and medium-sized farms should instead be achieved through redistributive support for the first hectares. This is a simpler and better targeted instrument, while preserving the basic payment as area-based income support for all active farmers.
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | deleted |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | deleted |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | deleted |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | deleted |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 75 000 and not more than EUR 120 000; |
Member States which choose to use the degressive system should be wary of not bringing about drastic reductions in support and should take proper account of the needs of agricultural undertakings, as they are the backbone of the Union’s production and sovereignty.
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 500 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 500 000 and not more than EUR 750 000; |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) (b) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 75 000 and not more than EUR 120 000; |
Should Member States decide to apply degressivity, the resulting effects should not entail drastic cuts in support and should take full account of the farms that form the backbone of the EU’s production and sovereignty.
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 15 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 75 000 and not more than EUR 100 000; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 60 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 85 000; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (b) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; | (b) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 50 000 to be granted to a farmer by 50 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer is more than EUR 50 000 and not more than EUR 75 000; |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
Member States which choose to use the degressive system should be wary of not bringing about drastic reductions in support and should take proper account of the needs of agricultural undertakings, as they are the backbone of the Union’s production and sovereignty.
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
Should Member States decide to apply degressivity, the resulting effects should not entail drastic cuts in support and should take full account of the farms that form the backbone of the EU’s production and sovereignty.
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | deleted |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | (c) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 by up to 85 %. |
Mandatory degression would penalise high-performing and labour-intensive farms without taking sufficient account of their actual cost structures, employment contribution or production models. Targeted support for smaller and medium-sized farms should instead be achieved through redistributive support for the first hectares. This is a simpler and better targeted instrument, while preserving the basic payment as area-based income support for all active farmers.
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 750 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 750 000. |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 100 000 to be granted to a farmer by 20 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 100 000. |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | (c) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 25 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 85 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 85 000. |
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| (c) Member States shall reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. | (c) Member States may reduce the annual amount of the area-based income support exceeding EUR 75 000 to be granted to a farmer by 75 % where the amount of the area-based income support granted to a farmer exceeds EUR 75 000. |
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| (ca) Member States may set additional tranches above EUR 60 000, and specify the percentages of reduction for those additional tranches. They shall ensure that the reduction for each tranche is equal to or higher than for the previous tranche. |
Mandatory degression would penalise high-performing and labour-intensive farms without taking sufficient account of their actual cost structures, employment contribution or production models. Targeted support for smaller and medium-sized farms should instead be achieved through redistributive support for the first hectares. This is a simpler and better targeted instrument, while preserving the basic payment as area-based income support for all active farmers.
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| (ca) Member States shall ensure that the degressivity shall not be applied to the increased support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
The amendment specifies that the top-up for young farmers on the degressive area-based income support is exempted from degressivity. Including the increased support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers to degressivity goes against the logic of offering higher support to young farmers and consequently cancels out the positive effect of the measure on supporting generational renewal.
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| 3a. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the degressivity rates referred to in paragraphs a), b) and c) at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head or co-head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned |
Degressivity applied solely at the level of legal structure unfairly penalises GAECs (a French joint farming co-operative structure) and other corporate livestock-farming structures that pool labour and support new entrants taking up farming.
Transparency regarding active farming partners is an established principle of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (Article 17), and should be safeguarded in the new legislation.
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| 3a. Member States may apply degressive area-based income support in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria, taking into account the number of persons employed, family labour, farm partnerships, production costs and the economic viability of the holding. |
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| 3a. Where a Member State applies degressivity or capping, it shall set out the thresholds and rates on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, taking into account the national farm structures. |
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| 3b. Additional payments granted to young farmers shall be excluded from the calculation of degressivity and capping. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | deleted |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | deleted |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | deleted |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | deleted |
Farmers of retirement age remain subject to the same rules and obligations as younger farmers, including environmental standards, animal welfare, and production requirements. Forcing older farmers to relinquish support to accelerate generational renewal, does not effectively achieve real generational change. True generational renewal should be based on voluntary succession planning and on making the sector attractive for young people, showing that agriculture can provide a viable livelihood and is a growing, economically relevant sector.
