Council of the European Union and European Parliament 2 December 2021, 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 1307/2013

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TITLE I. SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE, APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1. Subject matter and scope
Article 2. Applicable provisions
Article 3. Definitions
Article 4. Definitions and conditions to be provided in the CAP Strategic Plans
TITLE II. OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS
Article 5. General objectives
Article 6. Specific objectives
Article 7. Indicators
TITLE III. COMMON REQUIREMENTS AND TYPES OF INTERVENTION
CHAPTER I. COMMON REQUIREMENTS
Section 1. General principles
Article 8. Strategic approach
Article 9. General principles
Article 10. WTO domestic support
Article 11. Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on oilseeds
Section 2. Conditionality
Article 12. Principle and scope
Article 13. Obligations of Member States relating to good agricultural and environmental condition
Section 3. Social conditionality
Article 14. Principle and scope
Section 4. Farm advisory services
Article 15. Farm advisory services
CHAPTER II. TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN THE FORM OF DIRECT PAYMENTS
Section 1. Types of intervention, reduction and minimum requirements
Article 16. Types of intervention in the form of direct payments
Article 17. Capping and degressivity of payments
Article 18. Minimum requirements
Article 19. Contribution to risk management tools
Section 2. Decoupled direct payments
Subsection 1. General provisions
Article 20. General requirements for receiving decoupled direct payments
Subsection 2. Basic income support for sustainability
Article 21. General rules
Article 22. Amount of support per hectare
Article 23. Payment entitlements
Article 24. Value of payment entitlements and convergence
Article 25. Activation of payment entitlements
Article 26. Reserves for payment entitlements
Article 27. Transfers of payment entitlements
Article 28. Payments for small farmers
Subsection 3. Complementary income support
Article 29. Complementary redistributive income support for sustainability
Article 30. Complementary income support for young farmers
Subsection 4. Schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare
Article 31. Schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare
Section 3. Coupled direct payments
Subsection 1. Coupled income support
Article 32. General rules
Article 33. Scope
Article 34. Eligibility
Article 35. Delegated powers in the case of structural market imbalances in a sector
Subsection 2. Crop-specific payment for cotton
Article 36. Scope
Article 37. General rules
Article 38. Base areas, fixed yields and reference amounts
Article 39. Approved interbranch organisations
Article 40. Granting of the payment
Article 41. Derogations
CHAPTER III. TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN CERTAIN SECTORS
Section 1. General provisions
Article 42. Scope
Article 43. Mandatory and optional types of intervention
Article 44. Forms of support
Article 45. Delegated powers for additional requirements for types of intervention
Article 46. Objectives in the fruit and vegetables sector, the hops sector, the olive oil and table olives sector and in the other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f)
Article 47. Types of intervention in the fruit and vegetables sector, the hops sector, the olive oil and table olives sector and in the other sectors referred to in Article 42, point (f)
Article 48. Planning, reporting and performance clearance at operational programme level
Section 2. Fruit and vegetables sector
Article 49. Objectives in the fruit and vegetables sector
Article 50. Operational programmes
Article 51. Operational funds
Article 52. Union financial assistance to the fruit and vegetables sector
Article 53. National financial assistance
Section 3. Apiculture sector
Article 54. Objectives in the apiculture sector
Article 55. Types of intervention in the apiculture sector and Union financial assistance
Article 56. Additional delegated powers for types of intervention in the apiculture sector
Section 4. Wine sector
Article 57. Objectives in the wine sector
Article 58. Types of intervention in the wine sector
Article 59. Union financial assistance to the wine sector
Article 60. Specific rules on Union financial assistance to the wine sector
Section 5. Hops sector
Article 61. Objectives and types of intervention in the hops sector
Article 62. Union financial assistance
Section 6. Olive oil and table olives sector
Article 63. Objectives in the olive oil and table olives sector
Article 64. Types of intervention in the olive oil and table olives sector
Article 65. Union financial assistance
Section 7. Other sectors
Article 66. Objectives in other sectors
Article 67. Types of intervention in other sectors
Article 68. Union financial assistance
CHAPTER IV. TYPES OF INTERVENTION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Section 1. Types of intervention
Article 69. Types of intervention for rural development
Article 70. Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments
Article 71. Natural or other area-specific constraints
Article 72. Area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements
Article 73. Investments
Article 74. Investments in irrigation
Article 75. Setting-up of young farmers and new farmers and rural business start-up
Article 76. Risk management tools
Article 77. Cooperation
Article 78. Knowledge exchange and dissemination of information
Section 2. Elements applying to several types of intervention
Article 79. Selection of operations
Article 80. Specific rules for financial instruments
