Joint letter to the EU Commission to reconsider the loosening of the CAPs green architecture

The document argues that recent European Commission measures to reduce administrative burdens on farmers—including derogations for non-productive land and reduced compliance controls—undermine the EU's climate and biodiversity goals. The signatories contend that environmental standards are being used as a scapegoat for deeper socio-economic issues in the agri-food chain and call for a systemic transition toward agroecology and fairer subsidy distribution.

• The European Commission adopted an Implementing Regulation on 12 February 2024 that allows Member States to waive the requirement for farmers to dedicate at least 4% of arable land to non-productive areas to receive CAP subsidies.
• On 22 February 2024, the Commission announced initiatives to reduce administrative burdens, which include relaxing GAEC rules and exempting 65% of CAP beneficiaries from compliance controls, as well as removing the need for individual applications for aerial pesticide spraying.
• The Belgian Presidency and the Commissioner for Agriculture have proposed further flexibility on conditionality requirements, including the potential transfer of GAEC 1, 6, 7, and 8 to voluntary eco-schemes.

APA

ClientEarth (2024). Joint letter to the EU Commission to reconsider the loosening of the CAPs green architecture. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0uyo3hsg/joint-letter-to-the-eu-commission-to-reconsider-the-loosening-of-the-cap-s-green-architecture.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Joint letter to the EU Commission to reconsider the loosening of the CAPs green architecture. 2024. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0uyo3hsg/joint-letter-to-the-eu-commission-to-reconsider-the-loosening-of-the-cap-s-green-architecture.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2024joint, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Joint letter to the EU Commission to reconsider the loosening of the CAPs green architecture}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/0uyo3hsg/joint-letter-to-the-eu-commission-to-reconsider-the-loosening-of-the-cap-s-green-architecture.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }