In public session the Council exchanged views on the environmental and climate-related aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020.
Ministers focused in particular on a suggestion from the presidency intended to increase the environmental ambition and flexibility of the post-2020 CAP by setting a single common share of funding for environment and climate purposes.
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CAP transitional rules
The Commission presented to the Council its proposals for CAP transitional rules. The proposals, adopted on 31 October 2019, aim at providing certainty and continuity in the granting of support to European farmers in the year 2021, and making it possible to continue to transfer funds between the pillars in the year 2020.
