Legal provisions of COM(2025)236 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 as regards data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties - Main contents
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Article 1 - Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
(1) Article 4(3), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘permanent grassland and permanent pasture’ (together referred to as ‘permanent grassland’) shall be land that is used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more or, where Member States so decide, for seven years or more and, where Member States so decide, that has not been ploughed up, or tilled, or reseeded with different types of grass or other herbaceous forage, for five years or more or for seven years or more. It may include other species, such as shrubs or trees, which can be grazed and, where Member States so decide, other species such as shrubs or trees which produce animal feed, provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant.’;
(2) in Article 10, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘In particular, the basic income support for sustainability, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, the complementary income support for young farmers, and the schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare, and the crisis payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events under direct payments and under rural development shall qualify under the criteria of the paragraphs of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture listed in Annex II to this Regulation for those interventions. For other interventions, the paragraphs of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture listed in Annex II to this Regulation are indicative and those interventions may instead comply with a paragraph of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture not listed in Annex II to this Regulation if that is specified and explained in the CAP Strategic Plan.’;
(3) Article 11 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. If a Member State intends to increase its planned outputs referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article set out in its CAP Strategic Plan approved by the Commission, it shall notify the Commission of its revised planned outputs in accordance with Article 119(9) before 1 January of the year preceding the claim year concerned.’
(b)in paragraph 5, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Each Member State concerned shall submit a notification in accordance with Article 119(9) with the reduction coefficient referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph by 31 March of the year preceding the claim year concerned.’
(4) Article 12 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States shall include, in their CAP Strategic Plans, a system of conditionality under which farmers and other beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II, except for the payments referred to in Article 41a, or annual payments under Articles 70, 71 and 72 are subject to an administrative penalty if they do not comply with the statutory management requirements under Union law and the GAEC standards established in the CAP Strategic Plans, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:
(a) the climate and the environment, including water, soil and biodiversity of ecosystems;
(b) public health and plant health;
(c) animal welfare.’;
(b)the following paragraph is inserted:
‘1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the system of conditionality shall not apply to beneficiaries of payments referred to in Article 28.’;
(5) in Article 13(1), the following subparagraphs are added:
‘Farmers whose entire holding is certified in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council* shall be deemed to comply with GAEC standards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 listed in Annex III to this Regulation.
In setting their standards, Member States may, where relevant, set the elements referred to in Article 109(2)(a)(i) so that they are consistent with mandatory requirements established by national law and do not go beyond them, provided that these existing national mandatory requirements comply with the GAEC standards listed in Annex III.’
* Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj).’;
(6) in Article 14, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States shall indicate, in their CAP Strategic Plans, that, at the latest as from 1 January 2025, farmers and other beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II, except for the payments referred to in Article 41a, or annual payments under Articles 70, 71 and 72 are to be subject to an administrative penalty if they do not comply with the requirements related to applicable working and employment conditions or employer obligations arising from the legal acts referred to in Annex IV.’;
(7) Article 16 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The types of intervention under this Chapter may take the form of decoupled and coupled direct payments and of complementary crisis payments.’;
(b)the following paragraph is added:
‘4. Complementary crisis payments shall be direct payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events.’
(8) in Article 19, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Member States that decide to make use of this provision shall apply it to all farmers for whom a risk management tool exists in a given year.’;
(9) Article 28 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 28
Payments for small farmers
Member States may grant a payment to small farmers, as determined by the Member States, by way of a lump sum or of amounts per hectare replacing direct payments under this Section and Section 3 of this Chapter. Member States shall design the corresponding intervention in the CAP Strategic Plan as optional for farmers.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide in the CAP Strategic Plan that the payment to small farmers referred to in the first subparagraph, shall not replace direct payments made to support eco-schemes established in accordance with Article 31.
The annual payment for each farmer under the first subparagraph shall not exceed EUR 2 500.
Member States may decide to set different lump sums or amounts per hectare linked to different area thresholds.’;
(10) Article 31 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 5 is amended as follows:
(1) (i) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘For commitments referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), where national law imposes requirements which go beyond the corresponding mandatory minimum requirements laid down in Union law, support may be granted for commitments contributing to compliance with those requirements.’;
(b)(ii) the following subparagraph is added:
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide to exclude from the requirement laid down in the first subparagraph, point (a), GAEC standard 2 established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title.’;
(c)paragraph 7 is amended as follows:
(i) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, payments granted in accordance with point (b) of that subparagraph for animal welfare commitments, commitments combating antimicrobial resistance, commitments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/848 may also take the form of an annual payment for the livestock units.’;
(ii) the following subparagraph is added:
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, payments granted in accordance with point (b) of that subparagraph, may, where appropriate, take the form of an annual payment for beehives. For the purposes of this derogation, the definition of ‘beehive’ set out in the delegated act referred to in Article 56, point (b), shall apply.’;
(11) in Title III, Chapter II, the following Section is added:
‘Section 4
Complementary crisis payments
Article 41 - a Complementary crisis payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events under direct payments
1. Member States may provide complementary crisis payments to compensate beneficiaries of direct payments under Sections 2 and 3 of this Chapter that are affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events. Those payments shall aim at ensuring continuity of the agricultural activity of those beneficiaries and shall be subject to the conditions laid down in this Article and as further specified by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans.2. Support under this Article shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent authority of the Member State that a natural disaster, adverse climatic event or catastrophic event, as defined by the Member State, has occurred and that these events, or measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest, or measures adopted to control, prevent or eradicate animal diseases listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882* or measures adopted regarding an emerging disease in accordance with Article 6(3) and Article 259 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 have directly caused a damage resulting in the destruction of at least 30 % of the average annual production of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and the lowest entry. The losses shall be calculated either at holding level, at the level of the holding’s activity in the sector concerned or in relation to the specific area concerned.
