#2026-348France updates CAP aid and farm conditionality rules
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This decree makes technical updates to France’s rules for Common Agricultural Policy aid and farm conditionality. The most practical change is that fully organic farms, or farms entirely in organic conversion, are treated as meeting several baseline environmental and land-management standards automatically. It also adjusts eligibility wording for fruit and vegetable aid, changes a numerical threshold from 5 to 10, clarifies how crop cover is calculated for perennial crops that are not planted in rows, and fixes cross-references in the rural and maritime fisheries code.
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Key Changes
- Fully organic farms and farms fully in organic conversion are treated as meeting several GAEC baseline standards automatically.
- A numerical threshold in the rural code is increased from 5 to 10.
- Aid wording is broadened from fresh vegetables or small red berries to vegetables or fruits.
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What this law requires
Certified organic farmers whose entire holding consists of organic production units, conversion units, or both are deemed to satisfy BCAE standards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for CAP conditionality purposes.
For perennial crops that are not grown in rows, the crop cover rate must be calculated based on the area under perennial crops.