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support granted under this Regulation shall not exceed EUR 500 000 per natural person per calendar year, irrespective of the Member State in which the holdings are located. |
| For any legal entity, or group of legal entities under common ownership or control, other than an agricultural cooperative, the total amount of area-based income support shall not exceed EUR 500 000 per calendar year. | |
| Where the beneficiary is an agricultural cooperative, the ceiling referred to in the second sentence shall apply individually to each active farmer member of the cooperative. For the purpose of applying that ceiling, the amount of area-based income support granted to the cooperative shall be attributed to its active farmer members in accordance with objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria reflecting their participation in the cooperative and the agricultural activity carried out by each member. | |
| The Commission shall establish and maintain a system for recording area-based income support granted to natural persons, legal entities and agricultural cooperatives for the purpose of verifying compliance with this Article. | |
| For the purposes of this Article, an "agricultural cooperative" means a cooperative established under national law which: | |
| (a) is owned by its members; | |
| (b) operates on the basis of democratic member control in accordance with the cooperative principles recognised under national law; | |
| (c) has active farmers, within the meaning of this Regulation, as the majority of its members; and | |
| (d) distributes its economic benefits primarily to those active farmer members. |
This amendment ensures that capping continues to provide meaningful support to individual farmers, family farms and genuine farmer-owned cooperative structures, while preventing its circumvention through complex corporate structures. It introduces a proportionate and legally neutral solution for legal entities where payments cannot reasonably be attributed to a controlling natural person, thereby contributing to a more equitable distribution of CAP support.
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 95 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
| In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the degressivity rates referred to in paragraphs a), b) and c) at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. | |
| Member States shall ensure that the thresholds and modalities of degressivity and capping defined in paragraphs 3 and 4 are implemented so as to guarantee effective targeting of support per farmer, in accordance with the objectives of this Regulation, and to avoid excessive concentration of support linked to holding size. |
Capping applied solely at the level of legal structure unfairly penalises GAECs (a French joint farming co-operative structure) and other corporate livestock-farming structures that pool labour and support new entrants taking up farming.
Transparency regarding active farming partners is an established principle of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (Article 17), and should be safeguarded in the new legislation.
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may introduce a cap on area-based income support, which shall not be higher than a maximum of EUR 250 000 per farmer per year after deductions for labour costs that are effectively borne by the holding, including wages, social contributions, family employment, temporary employment and the cost of contracted agricultural services that are directly linked to the holding’s agricultural activity. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person, taking into account the actual agricultural activity concerned, the production structure and the employment created by the holding. |
| Nevertheless, the introduction of measures to limit direct payments should only be considered after the Commission has carried out an exhaustive study to evaluate the impact that they will actually have on the viability of holdings, agricultural employment and the dynamism of rural areas. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. Member States may subtract from the amount of the basic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer in a given calendar year: |
| (a) all the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; | |
| (b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business; | |
| (c) the labour cost element of the contracting costs linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may decide to cap the total amount of area-based income support per natural or legal person or per farmer, per year. |
| Any form of capping shall not apply to cooperatives of farmers, small farmers or workers that jointly manage assets, thereby helping to strengthen farmers by improving their competitiveness and position in the agri-food supply chain. | |
| In the case of a legal person, Member States may refrain from applying the reduction where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, or if legal persons have a duty to help strengthen their members’ agricultural structures. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 95 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, Member States shall apply the capping at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. Before applying paragraph 1, Member States may subtract from the amount of the basic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer in a given calendar year: all the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may introduce a cap on the area-based income support to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year. Member States that have decided to introduce capping shall reduce the amount of such income support exceeding EUR 100 000 by 100 %. However, the total amount of area-based income support may not be higher than a maximum of EUR 500 000 per natural person per year. The Commission shall record the amount of payments per natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not exceed EUR 500 000 per farmer per year. For the purposes of this capping, all area-based income support received by holdings, undertakings or legal entities directly or indirectly controlled, in whole or in part, by the same natural person shall be aggregated, with support attributed to that person on a pro rata basis according to their ownership, shareholding, revenue entitlement, or other form of legal or economic control. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person, specific attention shall be given to establish the identity of the final beneficiary of payments to ensure that this cap is not circumvented by artificially splitting holdings; |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case the holding employs several labour units, the threshold might be adapted depending on the number of labour units and the national minimum wage. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Csaba Dömötör, Tomáš Kubín, Vilis Krištopans
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support may be limited to a level to be established by the Member State. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support may be limited to a level to be established by the Member State. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 1 000 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person, irrespective of the Member State in which the holdings are located. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 200 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person, irrespective of the Member State in which the holdings are located. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 500 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person, irrespective of the Member State in which the holdings are located. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may introduce a cap on the area-based income support to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year. Where a Member State decides to introduce capping, it shall determine the threshold and modalities in its CAP Strategic Plan based on objective criteria, taking into account national conditions. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. By way of derogation from article 6 (3), Member States may address the need for redistribution of income support to farmers who are entitled to a payment under this article. At least 10 % of the Member State’s share of the total CAP allocation shall be reserved annually for the redistributive income support. |
The proposed capping and degressivity of the income support will have very strong negative economic consequences for the holdings which produce the vast majority of the EU’s agricultural production. Therefore, the proposed capping should be deleted, and the need for stronger support for the smaller farms, should be addressed by allowing member states have the option to replace degressivity by redistributive payments.