3. Member States shall ensure that support under this Article targets farmers who are most affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events, by determining eligibility conditions on the basis of available evidence.
4. Member States shall establish the applicable support rates for compensating the loss of production. Those rates shall be higher for farmers who are covered by an insurance scheme or another risk management tool. Indexes may be used for calculating the loss of production.
5. Member States may decide to co-finance the payments with additional national financing of up to 200 % in accordance with Article 115(5) and Article 146.
6. When granting support under this Article, Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with those based on Article 78a and that overcompensation as a result of the combination of s intervention under this Article with other national or Union support instruments or private insurance schemes is avoided.
7. By way of derogation from Article 111, first subparagraph, points (h) and (i) of that subparagraph shall not apply to support under this type of intervention.
* Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 of 3 December 2018 on the application of certain disease prevention and control rules to categories of listed diseases and establishing a list of species and groups of species posing a considerable risk for the spread of those listed diseases (OJ L 308, 4.12.2018, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/1882/oj ).’;
(12) Article 48 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 48
Planning and reporting at operational programme level
Article 7(1), point (a), Article 102, Article 111, points (g) and (h), Article 112(3), point (b), and Article 134 shall apply for the types of intervention in the sectors referred to in Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f), at the level of operational programmes instead of at the level of intervention. The planning and reporting for those types of intervention shall also be carried out at the level of operational programmes.’;
(13) in Article 52(2), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Those limits may be increased by 0,5 percentage points, where the operational programme comprises one or more interventions linked to any of the objectives referred to in Article 46, points (d), (e), (f), (h), (i) or (j), provided that the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph is used solely to finance expenditure resulting from the implementation of these interventions. In the case of associations of producer organisations, including transnational associations of producer organisations, those interventions may be implemented by the association on behalf of its members.’;
(14) Article 69 is amended as follows:
(a)point (e) is replaced by the following:
‘(e) setting-up of young farmers and new farmers, rural business start-up and business development of small farms;’;
(b)the following point added:
‘(i) crisis payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events under rural development.’;
(15) Article 70 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 3 is amended as follows:
(b)(i) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘For commitments referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), where national law imposes requirements which go beyond the corresponding mandatory minimum requirements laid down in Union law, support may be granted for commitments contributing to compliance with those requirements.’
(ii) the following subparagraph is inserted:
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide to exclude from the requirement laid down in the first subparagraph, point (a), GAEC standard 2 established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title.’;
(c)paragraph 8 is replaced by the following:
‘8. Where support under this Article is granted to agri-environment-climate commitments or commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Member States shall establish a payment per hectare, or where appropriate, per beehive, as defined in the delegated act referred to in Article 56, point (b), of this Regulation. For other commitments, Member States may apply units other than hectares. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support under this Article as a lump sum.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, support for agri-environment-climate commitments beneficial for the climate and commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/848 may take the form of a payment for the livestock units.’;
(16) in Article 72(5), the following subparagraph is added:
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide to include in the calculation additional costs and income foregone in relation to disadvantages resulting from compliance with GAEC standard 2 established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title.’;
(17) in Article 73, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
5. Where Union law results in the imposition of new requirements on farmers, support may be granted for investments to comply with those requirements for a maximum of 36 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding.
For young farmers setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding support for investments to comply with the requirements of Union law may be granted for a maximum of 36 months from the date of setting up, or until the actions defined in the business plan referred to in Article 75(3) are completed.’;
(18) Article 75 is amended as follows:
(a)the title is replaced by the following:
‘Setting-up of young farmers and new farmers, and rural business start-up or business development of small farms’;
(b)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States may grant support for the setting-up of young farmers and the start-up of rural businesses, including the setting-up of new farmers, and for business development of small farms under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with a view to contributing to the achievement of one or more of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2).’;
(c)in paragraph 2, the following point is added:
‘(d) the business development of small farms, as determined by Member States pursuant to Article 73(4), second subparagraph, point (b).’;
(d)paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. Member States shall grant support in the form of lump sums or financial instruments or a combination of both. Support shall be limited to:
(a) the maximum amount of aid of EUR 100 000 for the activities referred to in paragraph 2, points (a), (b) and (c);
(b) the maximum amount of aid of EUR 50 000 for the activities referred to in paragraph 2, point (d).
