Commissione per l'agricoltura e lo sviluppo rurale

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will vote on the non-legislative draft report on the future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy, on 8 April. AGRI members will also discuss the global challenges related to food security, sustainable agriculture and natural resource management with Maurizio Martina, Deputy Director-General of the FAO. The AGRI Committee will then debate on the EU wine legislation with the Commission.

The EPRS will present to TRAN and AGRI Members the study on animal welfare during transport, up-date on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 . A discussion will follow under the Joint committee procedure. This is part of the preparation of the AGRI-TRAN joint report on the matter.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will discuss the Commission Work Programme with Commissioners Christophe Hansen, responsible for Agriculture and Food, and Olivér Várhelyi, responsible for Health and Animal Welfare, on 8 April. The exchanges are organised to discuss the state of implementation of the current Commission Work Programme (CWP) as well as the priorities to be reflected in the CWP for the next year.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will vote on opinions on a revamped long-term EU budget and the Water Resilience Strategy, on 27 March. AGRI committee members will also discuss with the Commission a recent paper of the European Environment Agency, which addresses the issue of exposure to mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are toxins from fungi that contaminate crops, food and feed.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development holds a hearing on “The actors in the agricultural supply chain and their role in price formation: problems and perspectives”, on 27 March. This hearing aims to foster a comprehensive discussion on the current price formation mechanisms and to identify the best strategies to protect farmers against unfair trading practices in the price formation.

The Joint ENVI-AGRI Committee (Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development) will discuss the amendments to two legislative proposals about forests on 20 March. The proposals concern the monitoring framework for resilient European forests and the amending act on the Standing Forestry Committee.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Transport and Tourism will jointly discuss the draft report on protection of animals during transport and related operations, on 19 March.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will vote on the draft report on the equivalence of seeds with EU requirements from Moldova and Ukraine, on 19 March. The Committee will also vote on the 9th report on economic and social cohesion and on the pilot projects and preparatory actions - PPPAs - for the 2026 budget.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will discuss the European Investment Bank (EIB) financing package for agriculture, forestry and fisheries with Gelsomina Vigliotti, Vice-President of the EIB, on 19 March.