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CAP Strategic Plans Regulation In force since 2 December 2021

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
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Articles

• Article 1 — Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 — Applicable provisions
• Article 3 — Definitions
• Article 4 — Definitions and conditions to be provided in the CAP Strategic Plans
• Article 5 — General objectives
• Article 6 — Specific objectives
• Article 7 — Indicators

Chapter I COMMON REQUIREMENTS

Section 1 General principles

• Article 8 — Strategic approach
• Article 9 — General principles
• Article 10 — WTO domestic support
• Article 11 — Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on oilseeds

Section 2 Conditionality

• Article 12 — Principle and scope
• Article 13 — Obligations of Member States relating to good agricultural and environmental condition

Section 3 Social conditionality

• Article 14 — Principle and scope

Section 4 Farm advisory services

• Article 15 — Farm advisory services

Chapter II TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN THE FORM OF DIRECT PAYMENTS

Section 1 Types of intervention, reduction and minimum requirements

• Article 16 — Types of intervention in the form of direct payments
• Article 17 — Capping and degressivity of payments
• Article 18 — Minimum requirements
• Article 19 — Contribution to risk management tools

Section 2 Decoupled direct payments

• Article 20 — General requirements for receiving decoupled direct payments
• Article 21 — General rules
• Article 22 — Amount of support per hectare
• Article 23 — Payment entitlements
• Article 24 — Value of payment entitlements and convergence
• Article 25 — Activation of payment entitlements
• Article 26 — Reserves for payment entitlements
• Article 27 — Transfers of payment entitlements
• Article 28 — Payments for small farmers
• Article 29 — Complementary redistributive income support for sustainability
• Article 30 — Complementary income support for young farmers
• Article 31 — Schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare

Section 3 Coupled direct payments

• Article 32 — General rules
• Article 33 — Scope
• Article 34 — Eligibility
• Article 35 — Delegated powers in the case of structural market imbalances in a sector
• Article 36 — Scope
• Article 37 — General rules
• Article 38 — Base areas, fixed yields and reference amounts
• Article 39 — Approved interbranch organisations
• Article 40 — Granting of the payment
• Article 41 — Derogations

Chapter III TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN CERTAIN SECTORS

Section 1 General provisions

• Article 42 — Scope
• Article 43 — Mandatory and optional types of intervention
• Article 44 — Forms of support
• Article 45 — Delegated powers for additional requirements for types of intervention
• Article 46 — Objectives in the fruit and vegetables sector, the hops sector, the olive oil and table olives sector and in the other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f)
• Article 47 — Types of intervention in the fruit and vegetables sector, the hops sector, the olive oil and table olives sector and in the other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f)
• Article 48 — Planning, reporting and performance clearance at operational programme level

Section 2 Fruit and vegetables sector

• Article 49 — Objectives in the fruit and vegetables sector
• Article 50 — Operational programmes
• Article 51 — Operational funds
• Article 52 — Union financial assistance to the fruit and vegetables sector
• Article 53 — National financial assistance

Section 3 Apiculture sector

• Article 54 — Objectives in the apiculture sector
• Article 55 — Types of intervention in the apiculture sector and Union financial assistance
• Article 56 — Additional delegated powers for types of intervention in the apiculture sector

Section 4 Wine sector

• Article 57 — Objectives in the wine sector
• Article 58 — Types of intervention in the wine sector
• Article 59 — Union financial assistance to the wine sector
• Article 60 — Specific rules on Union financial assistance to the wine sector

Section 5 Hops sector

• Article 61 — Objectives and types of intervention in the hops sector
• Article 62 — Union financial assistance

Section 6 Olive oil and table olives sector

• Article 63 — Objectives in the olive oil and table olives sector
• Article 64 — Types of intervention in the olive oil and table olives sector
• Article 65 — Union financial assistance

Section 7 Other sectors

• Article 66 — Objectives in other sectors
• Article 67 — Types of intervention in other sectors
• Article 68 — Union financial assistance

Chapter IV TYPES OF INTERVENTION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Section 1 Types of intervention

• Article 69 — Types of intervention for rural development
• Article 70 — Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments
• Article 71 — Natural or other area-specific constraints
• Article 72 — Area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements
• Article 73 — Investments
• Article 74 — Investments in irrigation
• Article 75 — Setting-up of young farmers and new farmers and rural business start-up
• Article 76 — Risk management tools
• Article 77 — Cooperation
• Article 78 — Knowledge exchange and dissemination of information

