December 2019 Introduction For 30 years, the environment has been an integrated part of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and today it has become one of the main dimensions of this policy. A “greening” measure was introduced during the 2013 reform to strengthen the environmental and climate performance of the CAP. The conclusions on the […]
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CAP REFORM NEGOTIATIONS: Commission hints for eco-schemes
January started the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council, with agricultural minister do Cèu Antunes defining the priorities of its mandate: conclude the CAP negotiations with Parliament, hoping to deliver more resilience for the sector and a transition to a greener architecture. On this last topic, the Commission published a document describing potential measures that Member State could include in the elaboration of Eco-schemes, given the fact that they have already started working on their National Strategic Plans (to be submitted to the Commission by the end of 2021). German Agriculture Minister started internal consultation with the Landers’ representatives. Moreover, on the discussion on the horizontal regulation, the Reserve for the CAP crisis support seems to be a difficult topic to overcome among negotiators.
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