The changes to the four main regulations governing the common agricultural policy (CAP) will enter only into force once a deal on all aspects on the overall proposal (the so-called Omnibus regulation) is reached. 

Simplifying the common agricultural policy is at the top of the European Commission's agenda, part of its wider reflection on shaping the future of the CAP. The simplified rules agreed as part of the Omnibus concern direct payments, rural development, the common market organisation and horizontal regulation, and will benefit farmers in a number of ways.

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