Support may be differentiated in accordance with objective criteria.’;
(19) in Article 76(5), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Member States shall ensure that support is granted only for covering losses which exceed a threshold of at least 20 % of the average annual production or income of the farmer in the preceding three-year period, or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Sectoral production risk management tools shall calculate the losses either at holding level, at the level of the holding’s activity in the sector concerned or in relation to the specific area insured.
For permanent crops and in other justified cases for which the calculation methods referred to in the first subparagraph are not appropriate, Member States may assess the losses on the basis of the average annual production or income of the farmer over a period that does not exceed eight years, excluding the highest and lowest entry.
Member States may apply an appropriate alternative assessment for calculating the losses for young farmers and new farmers.’;
(20) in Title III, Chapter IV, Section 1, the following Article is added:
‘Article 78a
Crisis payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events under rural development
1. Member States may provide crisis payments to active farmers that are affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events. Those payments shall aim at ensuring continuity of the agricultural activity of those farmers and shall be subject to the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2. Support under this Article shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent authority of the Member State that a natural disaster, adverse climatic event or catastrophic event, as defined by the Member State, has occurred and that these events, or measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest, or measures adopted to prevent or eradicate animal diseases listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 or measures adopted regarding an emerging disease in accordance with Article 6(3) and Article 259 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 have directly caused a damage resulting in the destruction of at least 30 % of the average annual production of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and the lowest entry. The losses shall be calculated either at holding level, at the level of the holding’s activity in the sector concerned or in relation to the specific area concerned.
3. Member States shall ensure that support under this Article targets farmers who are most affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events, by determining eligibility conditions on the basis of available evidence.
4. Member States shall establish the applicable support rates for compensating the loss of production. Those rates shall be higher for farmers who are covered by an insurance scheme or another risk management tool. Indexes may be used for calculating the loss of production.
5. When granting support under this Article, Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with those based on Article 41a and that overcompensation as a result of the combination of intervention under this Article with other national or Union support instruments or private insurance schemes is avoided.
6. By way of derogation from Article 111, first subparagraph, points (h) and (i) of that subparagraph shall not apply to support under this type of intervention.’;
(21) in Article 79(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘After consultation of the monitoring committee referred to in Article 124 (‘the monitoring committee’), the national managing authority, regional managing authorities where relevant, or designated intermediate bodies shall set out selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of intervention: investments, setting-up of young farmers and new farmers, rural business start-up and business development of small farms, cooperation, knowledge exchange and dissemination of information. Those selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.’;
(22) Article 80 is amended as follows:
(a)in paragraph 2, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Where support is granted in the form of financial instruments, the definitions of ‘financial instrument’, financial product, ‘final recipient’, ‘holding fund’, ‘specific fund’, ‘leverage effect’, ‘multiplier ratio’, ‘management costs’ and ‘management fees’ laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and the provisions of Title V, Chapter II, Section II and point II of Annex XIII to that Regulation shall apply.’;
(b)in paragraph 3, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘For activities falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU, the total amount of support for working capital provided to a final recipient shall not exceed a gross grant equivalent of EUR 300 000 over any period of three years.’;
(c)in paragraph 5, the following subparagraph is added:
‘Value-added tax (‘VAT’) shall be eligible as regards investments made by final recipients in the context of financial instruments. Where these investments are supported by financial instruments combined with programme support in the form of a grant as referred to in Article 58(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the VAT shall not be eligible for the part of the investment cost which corresponds to the programme support in the form of a grant, unless the VAT for the investment cost is non-recoverable under national VAT legislation.’;
(23) Article 81 is amended as follows:
(a)in paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Member States may allocate, in the proposal for a CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 118 or in the request for amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 119, an amount of up to 3 % of the initial EAFRD allocation to the CAP Strategic Plan to be contributed to InvestEU and delivered through the EU guarantee or the InvestEU financial instrument referred to in Article 10a of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and the InvestEU Advisory Hub. The CAP Strategic Plan shall contain a justification for the use of InvestEU and its contribution to the achievement of one or more of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2) of this Regulation and chosen under the CAP Strategic Plan.’;
(b)paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used for the provisioning of the part of the EU guarantee or for the funding provided under the InvestEU financial instrument under the Member State compartment and for the InvestEU Advisory Hub, upon conclusion of the contribution agreement referred to in Article 10(3) or Article 10a(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/523. The budgetary commitments of the Union in respect of each contribution agreement may be made by the Commission in annual instalments during the period between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2027.’;
(c)in paragraph 4, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Where a contribution agreement as referred to in Article 10(2) or Article 10a(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 for the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article allocated in the CAP Strategic Plan has not been concluded following the adoption of the Commission implementing decision approving that CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 118 of this Regulation, the corresponding amount shall be reallocated in the CAP Strategic Plan following the approval of a request for amendment by the Member State submitted in accordance with Article 119 of this Regulation.’;
(d)paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 are replaced by the following:
‘5. Where a guarantee agreement as referred to in Article 10(4), second subparagraph, or in Article 10a(4), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 has not been concluded within 12 months from the approval of the contribution agreement, the contribution agreement shall be terminated or prolonged by mutual agreement.
