Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 as regards financial discipline and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards flexibility between pillars

Summary:

Proposal presented on 31 October 2019 by the European Commission aiming to provide certainty and continuity in the granting of support to European farmers in the year 2020 and ensuring the respect of budgetary ceilings for the EAGF by adapting two legislative acts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Further information:

In relation to the financing of the CAP, certain amendments of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy (Horizontal Regulation) are needed to ensure that the financial discipline mechanism that makes it possible to respect the maximum ceiling set by the Regulation on the multi-annual financial framework can still operate for financial years post 2020.

In relation to Direct Payments, Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/288 establishes rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy (Direct Payments Regulation) to extend the flexibility between pillars foreseen for calendar years 2015-2019 to calendar year 2020/financial year 2021.