Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013

The notified amendments to which Commission made objections shall not have legal effects and Member State shall delete them from the amended CAP Strategic Plan submitted pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph. The expenditure resulting from those amendments shall not be eligible for a contribution from the EAFRD or the EAGF. The Member State may submit those amendments to the Commission for approval in a request for strategic amendment, referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. The rules concerning approvals of strategic amendments referred to in paragraphs 2 to 8 and 10 and 11 of this Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to approval of amendments to which the Commission objected in accordance with the second subparagraph of this paragraph. Article 121 shall apply mutatis mutandis to Commission actions pursuant to this paragraph.

Article 121

Calculation of time limits for Commission actions

For the purposes of this Chapter, where a time limit is set for an action by the Commission, that time limit shall start when all information complying with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it has been submitted.

This time limit shall not include:

• (a) the period which starts on the date following the date on which the Commission sends its observations or a request for revised documents to the Member State and ends on the date on which the Member State responds to the Commission;

• (b) for amendments related to Article 17(5), Article 88(7), Article 103(5) and Article 103a, the period for the adoption of the delegated act for the amendment of the allocations in accordance with Article 87(2).

Article 122

Delegated powers concerning amendments of CAP Strategic Plans

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Chapter as regards:

• (a) procedures and time limits for the submission of requests for strategic amendment of CAP Strategic Plans and notifications of amendments of CAP Strategic Plans;

• (b) the determination of further cases for which the maximum number of amendments referred to in Article 119(7) does not count.

TITLE VI COORDINATION AND GOVERNANCE

Article 123

Managing authority

Member States may, taking into account their constitutional and institutional provisions, designate regional managing authorities to be responsible for some or all of the tasks referred to in paragraph 2.

Member States shall ensure that the relevant management and control system has been set up in such a way that it ensures a clear allocation and separation of functions between the national managing authority and, where relevant, regional managing authorities and other bodies. Member States shall be responsible for ensuring that the system functions effectively throughout the CAP Strategic Plan period.

• (a) there is an electronic information system as referred to in Article 130;

• (b) farmers, other beneficiaries and other bodies involved in the implementation of interventions:
• (i) are informed of their obligations resulting from the aid granted, and maintain either a separate accounting system or an adequate accounting code for all transactions relating to an operation, where relevant;
• (ii) are aware of the requirements concerning the provision of data to the managing authority and the recording of outputs and results;

• (c) the farmers and other beneficiaries concerned are provided, where appropriate by the use of electronic means, with clear and precise information on the statutory management requirements and the minimum GAEC standards established pursuant to Title III, Chapter I, Section 2, as well as on the requirements related to social conditionality established pursuant to Title III, Chapter I, Section 3, to be applied at farm level;

• (d) the ex-ante evaluation referred to in Article 139 conforms to the evaluation and monitoring system and is submitted to the Commission;

• (e) the evaluation plan referred to in Article 140(4) is in place and that the ex-post evaluations referred to in that Article are conducted within the time limits laid down in this Regulation, ensuring that such evaluations conform to the monitoring and evaluation system and that they are submitted to the monitoring committee and the Commission;

• (f) the monitoring committee is provided with the information and documents needed to monitor the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the light of its specific objectives and priorities;

• (g) the annual performance report is drawn up, including aggregate monitoring tables, and, after the report has been submitted to the monitoring committee for opinion, is submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 9(3), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.

• (h) relevant follow-up actions on Commission’s observations on the annual performance reports are taken;

• (i) the paying agency receives all necessary information, in particular on the procedures operated and any controls carried out in relation to interventions selected for funding, before payments are authorised;

• (j) beneficiaries under interventions financed by the EAFRD, other than area- and animal-related interventions, acknowledge the financial support received, including the appropriate use of the Union emblem in accordance with the rules laid down by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 5;

• (k) publicity is made for the CAP Strategic Plan, including through the national CAP network, by informing:
• (i) potential beneficiaries, professional organisations, the economic and social partners, bodies involved in promoting equality between men and women, and the non-governmental organisations concerned, including environmental organisations, of the possibilities offered by the CAP Strategic Plan and the rules for gaining access to the CAP Strategic Plan funding; and
• (ii) farmers, other beneficiaries and the general public of the Union support for agriculture and rural development through the CAP Strategic Plan.

For support financed by the EAGF, as appropriate, Member States shall provide for the managing authority to use the visibility and communication tools and structures used by the EAFRD.

Article 124

Monitoring committee

Each monitoring committee shall adopt its rules of procedure, which shall include provisions on the coordination with regional monitoring committees when set up in accordance with paragraph 5, on the prevention of conflicts of interest and on the application of the principle of transparency.