Where the participation of a Member State in InvestEU is discontinued, the amounts concerned paid into the common provisioning fund as provisioning or allocated under the InvestEU financial instrument shall be recovered as internal assigned revenue pursuant to Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation and the Member State shall submit a request for amendment of its CAP Strategic Plan to use the amounts recovered and the amounts allocated to future calendar years in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
The termination or amendment of the contribution agreement shall be concluded simultaneously with the adoption of the Commission implementing decision approving the relevant amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan and at the latest on 31 December 2026.
6. Where a guarantee agreement as referred to in Article 10(4), third subparagraph, or in Article 10a(4), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 has not been duly implemented within the period agreed in the contribution agreement, but not exceeding four years from the signature of the guarantee agreement, the contribution agreement shall be amended. The Member State may request that amounts contributed to the EU guarantee or to the InvestEU financial instrument under paragraph 1 of this Article and committed in the guarantee agreement but not covering underlying loans, equity investments or other risk-bearing instruments are treated in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article.
7. Resources generated by or attributable to the amounts contributed to the EU guarantee in accordance with this Article shall be made available to the Member State in accordance with Article 10(5), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and shall be used for support under the same objective or objectives referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in the form of financial instruments or budgetary guarantees. Resources generated by or attributable to the amounts contributed to the InvestEU financial instrument in accordance with this Article shall be made available to the Member State in accordance with the contribution agreement and shall be used for support under the same objective or objectives in the form of financial instruments or budgetary guarantees.’;
(24) in Article 83(2), after point (b), the following point is inserted:
‘(ba) in accordance with the calculation methods established pursuant to Article 54, Article 55 and Article 56(1) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;’;
(25) in Article 86, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
‘2. Expenditure that becomes eligible as a result of an amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan shall be eligible for a contribution from the EAGF from the date of effect of the amendment set by the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 119(8), but not earlier than from the date of submission to the Commission of the request for amendment or from the date of submission to the Commission of notification referred to in Article 119(9).’;
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the CAP Strategic Plan may provide that, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events, the eligibility of EAGF-financed expenditure relating to amendments to the CAP Strategic Plan related to interventions referred to in Article 41a may start from the date on which the event occurred.
3. Expenditure that becomes eligible as a result of an amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan shall be eligible for a contribution from the EAFRD from the date of submission to the Commission of the request for amendment, or from the date of notification referred to in Article 119(9).
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph and from paragraph 4, second subparagraph, the CAP Strategic Plan may provide that, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, the eligibility of EAFRD-financed expenditure relating to amendments to the CAP Strategic Plan may start from the date on which the event occurred.’
(26) in Title IV, the following Article is inserted:
‘Article 96a
Maximum financial allocations for crisis payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events
1. For each Member State, the maximum amount that can be reserved for the crisis payments to farmers following natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events referred to in Articles 41a and 78a shall be limited to the annual amounts set out in Annex XV, Table 1.
For calendar years 2025 and 2026, the total annual expenditure for the complementary crisis payments referred to in Article 41a shall not exceed the indicative financial allocation for this type of intervention for the relevant calendar year, as established by Member States in their financial plans in accordance with Article 112(2), point (a), and approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 119. That financial ceiling shall constitute a financial ceiling set by Union law.
The total EAFRD expenditure for the crisis payments referred to in Article 78a shall not exceed the sum of the indicative financial allocations for this type of intervention for financial years 2026 and 2027, as established by Member States in their financial plans in accordance with Article 112(2), point (a), and approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 119. That financial ceiling shall constitute a financial ceiling set by Union law.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where a Member State decides not to provide support for crisis payments in accordance with Article 78a, the maximum annual amount that can be reserved by this Member State for the complementary crisis payments referred to in Article 41a shall be limited to the annual amounts set out in Annex XV, Table 2.
For calendar years 2025 and 2026, the total annual expenditure for the complementary crisis payments as referred to in Article 41a shall not exceed the indicative financial allocation for this type of intervention for the relevant calendar year, as established by Member States in their financial plans in accordance with Article 112(2), point (a), and approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 119. That financial ceiling shall constitute a financial ceiling set by Union law.’;
(27) in Article 111, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Point (e) of the first subparagraph shall not apply to interventions under the type of intervention for complementary crisis payments to farmers under direct payments referred to in Article 41a, the type of intervention in the apiculture sector referred to in Article 55(1), points (a) and (c) to (g), interventions under the type of intervention in the wine sector referred to in Article 58(1), points (h) to (k), the information and promotion actions for quality schemes under the type of intervention for cooperation referred to in Article 77, and interventions under the type of intervention for crisis payments to farmers under rural development referred to in Article 78a.’;
(28) in Article 115(5), point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) a short description of additional national financing for interventions in rural development laid down in Title III, Chapter IV, and for interventions for complementary crisis payments to farmers laid down in Article 41a, which is provided within the scope of the CAP Strategic Plan, including the amounts per intervention and indication of compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation;’;
(29) Article 119 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 119
Amendments of the CAP Strategic Plans
1. Member States may amend their CAP Strategic Plans by submitting requests for strategic amendment to the Commission pursuant to paragraph 2 or by notifying the amendment to the Commission pursuant to paragraph 9.