Article 81. Use of the EAFRD delivered through InvestEU
Article 82. Adequacy and accuracy of payment calculation
Article 83. Forms of grants
Article 84. Delegated powers for additional requirements for types of intervention for rural development
TITLE IV. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Article 85. EAGF and EAFRD expenditure
Article 86. Eligibility of expenditure
Article 87. Financial allocations for types of intervention in the form of direct payments
Article 88. Financial allocations for certain types of intervention in certain sectors
Article 89. Financial allocations for types of intervention for rural development
Article 90. EAFRD contribution
Article 91. EAFRD contribution rates
Article 92. Minimum financial allocations for LEADER
Article 93. Minimum financial allocations for interventions addressing environmental and climate-related specific objectives
Article 94. Maximum financial allocations for technical assistance
Article 95. Minimum financial allocations for support for young farmers
Article 96. Maximum financial allocations for coupled income support
Article 97. Minimum financial allocations for eco-schemes
Article 98. Minimum financial allocations for the redistributive income support
Article 99. Voluntary contribution from the EAFRD allocation to actions under LIFE and Erasmus+
Article 100. Tracking climate expenditure
Article 101. Indicative financial allocations
Article 102. Planned unit amounts and planned outputs
Article 103. Flexibility between direct payment allocations and EAFRD allocations
TITLE V. CAP STRATEGIC PLAN
CHAPTER I. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Article 104. CAP Strategic Plans
Article 105. Increased ambition with regard to environmental and climate-related objectives
Article 106. Procedural requirements
CHAPTER II. CONTENT OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLAN
Article 107. Content of the CAP Strategic Plan
Article 108. Assessment of needs
Article 109. Intervention strategy
Article 110. Elements common to several interventions
Article 111. Interventions
Article 112. Target and financial plans
Article 113. Governance and coordination systems
Article 114. Modernisation
Article 115. Annexes
Article 116. Delegated powers for the content of the CAP Strategic Plan
Article 117. Implementing powers for the content of the CAP Strategic Plan
CHAPTER III. APPROVAL AND AMENDMENT OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLAN
Article 118. Approval of the CAP Strategic Plan
Article 119. Amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan
Article 120. Review of the CAP Strategic Plans
Article 121. Calculation of time limits for Commission actions
Article 122. Delegated powers concerning amendments of CAP Strategic Plans
TITLE VI. COORDINATION AND GOVERNANCE
Article 123. Managing authority
Article 124. Monitoring committee
Article 125. Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States
Article 126. National and European CAP networks
Article 127. European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability
TITLE VII. MONITORING, REPORTING AND EVALUATION
CHAPTER I. PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK
Article 128. Establishment of the performance framework
Article 129. Objectives of the performance framework
Article 130. Electronic information system
Article 131. Provision of information
Article 132. Monitoring procedures
Article 133. Implementing powers for the performance framework
CHAPTER II. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS
Article 134. Annual performance reports
Article 135. Biennial performance review
Article 136. Annual review meetings
CHAPTER III. REPORTING FOR THE CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR COTTON AND THE TRANSITIONAL NATIONAL AID
Article 137. Annual reporting
Article 138. Annual reporting on transitional national aid
CHAPTER IV. CAP STRATEGIC PLAN EVALUATION
Article 139. Ex-ante evaluations
Article 140. Evaluation of CAP Strategic Plans during the implementation period and ex post
CHAPTER V. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BY THE COMMISSION
Article 141. Performance assessment and evaluation
Article 142. Reporting based on a core set of indicators
Article 143. General provisions
TITLE VIII. COMPETITION PROVISIONS
Article 144. Rules applying to undertakings
Article 145. State aid
Article 146. Additional national financing
Article 147. Transitional national aid
TITLE IX. GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 148. Measures to resolve specific problems
Article 149. Application to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands
CHAPTER II. INFORMATION SYSTEM AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
Article 150. Exchange of information and documents
Article 151. Processing and protection of personal data
CHAPTER III. DELEGATED ACTS AND IMPLEMENTING ACTS
Article 152. Exercise of delegation
Article 153. Committee procedure
CHAPTER IV. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 154. Repeals
Article 155. Eligibility of certain types of expenditure relating to the CAP Strategic Plan period
Article 156. Transition for financial allocations for types of intervention in certain sectors
Article 157. Eligibility of expenditure for multi-funded community-led local development
Article 158. Transitional measures
Article 159. Review of Annex XIII
Article 160. Entry into force
ANNEX I. IMPACT, RESULT, OUTPUT AND CONTEXT INDICATORS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7

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Official Journal of the European Union

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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

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