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, or a farmer in any form is part of several holdings, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of support under this Article shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year, after application of paragraph 3. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of support under this Article shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year, after application of paragraph 3. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year, after deducting labour costs. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
With deducting labour costs, it is ensured that farms which are more labour-intensive and create jobs in the rural areas - sometimes as the only employer in the town/region - are not disadvantaged compared to larger farms that have no employees.
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year, after deducting labour costs. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
With deducting labour costs, it is ensured that farms which are more labour-intensive and create jobs in the rural areas - sometimes as the only employer in the town/region - are not disadvantaged compared to larger farms that have no employees.
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may introduce capping on a voluntary basis. Before applying and reduction, labour costs, including family labour and salaried employment, as well as investments contributing to innovation, environmental sustainability and food production shall be fully deducted. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may establish a maximum amount of area-based income support per farmer. Before applying any degressivity or capping, Member States shall fully deduct labour costs, including salaries, social contributions and the costs of contracted agricultural services. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may set a cap on the total amount of area-based income support per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping may cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 95 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. 4. The total amount of area-based income support may not be higher than maximum EUR 120 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
If Member States decide to apply degressivity, its effects should not lead to drastic cuts in support and should take full account of agricultural holdings, which are the heart of EU production and sovereignty.
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 250 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 75 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 75 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. The total amount of area-based income support may not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. |
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| 4. The total amount of area-based income support shall not be higher than maximum EUR 100 000 per farmer per year. In the case of a legal person or groups of legal persons, the capping shall cover all holdings under the control of one legal or natural person. | 4. Member States may cap the amount of the basic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year. Member States that choose to introduce capping shall reduce by 100 % the amount exceeding EUR 100 000. |
Mandatory capping would penalise high-performing and labour-intensive farms without taking sufficient account of their actual cost structures, employment contribution or production models. Targeted support for smaller and medium-sized farms should instead be achieved through redistributive support for the first hectares. This is a simpler and better targeted instrument, while preserving the basic payment as area-based income support for all active farmers.
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| For the purposes of calculating the amounts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4, Member States shall not deduct, set off, or otherwise take into account labour costs, including wages, salaries, social security contributions, or any other costs related to employment on the holding, whether actually paid, declared, or estimated. The annual amount of area-based income support granted to a farmer for the purposes of this Article shall be calculated solely on the basis of the eligible hectares and the criteria referred to in paragraph 2, without any reduction, derogation, or adjustment on the basis of labour costs incurred by that farmer. |
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| In the case of a cooperative farm, as a legal cooperative, a comparable legal entity or an association of natural persons or legal entities, area-based income support shall be granted to the cooperative farm for the benefit of its individual members, provided that the members participate on an equal footing in the holding. The cap referred to in this Article shall be applied to the individual members on whose behalf the support is granted, rather than to the cooperative farm as a single beneficiary. |
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| (1) Member States may introduce a cap on the area-based income support to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year. Member States that have decided to introduce capping shall reduce the amount of such income support exceeding EUR 100 000 by 100 %. |
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| 4a. Before applying paragraph 3 or 4, Member States shall subtract from the amount of the basic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer in a given calendar year: | |
| (a) all the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; | |
| (b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business; | |
| (c) the labour cost element of the contracting costs linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer. | |
| To calculate the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), Member States shall use salary costs actually incurred by the farmer. In duly justified cases, farmers may request to use standards costs to be determined by the Member State concerned according to a method to be further specified in its CAP Strategic Plan based on the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned. To calculate the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), Member States shall use standard costs to be determined by the Member State concerned according to a method to be further specified in its CAP Strategic Plan based on the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned. |
Mandatory degression would penalise high-performing and labour-intensive farms without taking sufficient account of their actual cost structures, employment contribution or production models. Targeted support for smaller and medium-sized farms should instead be achieved through redistributive support for the first hectares. This is a simpler and better targeted instrument, while preserving the basic payment as area-based income support for all active farmers.