2. Member States shall submit to the Commission requests for strategic amendments of their CAP Strategic Plans. Strategic amendments shall be the following amendments of the CAP Strategic Plans:
(a) amendments introducing new interventions or deleting interventions from the CAP Strategic Plans;
(b) amendments that lead to changes of milestones or targets under the result indicators which are marked with ‘PR’ in Annex I;
(c) amendments related to Article 17(5), Article 88(7), Articles 92 to 98 or Article 103(1) and (5);
(d) amendments of the target and financial plans in the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 112, including amendments to the contribution from EAFRD to InvestEU referred to in Article 81, amendments to the EAFRD total contribution to each type of intervention for the entire period covered by the CAP Strategic Plan or amendments related to the EAFRD contribution rates referred to in Article 91.
Requests for strategic amendments of CAP Strategic Plans shall be duly justified and shall in particular set out the expected impact of the changes to the plan on achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2). They shall be accompanied by the amended plan including the updated annexes as appropriate.
3. The Commission shall assess the consistency of strategic amendments referred to in paragraph 2 with this Regulation and the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant to it as well as with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 and its effective contribution to achieving the specific objectives.
4. The Commission shall approve the requested strategic amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan provided that the necessary information has been submitted and the strategic amendment is compatible with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, as well as the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant to them.
5. The Commission shall make observations within 30 working days from the submission of the request for amendment referred to in paragraph 2. The Member States shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information.
6. The approval of a request for strategic amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan shall take place no later than three months after its submission by the Member State.
7. A request for strategic amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan may be submitted twice per calendar year, subject to possible exceptions provided for in this Regulation or to be determined by the Commission in accordance with Article 122. In addition, three further requests for strategic amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan may be submitted during the duration of the CAP Strategic Plan period. This paragraph shall not apply to requests for amendments to submit the missing elements of the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 118(5).
A request for strategic amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan related to Article 17(5), Article 88(7) or Article 103(5) shall not count for the limitation laid down in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
8. An amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan related to Article 17(5), Article 88(7) or Article 103(1) in relation to the EAGF shall take effect from 1 January of the calendar year following the year of approval of the request for strategic amendment by the Commission and following the corresponding amendment of the allocations in accordance with Article 87(2).
An amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan related to Article 103(1) in relation to the EAFRD shall take effect after the approval of the request for strategic amendment by the Commission and following the corresponding amendment of the allocations in accordance with Article 89(4).
A strategic amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan related to the EAGF, other than the amendments referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, shall take effect from a date to be determined by the Member State but not earlier than from the date of submission to the Commission of the request for amendment. Member States may set different date or dates of effect for different elements of the strategic amendment. Where the strategic amendment may place the farmers concerned in a less favourable position than they enjoyed prior to that amendment, Member States shall take into account when determining the date of effect of the amendment the need of farmers and other beneficiaries to have sufficient time to take the amendment into account. The planned date of effect for strategic amendment related to the EAGF shall be indicated by the Member State in the request to amend the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and shall be subject to approval by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 10 of this Article.
9. Member States may, at any time, make and apply other amendments to their CAP Strategic Plans, than strategic amendments referred to in paragraph 2. They shall notify those other amendments to the Commission by the time they start applying them and add them to the amended CAP Strategic Plan submitted together with the next request for amendment in accordance with paragraph 2. .
In case amendments are introduced in relation to GAEC standard 1 and 4, Member States shall ensure and provide a specific justification that such amendments do not put at risk environmental and climate objectives linked to, as appropriate, the conservation of permanent grassland or the protection of watercourses from pollution.
Where the Commission does not object to notified amendments within 30 working days from the submission of the notification, the amendments shall have legal effects from the date of the notification. The Commission shall object to a notified amendment if it finds that the amendment is not compatible with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, as well as in the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant to them.
The notified amendments to which Commission made objections shall not have legal effects and Member State shall delete them from the amended CAP Strategic Plan submitted pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph. The expenditure resulting from those amendments shall not be eligible for a contribution from the EAFRD or the EAGF. The Member State may submit those amendments to the Commission for approval in a request for strategic amendment referred to in paragraph 2. The rules concerning approvals of strategic amendments referred to in paragraphs 2 to 8 and 10 and 11 concerning strategic amendments shall apply mutatis mutandis to approval of amendments to which Commission objected in accordance with the second subparagraph of this paragraph. Article 121 of this Regulation on the calculation of time limits for Commission actions shall apply mutatis mutandis to actions pursuant to this paragraph.
