BRUSSELS, July 18 () –
The European Commission has given its approval on Monday to the national strategic plan on how the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be applied, which will come into force next year and whose formal adoption still has to comply with a series of procedures.
“The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Janusz Wojciechowski, has just confirmed that we are part of the first group of countries whose negotiation of the CAP strategic plan has concluded with the European Commission,” said the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, in a post on Twitter.
In addition to the Spanish, the Community Executive has given its approval to the plans of Portugal, Poland, Denmark and France during the Council of Agriculture Ministers of the EU.
After the completion of the negotiations between Spain and the Community Executive on the strategic plan and political approval, Brussels will now have to proceed with the approval process, which lasts around 6 weeks, so the adoption should take place at the beginning of September.
Brussels has accepted the plan presented by Spain after it has corrected and revised certain points and having presented the final referral.
Among the latest modifications introduced for the approval of the plan, the European Commission has not considered the inclusion of sunflower and rapeseed in the protein plan, the Spanish proposal is to allocate the 45 million euros planned for these crops and increase the basic income aid of the regions where they are produced.
“This will make it easier for our farmers and ranchers to plan their crops and production for the next campaign,” the minister said in a statement.
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