These proposals aimed to:
- reduce the burden related to controls for EU farmers with a diminution by at least 50% of the number of on-farm visits by national administrations, and for farms under 10 hectares, the exemption from controls and penalties related to compliance with conditionality requirements
- provide them with greater flexibility for complying with certain environmental conditionalities.
The changes to current CAP rules result in:
- more flexibility for farmers and national administrations
- requirements more compatible with farming realities.
The simplification measures were carefully calibrated, and targeted to maintain a high level of environment and climate ambition in the current CAP.
These proposals were voted on 24 April 2024 by the European Parliament, and entered into force on 25 May 2024, after their final adoption by the Council. They apply retroactively to EU farmers to cover the year 2024. The Commission took stock of progress in implementing the simplification package. It outlined the key challenges, the process, the results of the consultations that fed into the package, and the different options considered.