10. Each strategic amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan referred to in paragraph 2 shall be approved by the Commission by means of an implementing decision without applying the committee procedure referred to in Article 153.
11. Without prejudice to Article 86, strategic amendments to CAP Strategic Plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall only have legal effects after their approval by the Commission.
12. Corrections of clerical or obvious errors or of a purely editorial nature that do not affect the implementation of the policy and the intervention shall not be considered to be a request for amendment or notification under this Article. Member States shall inform the Commission of such corrections.’
(30) Article 120 is deleted;
(31) In Article 122, point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) procedures and time limits for the submission of requests for amendment and notifications of amendments;’;
(32) in Article 124(4), point (d) is replaced by the following:
‘(d) any proposal by the managing authority for amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan and, as regards a proposal for amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan related to the EAGF, the date of effect of the amendment proposed by the managing authority in accordance with Article 119(8).’;
(33) Article 134 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. To be admissible, the annual performance report shall contain all information required in paragraphs 4, 5, 7 and 10. The Commission shall inform the Member States concerned within 15 working days from the submission of the annual performance report if it is not admissible, failing which it shall be deemed admissible.’;
(b)paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
‘5. The quantitative information referred to in paragraph 4 shall include:
(a) the realised outputs achieved by the end of the previous financial year;
(b) the gross expenditure at the end of the financial year, relevant to the outputs referred to in point (a), before application of any penalties or other reductions, and for the EAFRD, taking into account reallocation of cancelled or recovered funds pursuant to Article 57 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;
(c) the ratio between gross expenditure referred to in point (b) and the relevant realised outputs referred to in point (a) (‘realised unit amount’);
(d) results and distance to corresponding milestones set in accordance with Article 109(1), point (a).
The information referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), shall be broken down per unit amount as set out in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 111, point (h). For output indicators which are marked in Annex I as used only for monitoring, only the information referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), of this paragraph shall be included.’;
(c)paragraph 6 is deleted;
(d)in paragraph 7, point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) any issues which affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan, in particular as regards deviations from milestones, providing the justifications referred to in Article 135, or where appropriate, giving reasons, and where relevant, describing the measures taken;’;
(e)paragraphs 8 and 9 are deleted;
(f)in paragraph 10, the second subparagraph is deleted;
(g)paragraph 13 is replaced by the following:
‘13. The Commission may make observations on the admissible annual performance reports, within one month from the day on which the Commission informs the Member States of their admissibility. Where the Commission does not provide observations within that deadline, the reports shall be deemed to be accepted. Article 121 on calculation of time limits for Commission actions shall apply mutatis mutandis.’;
(34) in Article 146, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘Support provided by Member States in relation to operations falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU that is intended to provide additional financing for interventions in rural development laid down in Title III, Chapter IV, of this Regulation, and for interventions for complementary crisis payments to farmers laid down in Article 41a of this Regulation for which Union support is granted at any time during the CAP Strategic Plan period may only be made if it complies with this Regulation and is included in Annex V to the CAP Strategic Plans approved by the Commission.’;
(35) Article 159 is deleted;
(36) Annexes I, II and III are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
(37) the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex XV.
Article 2 - Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116
(1) in Article 9(3), first subparagraph, point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) the annual performance report referred to in Article 134 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 showing that the expenditure was effected in accordance with Article 37 of this Regulation;’;
(2) in Article 10(1), point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) to supply the Commission with the annual performance report referred to in Article 134 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;’;
(3) in Article 12(2), first subparagraph, point (c) is replaced by the following:
‘(c) the performance reporting on output indicators and the performance reporting on result indicators for the multiannual performance monitoring referred to in Article 128 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, demonstrating that Article 37 of this Regulation is complied with, is correct;’;
(4) in Title II, the following Chapter is added:
‘Chapter III
CAP data and interoperability governance
Article 13 - a Authority in charge of data governance under the CAP
1. Each Member State shall designate one authority responsible for taking or coordinating actions to achieve and maintain national and cross-border interoperability between information systems used for the implementation, administration, monitoring and evaluation of the CAP for the benefit of farmers and other CAP beneficiaries. For the purposes of this Article, interoperability means the ability of information systems to interact with each other by sharing data by means of electronic communication.2. The designated authority shall have in particular the following tasks:
(a) drawing up and submitting to the Commission a Roadmap at the level of the Member State to achieve and maintain interoperability (hereinafter the ‘Roadmap’);
(b) coordination of the implementation, or, as decided by the Member State, implementation of the Roadmap in an efficient, effective and timely way;
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the designation of the authority at the latest by [….][OPOCE: within three months from the entry into force of this Regulation].
3. The Roadmap shall contain in particular the following elements:
(a) assessment of the current state of interoperability as referred to in paragraph 1, as well as assessment of digital identification systems and data sharing mechanisms used currently;
(b) identification of needs to achieve and maintain interoperability as referred to in paragraph 1, and design of measures to address them as well as timeframe with milestones and targets for their implementation;
(c) identification of possible synergies with other EU and national interoperability initiatives.