Section 2 Elements applying to several types of intervention

• Article 79 — Selection of operations
• Article 80 — Specific rules for financial instruments
• Article 81 — Use of the EAFRD delivered through InvestEU
• Article 82 — Adequacy and accuracy of payment calculation
• Article 83 — Forms of grants
• Article 84 — Delegated powers for additional requirements for types of intervention for rural development
• Article 85 — EAGF and EAFRD expenditure
• Article 86 — Eligibility of expenditure
• Article 87 — Financial allocations for types of intervention in the form of direct payments
• Article 88 — Financial allocations for certain types of intervention in certain sectors
• Article 89 — Financial allocations for types of intervention for rural development
• Article 90 — EAFRD contribution
• Article 91 — EAFRD contribution rates
• Article 92 — Minimum financial allocations for LEADER
• Article 93 — Minimum financial allocations for interventions addressing environmental and climate-related specific objectives
• Article 94 — Maximum financial allocations for technical assistance
• Article 95 — Minimum financial allocations for support for young farmers
• Article 96 — Maximum financial allocations for coupled income support
• Article 97 — Minimum financial allocations for eco-schemes
• Article 98 — Minimum financial allocations for the redistributive income support
• Article 99 — Voluntary contribution from the EAFRD allocation to actions under LIFE and Erasmus+
• Article 100 — Tracking climate expenditure
• Article 101 — Indicative financial allocations
• Article 102 — Planned unit amounts and planned outputs
• Article 103 — Flexibility between direct payment allocations and EAFRD allocations

Chapter I GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• Article 104 — CAP Strategic Plans
• Article 105 — Increased ambition with regard to environmental and climate-related objectives
• Article 106 — Procedural requirements

Chapter II CONTENT OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLAN

• Article 107 — Content of the CAP Strategic Plan
• Article 108 — Assessment of needs
• Article 109 — Intervention strategy
• Article 110 — Elements common to several interventions
• Article 111 — Interventions
• Article 112 — Target and financial plans
• Article 113 — Governance and coordination systems
• Article 114 — Modernisation
• Article 115 — Annexes
• Article 116 — Delegated powers for the content of the CAP Strategic Plan
• Article 117 — Implementing powers for the content of the CAP Strategic Plan

Chapter III APPROVAL AND AMENDMENT OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLAN

• Article 118 — Approval of the CAP Strategic Plan
• Article 119 — Amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan
• Article 120 — Review of the CAP Strategic Plans
• Article 121 — Calculation of time limits for Commission actions
• Article 122 — Delegated powers concerning amendments of CAP Strategic Plans
• Article 123 — Managing authority
• Article 124 — Monitoring committee
• Article 125 — Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States
• Article 126 — National and European CAP networks
• Article 127 — European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability

Chapter I PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK

• Article 128 — Establishment of the performance framework
• Article 129 — Objectives of the performance framework
• Article 130 — Electronic information system
• Article 131 — Provision of information
• Article 132 — Monitoring procedures
• Article 133 — Implementing powers for the performance framework

Chapter II ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS

• Article 134 — Annual performance reports
• Article 135 — Biennial performance review
• Article 136 — Annual review meetings

Chapter III REPORTING FOR THE CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR COTTON AND THE TRANSITIONAL NATIONAL AID

• Article 137 — Annual reporting
• Article 138 — Annual reporting on transitional national aid

Chapter IV CAP STRATEGIC PLAN EVALUATION

• Article 139 — Ex-ante evaluations
• Article 140 — Evaluation of CAP Strategic Plans during the implementation period and ex post

Chapter V PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BY THE COMMISSION

• Article 141 — Performance assessment and evaluation
• Article 142 — Reporting based on a core set of indicators
• Article 143 — General provisions
• Article 144 — Rules applying to undertakings
• Article 145 — State aid
• Article 146 — Additional national financing
• Article 147 — Transitional national aid

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 148 — Measures to resolve specific problems
• Article 149 — Application to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands

Chapter II INFORMATION SYSTEM AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

• Article 150 — Exchange of information and documents
• Article 151 — Processing and protection of personal data

Chapter III DELEGATED ACTS AND IMPLEMENTING ACTS

• Article 152 — Exercise of delegation
• Article 153 — Committee procedure

Chapter IV TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 154 — Repeals
• Article 155 — Eligibility of certain types of expenditure relating to the CAP Strategic Plan period
• Article 156 — Transition for financial allocations for types of intervention in certain sectors
• Article 157 — Eligibility of expenditure for multi-funded community-led local development
• Article 158 — Transitional measures
• Article 159 — Review of Annex XIII
• Article 160 — Entry into force