Transitional rules for agricultural funding and recovery aid for food producers
MEPs will vote on rules to ensure a smooth transition from the current to the future EU farm policy and to release €8 billion in aid for farmers and rural areas.
The draft EU law, as agreed by Parliament’s and Council’s negotiators, extends the application of existing Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) rules until the end of 2022. This ensures that payments to farmers and rural development beneficiaries can continue. More information about the CAP transitional rules is available here.
Recently agreed rules on ways that farmers, food producers and rural areas can use the €8 billion in COVID-19 crisis aid to finance their resilient, sustainable and digital recovery in the next two years are also part of the overall deal. More information about the agreed EU recovery package is available here.
Background
The draft regulation is the second of two proposals tabled by the EU Commission to ensure a smooth transition to the post-2022 CAP. The first set of transitional rules was approved by the Parliament in December 2019.
Negotiations between the Parliament and Council on the final shape of the post-2022 EU farm policy reform are now ongoing. Both transitional rules and the CAP reform package are closely linked to the work on the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget.
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure (co-decision), 1st reading agreement
2019/0254(COD)
Debate: Tuesday, 15 December
Vote: Wednesday, 16 December