To the extent possible, Member States shall base their assessment of needs and the design of the measures on the principle that data is collected only once and re-used.
4. Member States shall submit the Roadmap referred to in paragraph 3 to the Commission at the latest by 16 September 2026.
The Commission shall assess the Member States’ Roadmaps and communicate its observations on the Roadmaps to the Member States at the latest by 16 November 2026. Member States shall take utmost account of the Commission observations, and, if necessary, shall submit a revised version of the Roadmap to the Commission by 16 December 2026.
Member States shall submit to the Commission amendments, if any, of their Roadmaps. The Commission shall assess the amendments of the Roadmap and shall communicate its observations on the amendments to the Member States within two months from their submission. Member States shall take utmost account of the Commission observations.
5. The definition referred to in Article 2 point (c) of this Regulation shall not apply to this Article.’;
(5) in Article 16(1), the following subparagraph is added:
‘The reserve shall not be used for measures providing support to farmers affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events. However, the reserve can be used for measures addressing market disturbance caused by natural disasters, adverse climatic events or catastrophic events including measures adopted pursuant to Articles 219 and 220 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.’;
(6) in Article 21, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Without prejudice to Articles 53 and 55, the monthly payments shall be made by the Commission for expenditure effected by accredited paying agencies during the reference month.’;
(7) In Article 21(2), the following subparagraph is added:
‘However, if expenditure referred to in Article 86(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 cannot be declared to the Commission in the month concerned due to the pending approval by the Commission of an amendment to the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 119(10) of that Regulation, that expenditure may be declared in the subsequent months of the same financial year or, or at the latest, in the annual accounts of that financial year to be sent to the Commission in accordance with Article 90(1), point (c)(iii), of this Regulation.’;
(8) in Article 32, paragraph 8 is replaced by the following:
‘8. Without prejudice to Articles 53 and 55, the Commission shall make interim payments within 45 days of registering a declaration of expenditure which meets the requirements laid down in paragraph 6 of this Article.’;
(9) Article 40 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 2 is deleted;
(b)paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. The implementing acts provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 103(2).
Before adopting the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1, of this Article, the Commission shall inform the Member State concerned of its intention and shall give the Member State the opportunity to submit its comments within a period which shall not be less than 30 days.’;
(10) in Article 45(1), point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) as regards expenditure under both the EAGF and the EAFRD, sums under Articles 38 and 55 of this Regulation and Article 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 applicable in accordance with Article 104 of this Regulation and, as regards expenditure under the EAGF, sums under Articles 53 and 56 of this Regulation which are to be paid into the Union budget, including interest thereon;’;
(11) in Article 53(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Those implementing acts shall cover the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts submitted and shall be without prejudice to the content of the implementing acts subsequently adopted pursuant to Article 55.’;
(12) Article 54 is deleted;
(13) in Article 57, the following paragraph is added:
‘3. The bodies implementing financial instruments shall reimburse to Member States programme contributions affected by irregularities, together with interest and any other gains generated by these contributions.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the bodies implementing financial instruments shall not reimburse to Member States the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph provided that those bodies demonstrate for a given irregularity that all the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) the irregularity occurred at the level of final recipients or, in the case of a holding fund, at the level of bodies implementing specific funds or final recipients;
(b) the bodies implementing financial instruments carried out their obligations, in relation to the programme contributions affected by the irregularity, in accordance with applicable law and acted with the degree of professional care, transparency and diligence expected from a professional body experienced in implementing financial instruments; and
(c) the amounts affected by the irregularity could not be recovered notwithstanding that the bodies implementing financial instruments pursued all applicable contractual and legal measures with due diligence.’;
(14) in Article 60, paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:
‘Where a beneficiary has been selected for an on-the-spot check on an aid application or on a payment claim or on conditionality pursuant to Article 83, Member States shall, to the extent possible and taking account of the associated risks, not select that beneficiary for a subsequent check and control sample for that year, except when the circumstances require a second control in order to ensure the effective protection of the financial interests of the Union. This provision shall not reduce the level of checks.’;
(15) in Article 67(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Member States shall record and keep any data and documentation on the annual outputs reported in the context of the reported progress towards targets set out in the CAP Strategic Plan and monitored in accordance with Article 128 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.’;
(16) in Article 68, paragraph 3 is deleted;
(17) in Article 69, paragraph 6 is deleted;
(18) in Article 70, paragraph 2 is deleted;
(19) the following Article is inserted:
‘Article 70a
Quality assessment of the identification system for agricultural parcels, of the geo-spatial application system and of the area monitoring system
Member States shall annually assess the quality of the elements referred to in Articles 68, 69 and 70 in accordance with the methodology set up at Union level. Where the assessment reveals deficiencies in the systems, Member States shall adopt appropriate remedial actions or, failing that, the Commission shall request Member States to set up an action plan in accordance with Article 42.
