The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2021)09119),

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

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

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

–  having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), and in particular Article 11(1), Article 23(2), Article 38(2), Article 40(3), Article 41(3), Article 47(1), Article 52(1), Article 54(4), Article 55(6), Article 64(3), Article 76(2), Article 94(5) and (6) and Article 102 thereof,

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

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

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

A.  whereas Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 lays down rules on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro;

B.  whereas Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) requires Member States to submit their common agricultural policy (CAP) Strategic Plans for approval by the Commission;

C.  whereas, in the draft delegated regulation, rules on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro, there is a substantive link and an interconnection between them in the day-to-day management of the CAP expenditure, and it is, therefore, appropriate to lay down those rules in the same delegated regulation;

D.  whereas, in the draft delegated regulation, rules on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro are set for the day-to-day management of the new CAP, which Member States need to translate into their CAP Strategic Plans and whereas it is, therefore, appropriate to consider those rules as urgent;

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

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

(1) Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 187). (2) Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1).