The monitoring committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review all issues that affect the CAP Strategic Plan progress towards achieving its targets.

Each Member State shall publish the rules of procedure and the opinions of the monitoring committee.

Each member of the monitoring committee shall have a vote.

The Member State shall publish the list of the members of the monitoring committee online.

Representatives of the Commission shall participate in the work of the monitoring committee in an advisory capacity.

• (a) progress in CAP Strategic Plan implementation and in achieving the milestones and targets;

• (b) any issues that affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan and the actions taken to address those issues, including progress towards simplification and reduction of administrative burden for final beneficiaries;

• (c) the elements of the ex-ante assessment listed in Article 58(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and the strategy document referred to in Article 59(1) of that Regulation;

• (d) progress made in carrying out evaluations, syntheses of evaluations and any follow-up given to findings;

• (e) relevant information related to the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan supplied by the national CAP network;

• (f) the implementation of communication and visibility actions;

• (g) administrative capacity building for public authorities and farmers and other beneficiaries, where relevant.

• (a) the methodology and criteria used for the selection of operations;

• (b) the annual performance reports;

• (c) the evaluation plan and amendments thereof;

• (d) any proposal by the managing authority for amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan and, as regards a proposal for amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan related to the EAGF, the date of effect of the amendment proposed by the managing authority in accordance with Article 119(8).

Article 125

Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States

Article 126

National and European CAP networks

• (a) increase the involvement of all relevant stakeholders in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans and, where relevant, in their design;

• (b) accompany the Member States’ administrations in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans and the transition to a performance-based delivery model;

• (c) contribute to improving the quality of implementation of CAP Strategic Plans;

• (d) contribute to the information of the public and potential beneficiaries on the CAP and funding opportunities;

• (e) foster innovation in agriculture and rural development and support peer-to-peer learning and the inclusion of, and the interaction between, all stakeholders in the knowledge-exchange and knowledge-building process;

• (f) contribute to monitoring and evaluation capacity and activities;

• (g) contribute to the dissemination of CAP Strategic Plans results.

The objective set out in the first subparagraph, point (d), shall be addressed in particular through the national CAP networks.

• (a) collection, analysis and dissemination of information on actions and good practices implemented or supported under CAP Strategic Plans as well as analysis on developments in agriculture and rural areas relevant to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2);

• (b) contribution to capacity building for Member States administrations and of other actors involved in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans, including as regards monitoring and evaluation processes;

• (c) creation of platforms, fora and events to facilitate exchanges of experience between stakeholders and peer-to-peer learning, including where relevant exchanges with networks in third countries;

• (d) collection of information and facilitation of its dissemination as well as networking of funded structures and projects, such as local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3) of this Regulation and equivalent structures and projects;

• (e) support for cooperation projects between EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3) of this Regulation, local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 or similar local development structures, including transnational cooperation;

• (f) creation of links to other Union-funded strategies or networks;

• (g) contribution to the further development of the CAP and preparation of any subsequent CAP Strategic Plan period;

• (h) in the case of national CAP networks, participating in, and contributing to, the activities of the European CAP network;

• (i) in the case of the European CAP network, cooperating with, and contributing to, the activities of the national CAP networks.

Article 127

European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability

The EIP shall support the AKIS, by connecting policies and instruments to speed up innovation.

It shall in particular:

• (a) create added value by better linking research and farming practice and encouraging the wider use of available innovation measures;

• (b) connect innovation actors and projects;

• (c) promote the faster and wider transposition of innovative solutions into practice, including farmer-to-farmer exchange; and

• (d) inform the scientific community about the research needs of farming practice.

• (a) developing innovative solutions focusing on farmers’ or foresters’ needs while also tackling the interactions across the whole supply chain where useful;

• (b) bringing together partners with complementary knowledge such as farmers, advisors, researchers, enterprises or non-governmental organisations in a targeted combination as best suited to achieve the project objectives; and

• (c) co-deciding and co-creating all along the project.

EIP operational groups may act at transnational, including cross-border, level. The envisaged innovation may be based on new practices, but also on traditional practices in a new geographical or environmental context.

EIP operational groups shall disseminate a summary of their plans and of the results of their projects, in particular through the national and European CAP networks.