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| 4a. Before applying paragraph 3 or 4, Member States may subtract from the amount of the Degressive area-based income support to be granted to a farmer in a given calendar year: | |
| (a) all the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; | |
| (b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business; | |
| (c) the labour cost element of the contracting costs linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer. To calculate the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), Member States shall use salary costs actually incurred by the farmer. | |
| In duly justified cases, farmers may request to use standards costs to be determined by the Member State concerned according to a method to be further specified in its NRPCAP Plan based on the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned. | |
| To calculate the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), Member States shall use standard costs to be determined by the Member State concerned according to a method to be further specified in its NRPCAP Plan based on the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned. |
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| 4a. Before applying paragraph 3 or 4, Member States may subtract from the amount of annual area-based income support: (i) all salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, taxes and social contributions related to employment; (ii) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business; (iii) the labour cost element of the contracting costs linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer; iv. agreed costs associated with family arrangements already in place owing to the inter-generational transfer and management of the farm holding to current occupants. |
The unique farm structures and labour inputs involved in farming must be properly recognised and factored into any capping calculations before they are applied.
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| 4a. By way of derogation from the mandatory application of degressivity and progressive reductions set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, Member States may opt to exempt agricultural holdings from these reductions, provided that they demonstrate in their NRP Plans that they allocate at least 10% of their annual allocation for direct payments to the redistributive payment or targeted area-based income support specifically channelled to small and medium-sized farms. | |
| To activate this derogation, Member States shall provide quantitative evidence proving that the redistributive metrics applied within their national or regional framework effectively achieve a comparable or higher level of income redistribution and support targeting than the application of the degressivity thresholds. |
Dario Nardella, André Franqueira Rodrigues, Eric Sargiacomo, Stefano Bonaccini, Claire Fita, Camilla Laureti
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| 4a. Before applying paragraphs 3 and 4, Member States shall subtract from the amount of the degressive area-based income support to be granted to a farmer in a given calendar year: | |
| (a) all the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; | |
| (b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business; | |
| (c) the labour cost element of the contracting costs linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer. |
When capping is applied, it is considered necessary to provide for the mandatory deduction of labour costs, including family labour costs and costs related to agricultural work carried out by third parties. This provision replicates the equivalent deduction already established under the current CAP framework.
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| 4a. For the purpose of calculating the amounts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4, Member States shall not deduct, offset or otherwise take into consideration labour costs, including wages, salaries, social security contributions and any other costs relating to employment at the holding, regardless of whether these costs have actually been paid, declared or estimated. The annual amount of area-based income support granted to a farmer under this Article shall be calculated solely on the basis of eligible hectares and the criteria referred to in paragraph 2, without any reduction, derogation or adjustment based on the labour costs incurred by this farmer. |
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| 4a. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the reductions referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. |
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| 4a. In the case of a legal person or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the reductions referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 at the level of the members of such legal persons or groups, where national law provides that the individual members have rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers with the status of head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. |
Addition of a paragraph to address the specific situation of companies in which national law recognises that individual members have rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers, as in the current regulations
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| 4a. For the purposes of paragraph 4, Member States shall not be required to identify or assess links between legal or natural persons controlling agricultural holdings where the total eligible agricultural area of the holding does not exceed 30 hectares, unless there are objective grounds to suspect that the holding has been artificially divided or created for the purpose of circumventing this Regulation. |
Effective controls should focus on areas presenting the highest risk of circumvention. Requiring systematic assessment of ownership links for very small (family) farms may divert administrative resources from larger and more complex structures where such controls are most relevant. The amendment ensures a proportionate, risk-based approach while fully preserving safeguards against artificial division.
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| 4a. Amounts made available through the application of capping and degressivity under this Article shall remain within the same Member State or region and shall be redirected to agri-environmental and climate incentive schemes for farmers, including transition actions referred to in Article 10(1), point (b). |
This ensures that savings from limits on large payments are reinvested in farmers’ resilience and environmental transition.