Member States shall submit to the Commission an assessment report and, where appropriate, the remedial actions and the timetable for their implementation by 15 February following the calendar year concerned.’;
(20) Article 72 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 72
Control and penalty system
Member States shall set up a control and penalty system referred to in Article 66(1), point (e). Member States, through the paying agencies or the bodies delegated by them, shall annually carry out administrative checks on the aid application and payment claims to verify legality and regularity in accordance with Article 59(1), point (a). Those checks shall be supplemented by on-the-spot checks, which may be executed remotely with the use of technology.
However, Member States may choose not to carry out on the spot checks where the eligibility conditions of interventions are monitored under the area monitoring system referred to in Article 70.’;
(21) in Article 74, point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) rules on the quality assessment referred to in Article 70a;’;
(22) Article 75 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 75
Implementing powers relating to Articles 68 to 70a
The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down rules on:
(a) the form and content of, and arrangements for transmitting or making available to the Commission:
(i) the assessment reports on the quality of the identification system for agricultural parcels, of the geo-spatial application system and of the area monitoring system;
(ii) the remedial actions referred to in Article 70a;
(b) basic features of, and rules on, the aid application system under Article 69 and the area monitoring system referred to in Article 70, including parameters of the gradual increase of the number of interventions under the area monitoring system.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 103(3).’;
(23) Article 83 is amended as follows:
(a)in paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Title III, Chapter II, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, except for the payments referred to in Article 41a of that Regulation;’;
(b)the following paragraph is inserted:
‘1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the control system for conditionality shall not apply to beneficiaries of payments referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.’;
(c)paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
‘2. Beneficiaries listed in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be exempted from controls under the system set up in accordance with that paragraph where the area eligible for the payments and the support referred to in that paragraph, as declared in the geo-spatial application referred to in Article 69(1), does not exceed 10 hectares.
3. Member States may make use of their existing control systems and administration to ensure compliance with the rules on conditionality.
Those systems shall be compatible with the control systems referred to in paragraph 1.’;
(d)paragraph 4 is deleted;
(e)paragraph 6 is amended as follows:
(i) the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
‘6. In order to comply with their control obligations laid down in paragraphs 1 and 3, Member States:’;
(ii) point (d) is replaced by the following:
‘(d) shall establish the control sample for the on-the-spot checks referred to in point (a) to be carried out each year on the basis of an annual risk analysis that includes a random component and covers at least 1 % of the beneficiaries listed in paragraph 1 of this Article. Where, pursuant to Article 60(1), third subparagraph, a Member State does not select a beneficiary for a check or control sample, it shall ensure that the minimum control rate is respected;’;
(24) Article 84 is amended as follows:
(a)the following paragraph is inserted:
‘1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the system of administrative penalties for conditionality shall not apply to beneficiaries of payments referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.’;
(b)paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. Beneficiaries listed in Article 83(1) shall be exempted from the penalties referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article where the area eligible for the payments and the support referred to in Article 83(1), as declared in the geo-spatial application referred to in Article 69(1), does not exceed 10 hectares.’;
(25) Article 102 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
‘2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 11(1), Article 17(5), Article 23(2), Article 38(2), Article 40(3), Article 41(3), Article 44(4) and (5), Article 47(1), Article 52(1), Article 55(6), Article 60(3), Article 64(3), Article 74, Article 76(2), Article 85(7), Article 89(2), Article 94(5) and (6), Article 95(2) and Article 105 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from 7 December 2021. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the seven-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 11(1), Article 17(5), Article 23(2), Article 38(2), Article 40(3), Article 41(3), Article 44(4) and (5), Article 47(1), Article 52(1), Article 55(6), Article 60(3), Article 64(3), Article 74, Article 76(2), Article 85(7), Article 89(2), Article 94(5) and (6), Article 95(2) and Article 105 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.’;
(b)paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
‘6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 11(1), Article 17(5), Article 23(2), Article 38(2), Article 40(3), Article 41(3), Article 44(4) and (5), Article 47(1), Article 52(1), Article 55(6), Article 60(3), Article 64(3), Article 74, Article 76(2), Article 85(7), Article 89(2), Article 94(5) and (6), Article 95(2) and Article 105 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.’;
(26) in Article 103(1), second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘For the purposes of Articles 11, 12, 17, 18, 23, 26, 32, 39 to 44, 47, 51 to 53, 55, 58, 59, 60, 64, 75, 82, 92, 95 and 100, as regards matters relating to interventions in the form of direct payments, interventions in certain sectors, interventions for rural development and the common organisation of markets, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on the Agricultural Funds, the Common Agricultural Policy Committee established by Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets established by Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, respectively.’
Article 3 - Transitional provisions and measures
2. Modifications of CAP Strategic Plans notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 119(9) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 but not approved by the Commission before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be included in the next request for strategic amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan submitted pursuant to Article 119(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, as amended by this Regulation.
Article 4 - Entry into force and application
However, Article 2, point (5) shall apply from 16 October 2025.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.