TITLE VII MONITORING, REPORTING AND EVALUATION

CHAPTER I PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK

Article 128

Establishment of the performance framework

• (a) a set of common output, result, impact and context indicators referred to in Article 7 which will be used as the basis for monitoring, evaluation and the annual performance reporting;

• (b) targets and annual milestones established in relation to the relevant specific objective using the relevant result indicators;

• (c) data collection, storage and transmission;

• (d) regular reporting on performance, monitoring and evaluation activities;

• (e) the ex-ante, interim, and ex-post evaluations and all other evaluation activities linked to the CAP Strategic Plan.

Article 129

Objectives of the performance framework

The performance framework’s objectives shall be to:

• (a) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the CAP;

• (b) monitor progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plans;

• (c) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plans;

• (d) support a common learning process related to monitoring and evaluation.

Article 130

Electronic information system

Member States shall establish a secure electronic information system, or use an existing one, in which they shall record and keep key information on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan that is needed for monitoring and evaluation, in particular for monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set, including information on each beneficiary and operation.

Article 131

Provision of information

Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries of support under the CAP Strategic Plan interventions and local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 provide to the managing authority, or other bodies delegated to perform functions on its behalf, all the information necessary for the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plan.

Member States shall ensure that comprehensive, timely and reliable data sources are established to enable effective follow-up of policy progress towards objectives using output, result and impact indicators.

Article 132

Monitoring procedures

The managing authority and the monitoring committee shall monitor the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plan on the basis of the output and result indicators.

Article 133

Implementing powers for the performance framework

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts on the content of the performance framework. Such acts shall include indicators other than those of Annex I which are needed for the appropriate monitoring and evaluation of the policy, the methods for the calculation of indicators set out in and outside of Annex I, and the necessary provisions to guarantee accuracy and reliability of the data collected by Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 153(2).

CHAPTER II ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS

Article 134

Annual performance reports

• (a) the realised outputs achieved by the end of the previous financial year:

• (b) the gross expenditure at the end of the financial year, relevant to the outputs referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph, before application of any penalties or other reductions, and for the EAFRD, taking into account reallocation of cancelled or recovered funds pursuant to Article 57 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;

• (c) the ratio between gross expenditure referred to in point (b) of this subparagraph and the relevant realised outputs referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph (‘realised unit amount’);

• (d) results and distance to corresponding milestones set in accordance with Article 109(1), point (a).

The information referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), of this paragraph, shall be broken down per unit amount as set out in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 111, first paragraph, point (h). For output indicators which are marked in Annex I as used only for monitoring, only the information referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), of this paragraph shall be included.

• (a) a synthesis of the state of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in respect of the previous financial year:

• (b) any issues which affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan, in particular as regards deviations from milestones, providing the justifications referred to in Article 135, or where appropriate, giving reasons, and where relevant, describing the measures taken.

• (a) the eligible expenditure by type of financial product;

• (b) the amount of management costs and fees declared as eligible expenditure;

• (c) the amount, by type of financial product, of private and public resources mobilised in addition to the EAFRD;

• (d) interest and other gains generated by support from the EAFRD contribution to financial instruments in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and resources returned attributable to support from the EAFRD in accordance with Article 62 of that Regulation;

• (e) total value of loans, equity or quasi-equity investments in final recipients which were guaranteed with eligible public expenditure excluding additional national financing referred to in Article 115(5) of this Regulation and which were actually disbursed to final recipients.

Article 135

Biennial performance review

Article 136

Annual review meetings

CHAPTER III REPORTING FOR THE CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR COTTON AND THE TRANSITIONAL NATIONAL AID

Article 137

Annual reporting

By 15 February 2025 and 15 February of each subsequent year until 2030, the Member States that grant the crop-specific payment for cotton laid down in Title III, Chapter II, Section 3, Subsection 2, shall provide the Commission with the following information on the implementation of that payment in the previous financial year:

• (a) the number of beneficiaries;

• (b) the amount of payment per hectare; and

• (c) the number of hectares for which the payment was granted.

Article 138

Annual reporting on transitional national aid

By 15 February 2025 and 15 February of each subsequent year until 2030, the Member States that grant the transitional national aid laid down in Article 147 shall provide the Commission with the following information on the implementation of that aid in the previous financial year for each relevant sector:

• (a) the number of beneficiaries;

• (b) the total amount of transitional national aid granted; and

• (c) the number of hectares, animals or other units for which that aid has been granted.

CHAPTER IV CAP STRATEGIC PLAN EVALUATION

Article 139

Ex-ante evaluations

• (a) the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plan to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2), taking into account national and regional needs and potential for development as well as lessons drawn from implementation of the CAP in previous programming periods;

• (b) the internal coherence of the proposed CAP Strategic Plan and its relationship with other relevant instruments;

• (c) the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources with those specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2) that are addressed by the CAP Strategic Plan;

• (d) how the expected outputs will contribute to results;

• (e) whether the quantified target values for results and milestones are appropriate and realistic, having regard to the support envisaged from the EAGF and EAFRD;

• (f) measures planned to reduce the administrative burden on farmers and other beneficiaries;

• (g) where relevant, the rationale for the use of financial instruments financed by the EAFRD.