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| 4a. For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 4, Member States shall deduct on-farm labour costs, including the costs of family labour and agricultural work subcontracted to third parties, when calculating the amounts to which degressivity and maximum limits apply. |
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| 4a. If paragraphs 3 and/or 4 are applied, Member States when calculating the amounts for degressivity and capping, shall deduct labour costs (including family labour costs and contracted services for agricultural work provided by third parties) on the farm. |
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| 4a. 4bis When calculating the amounts referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4, the amounts relating to labour are deducted. Furthermore, the amounts differentiated by category of farmer, as referred to in paragraph 2, are not included in the calculation. |
Should a Member State decide to apply degressivity and capping, labour costs should be taken into account when calculating the amounts subject to reduction, both to avoid penalising labour-intensive businesses and to promote compliance with labour law.
Furthermore, given that the DABIS provides for the possibility of differentiating aid by type of farmer – favouring young people, women and disadvantaged areas – the amounts resulting from such differentiation should not be included in the calculation of degressivity and capping.
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| 4a. With regard to beneficial owners, the total amount of support received for all holdings that are under the control of the same legal or natural person shall not exceed the capping, so that payments for multiple holdings cannot exceed the capping limit. |
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| 4a. Member States shall ensure that the capping of the degressive area-based income support, determined in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article, shall not be applied to the increased support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers. |
The amendment specifies that the top-up for young farmers on the degressive area-based income support is exempted from capping. Including the increased support per eligible hectare granted to young farmers to capping goes against the logic of offering higher support to young farmers and consequently cancels out the positive effect of the measure on supporting generational renewal.
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| 4a. Labour costs shall be exempt from the calculations referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4. The differentiated amounts for categories of farmers referred to in paragraph 2 shall not form part of those calculations. |
Member States which choose to use the degressive system and apply a cap should factor in labour costs when calculating the amounts to which reductions apply. This would ensure that labour-intensive businesses are not penalised and help to promote compliance with employment law. Moreover, since degressive area-based income support makes it possible to differentiate aid by type of farmer (i.e. young people, women and those in disadvantaged areas), the corresponding amounts should not be included in the calculations for the degressive system and capping.
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| 4a. 4a. The estimated proceeds resulting from the reduction of payments shall be used to contribute to the financing of the interventions referred to in Article 5(1), points (b), (d), (f), (g), (j) and (r). |
The funds generated by degressivity and capping should be earmarked to finance support for small farmers, payments for areas facing natural or specific constraints, agri-environment-climate actions and installation aid. These interventions directly address the main challenges facing agriculture, including generational renewal, the maintenance of a dense network of farms across all territories, and support for the agroecological transition.
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| 4a. The amounts obtained from the reduction in payments shall be used in the region where they are generated and may be targeted at any of the forms of support listed in Article 5. |
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| 4a. The estimated revenues generated by the reduction in payments shall be earmarked for the funding of the interventions referred to in Article 5(1), points (d), (f), (g) and (j). |
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| 4b. Before applying paragraph 3 or 4, Member States may subtract from the amount of annual area-based income support: | |
| (i) All the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, taxes and social contributions related to employment | |
| (ii) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business | |
| (iii) the labour cost element of the contracting costs linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer | |
| (iv) agreed costs associated with family arrangements already in place owing to the inter-generational transfer and management of the farm holding to current occupants. |
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| 4b. These reductions shall not apply to cooperatives established by farmers, smallholders or workers for the purposes of jointly managing their assets. These cooperatives help to consolidate the position of farmers, make them more competitive and improve their standing in the agri-food supply chain. | |
| In the case of legal persons, Member States may choose not to apply the reduction where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, or where legal persons are required to help improve the agricultural facilities belonging to their members. |
The capping measures are punitive for organisations comprising small producers or smallholders that carry out agricultural activities as a cooperative.
The rationale for the cap is to set a limit on a single beneficiary, which is predicated on their being a farmer who owns a large amount of land. Cooperatives representing a small number of member organisations typically comprise small businesses or workers that join together in an effort to optimise costs and remain profitable.
