Brussels, 16.7.2025

COM(2025) 560 final

ANNEXES

to the

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council

establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034


ANNEX I

Farm stewardship requirements referred to in Article 3

Part A: Rules on farm stewardship: 

Areas  

Main issue  

Statutory Management Requirements 

 Climate and environment

Water

SMR 1  

Directive 2000/60/EC:  

Article 11(3), point (e) and (h), as regards mandatory requirements to control diffuse sources of pollution by phosphates  

SMR 2  

Council Directive 91/676/EEC 1 :  

Articles 4 and 5  

Biodiversity and landscape (protection and quality)  

SMR 3  

Directive 2009/147/EC:

Article 3(1), Article 3(2), point (b), and Article 4(1), (2) and (4)  

SMR 4  

Directive 92/43/EEC:

Article 6(1) and (2)  

Public health, and plant health 

Food safety 

SMR 5  

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council 2   

Articles 14 and 15, Article 17(1) 3  and Articles 18, 19 and 20

SMR 6  

Council Directive 96/22/EC 4 :  

Article 3, points (a), (b), (d) and (e), and Articles 4, 5 and 7  

Plant protection products

SMR 7  

Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 5 :  

Article 55, first and second sentence  

SMR 8

Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 6 :   

Article 5(2) and Article 8(1) to (5), Article 12 with regard to restrictions on the use of pesticides in protected areas defined on the basis of Directive 2000/60/EC and Natura 2000 legislation  

Article 13(1) and (3) on handling and storage of pesticides and disposal of remnants  

Animal welfare

Animal welfare  

SMR 9

Council Directive 2008/119/EC 7 :  

Articles 3 and 4  

SMR 10

Council Directive 2008/120/EC 8 :  

Articles 3 and 4  

SMR 11

Council Directive 98/58/EC 9 :  

Article 4  

Part B: Rules on social conditionality: 

Areas 

Main issue 

Statutory Management Requirements 

Employment of workers 

Working conditions 

SMR 12 

Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council 10 : 

Articles 3 to 6, 8, 10 and 13 

 

Occupational safety and health  

SMR 13 

Council Directive 89/391/EEC 11 : 

Articles 5 to 12 

SMR 14 

Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 12 : 

Articles 3 to 9 

 

Part C: Rules on protective practices 

General objectives set out in Article 3(4)

Specific objectives of the protective practices

(a) Protection of carbon-rich soils, landscape features and permanent grasslands on agricultural area 

Protection of carbon-rich soils including protection of wetlands, peatlands and landscape features

Protection of environmentally sensitive permanent grasslands on agricultural area in Natura 2000 areas

(b) Protection of soil against erosion, preservation of the soil potential, maintenance of soil organic matter including soil rotation or diversification, and protection against burning of stubble on arable land  

Protection of soil against erosion subject to site specific conditions

 

Preservation of the soil potential, including:

-Protection of soils in periods that are most sensitive

-Crop rotation or diversification 

Maintenance of soil organic matter through crop residue management, including ban on burning stubble on arable land

(c) Protection of water courses and ground water against pollution and runoff

Protection of water courses and ground water against pollution and runoff, including through establishment of buffer strips along water courses



ANNEX II

Rules concerning the calculation of animal equivalents for the purpose of Coupled income support referred to in Article 11

Member States shall use the following coefficients to convert animals to animal equivalents for the purpose of the coupled income support interventions referred to in Article 11(1).

 

Species 

Age/category 

Coefficient 

Bovine animals 

below six months 

0,4 

  

from six months to two years 

0,6 

  

over two years 

1,0 

Equine animals 

over six months 

1,0 

Sheep and goats 

  

0,15 

Pigs 

breeding sows > 50kg 

0,5 

  

other pigs 

0,3 

Poultry 

  

  

  

laying hens 

0,014 

  

other poultry 

0,03 

(1)    Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources ( OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1 , ELI:  http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1991/676/oj ).
(2)    Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2002/178/oj ).
(3)    As implemented in particular by:— Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 and the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 37/2010,— Regulation (EC) No 852/2004: Article 4(1) and Annex I part A (II 4 (g, h, j), 5 (f, h), 6; III 8 (a, b, d, e), 9 (a, c)),— Regulation (EC) No 853/2004: Article 3(1), Annex III Section IX Chapter 1 (I-1 b, c, d, e; I-2 a (i, ii, iii), b (i, ii), c; I-3; I-4; I-5; II-A 1, 2, 3, 4; II-B 1(a, d), 2, 4 (a, b)), Annex III Section X Chapter 1(1),— Regulation (EC) No 183/2005: Article 5(1), (5) and (6), Annex I, part A (I-4 e, g; II-2 a, b, e), and Annex III (under the heading ‘FEEDING’, point 1 entitled ‘Storage’, first and last sentences, and point 2 entitled ‘Distribution’, third sentence), and— Regulation (EC) No 396/2005: Article 18.
(4)    Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of ß-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/22/oj ).
(5)    Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1107/oj ).
(6)    Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/128/oj ).
(7)    Council Directive 2008/119/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (OJ L 10, 15.1.2009, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/119/oj ).
(8)    Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (OJ L 47, 18.2.2009, p. 5, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/120/oj ).
(9)    Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (OJ L 221, 8.8.1998, p. 23, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1998/58/oj ).
(10)    Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1152/oj ).
(11)    Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj ).
(12)    Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 260, 3.10.2009, p. 5, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/104/oj ).