Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/163 of 21 January 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289 as regards the content of the CAP Strategic Plans

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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 the 1 January 2026.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289 is amended as follows:

(1)

section 3.1, point (e), second subparagraph is amended as follows:

(a)

in point (ii), the following indent is added:

‘—

the requirements of this GAEC standard for which payments are provided as part of interventions under Articles 31, 70 or 72 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;’;

(b)

point (ix) is replaced by the following:

‘for GAEC 9:

—

elements to designate environmentally-sensitive permanent grassland and the corresponding indicative number of hectares;

—

the requirements of this GAEC standard for which payments are provided as part of interventions under Articles 31 or 70 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;’;

(2)

in section 4.1, point (b), second subparagraph, point (iv) is replaced by the following:

‘(iv)

for permanent grassland:

—

a description of each individual element used for its definition, such as the minimum period during which the land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding, tilling, ploughing, reseeding with different types of grasses, or established local practices, or

—

a reference to the decision referred to in Article 4(3), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, to retain the classification of land as arable land where that land was classified as arable land on 1 January 2026

’;

(3)

section 5, point (f) is amended as follows:

(a)

in point (i), the fourth indent is replaced by the following:

‘—

for schemes for the climate, the environment and animal welfare, an indication of the areas of actions referred to in Article 31(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 which are covered by the intervention; an indication whether the schemes contribute to compliance with national mandatory requirements which go beyond Union law;’;

(b)

point (ii) is amended as follows:

(i)

the first indent is replaced by the following:

‘—

for interventions referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115:

—

a description of the type of area eligible;

—

an indication of the type of commitments (result based, management based or hybrid) and the implementation mechanism;

—

an indication of the duration of the contracts;

—

an indication whether the intervention contributes to compliance with national mandatory requirements which go beyond Union law;’;

(ii)

the following indent is added:

‘—

for interventions referred to in Article 78a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115:

—

an indication of the methodology for the calculation of losses and triggering factors for compensation;

—

a description of the losses coverage as well as the provisions to avoid overcompensation;’;

(4)

in section 7.3, point (c), point (v) is deleted.