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| 4b. In the case of a cooperative farm, a legal cooperative, a comparable legal entity or an association of natural persons for the purpose of jointly managing assets, area-based income support shall be granted to the cooperative farm for the benefit of its individual natural members, provided that the members participate on an equal footing in the holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and fiscal status. The cap referred to in this Article shall therefore be applied to the individual natural members (farmers) on whose behalf the support is granted, rather than to the cooperative farm as a single beneficiary. |
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| 4b. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the reduction referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. |
This Am establish the treatment of cooperatives and similar organisations under the degressive scheme, in line with the current provisions of Regulation 2115/2021.
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| 4b. Amounts made available through the application of capping and degressivity under this Article shall remain within the same Member State or region and shall be redirected to agri-environmental and climate incentive schemes for farmers, including transition actions referred to in Article 10(1), point (b). |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | deleted |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | deleted |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily redistributed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security, in particular small-medium size farmers. Redistribution of area-based income support can be redirected to those who need the it most through other CAP interventions, such as coupled income support designed with maximum payment limits, animal welfare, maximum stocking density thresholds, and other agri-environmental conditionalities, as well as payment for small farmers, and agri-environmental and climate management actions, respectively in accordance to Article 6, 7, and 10 under this Regulation. Small-scale farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. The degressivity and capping thresholds and arrangements for degressive area-based income support as defined in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be implemented in such a way as to guarantee the effective targeting of support per farmer, in accordance with the objectives of this Regulation. Any adjustments by Member States shall comply with these parameters and prevent the over-concentration of support based on the size of holdings. |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agro-ecological or organic activity on their holding, with higher animal welfare standards, in order to support the transition to sustainable food systems, and actively contribute to food security inside the EU. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, which shall be clearly defined by the Commission, shall be considered farmers as well. Farmers that keep animals for other purposes than food production, such as animals of which meat is a byproduct, are not eligible for support for this category of animals under this Article. |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. Furthermore, farmers who has taken out all of their agricultural land for meeting the requirements of [the nitrate directive, the water framework directive, the nature restoration directive and national requirements to reduce CO2e-emmissions from the agricultural sectors biological processes] shall continue to be considered farmers. |
Farmers who are asked to take out all of their agricultural land to meet societal concerns regarding the environment and climate should also continue to be considered as farmers, and thus be eligible for support.
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. |
| Where the beneficiary is a legal person profiting from support under this Article, the Member States shall identify its ownership and control structure, including intermediate legal entities, foundations, trusts or equivalent arrangements. |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers and part-time farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. The Member States may establish additional, objective and non-discriminatory rules to determine what constitutes required level of agricultural activity under this paragraph. |
Member States need tools to incentivize genuinely active agricultural production. Part-time farmers are important for the livelihood of rural areas and their agricultural activity is an important part of food security.
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding or maintain agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental conditions and actively contribute to food security, bioeconomy or transformative resilience of agricultural ecosystems. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. |
For example, paludiculture might not contribute that much to the food security but rather to bioeconomy and transformative resilience of agricultural ecosystems, improving the carbon balance and water resilience as well.
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Particular attention shall be paid to family farms operated by active farmers, which form the basis of the European model of agriculture. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise a minimum level of productive agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security and food sovereignty. If they grant area-based income support to farmers as defined by this Regulation, Member States should take into account, in the criteria which they have laid down to define farmers, their measures to promote food security and agricultural sovereignty. |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise a minimum productive agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security and agricultural sovereignty. When granting area-based income support to farmers as defined by this regulation, Member States should take into account the criteria that they established when defining farmers/beneficiaries for their actions towards food security and agricultural sovereignty. |
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| 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise an agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security. Small farmers, whose principal activity is not agriculture, but who are engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity, as set out by Member States, shall be considered farmers as well. | 5. The Member States shall ensure that the support under this Article is primarily directed towards farmers who exercise a minimum productive agricultural activity on their holding and actively contribute to food security and agricultural sovereignty. When granting area-based income support to farmers as defined by this regulation, Member States should take into account the criteria that they established when defining farmers/beneficiaries for their actions towards food security and agricultural sovereignty. |
Farmers of retirement age remain subject to the same rules and obligations as younger farmers, including environmental standards, animal welfare, and production requirements. Forcing older farmers to relinquish support to accelerate generational renewal, does not effectively achieve real generational change. True generational renewal should be based on voluntary succession planning and on making the sector attractive for young people, showing that agriculture can provide a viable livelihood and is a growing, economically relevant sector.
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