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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to 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 1307/2013note, and in particular Article 117 thereof,Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EU) 2026/1768 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote amended Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, among others, by introducing a new type of intervention under rural development.
(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289note lays down detailed rules on the presentation of the content of the CAP Strategic Plans.
(3)Regulation (EU) 2026/1768 inserted a new Article 78b in Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 introducing a new type of intervention for support to farmers affected by the severe increase of fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis. Point 5 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289 should therefore be amended to include the information specific to this type of intervention in the CAP Strategic Plans.
(4)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)To enable Member States to introduce a new intervention for support to farmers affected by the severe increase of fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis through a request for strategic amendment of CAP Strategic Plans containing all the necessary information as soon as possible after the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2026/1768 and to ensure that the CAP Strategic Plans contain all the information necessary to enable the Commission to assess and process such requests for strategic amendment and notifications of other amendments effectively within the time limits laid down in Article 119 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(6)Considering that this Regulation lays down rules concerning the content of the CAP Strategic Plans, this Regulation should apply from the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2026/1768 to ensure a level playing field and legal certainty for the Member States, farmers and stakeholders concerned.
(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Common Agricultural Policy Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 22 July 2026.
In Section 5, point (f)(ii), of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289, the following indent is added:
‘—for interventions referred to in Article 78b of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115:
—an indication of the methodology for the calculation of the additional costs of fertilisers and the average annual consumption of fertilisers per area, where relevant;
—a description of the provisions to avoid overcompensation;’.
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