Article 140

Evaluation of CAP Strategic Plans during the implementation period and ex post

CHAPTER V PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BY THE COMMISSION

Article 141

Performance assessment and evaluation

Article 142

Reporting based on a core set of indicators

In compliance with the reporting requirement pursuant to Article 41(3), point (h)(iii), of the Financial Regulation, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council the performance information referred to in that Article measured by the core set of indicators set out in Annex XIV to this Regulation.

Article 143

General provisions

TITLE VIII COMPETITION PROVISIONS

Article 144

Rules applying to undertakings

Where support under Title III of this Regulation is granted to forms of cooperation between undertakings, it may be granted only to such forms of cooperation which comply with the competition rules as they apply by virtue of Articles 206 to 210 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

Article 145

State aid

Article 146

Additional national financing

Support provided by Member States in relation to operations falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU that is intended to provide additional financing for interventions in rural development laid down in Title III, Chapter IV, of this Regulation for which Union support is granted at any time during the CAP Strategic Plan period may only be made if it complies with this Regulation and is included in Annex V to the CAP Strategic Plans approved by the Commission.

Member States shall not provide support for interventions in sectors referred to in Title III, Chapter III, of this Regulation except where it is explicitly provided for in that Chapter.

Member States may provide additional national financing of up to 200 % of the EAFRD financing allocated in the CAP Strategic Plan for support under Article 78b.

Article 147

Transitional national aid

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, where the conditions for granting transitional national aid referred to in the first subparagraph related to a reference period, Member States may decide to modify the reference period to no later than year 2018.

• — 50 % in 2023,

• — 45 % in 2024,

• — 40 % in 2025,

• — 35 % in 2026,

• — 30 % in 2027.

For Cyprus, the percentage shall be calculated on the basis of the sector-specific financial envelopes set out in Annex XVIIa to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

TITLE IX GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 148

Measures to resolve specific problems

Article 149

Application to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands

CHAPTER II INFORMATION SYSTEM AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Article 150

Exchange of information and documents

Article 151

Processing and protection of personal data

CHAPTER III DELEGATED ACTS AND IMPLEMENTING ACTS

Article 152

Exercise of delegation

Article 153

Committee procedure

In the case of acts referred to in Article 133 and Article 143(4) of this Regulation, where the Committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and Article 5(4), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

CHAPTER IV TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 154

Repeals

However, it shall, subject to Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0025]), continue to apply to the implementation of rural development programmes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 until 31 December 2025. It shall, under the same conditions, apply to expenditure incurred by the beneficiaries and paid by the paying agency in the framework of those rural development programmes until 31 December 2025.

Article 32 of, and Annex III to, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 shall continue to apply in respect of the designation of areas facing natural and other specific constraints. References to the rural development programmes shall be read as references to the CAP Strategic Plans.

Until the national and European CAP networks referred to in Article 126 of this Regulation are established, the European network for rural development, the European Innovation Partnership network and the national rural networks referred to in Articles 52, 53 and 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 may carry out, in addition to the activities referred to in those Articles, the activities referred to in Article 126 and 127 of this Regulation.

When the national and European CAP networks referred to in Article 126 of this Regulation are established, they may carry out until 31 December 2025, in addition to the activities referred to in Articles 126 and 127 of this Regulation, the tasks referred to in Article 52(3), Article 53(3) and Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 related to the implementation of the rural development programmes pursuant to that Regulation.

However, it shall continue to apply in respect of aid applications relating to claim years starting before 1 January 2023.

Article 155

Eligibility of certain types of expenditure relating to the CAP Strategic Plan period

• (a) such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;

• (b) the EAFRD contribution rate of the intervention set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation to cover those measures applies;

• (c) the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to the area- and animal-based types of intervention listed in Title III, Chapters II and IV, of this Regulation and the relevant operations are clearly identified; and

• (d) the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (c) are made within the period laid down in Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.

• (a) such expenditure is notified to the Commission as an additional information in the part of the CAP Strategic Plan dedicated to the intervention strategy, referred to in Article 109, and by indicating the expenditure in the financial plan of the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 112(2);

• (b) it complies with Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, which continues to apply to such expenditure in accordance with Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (d), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; and

• (c) the EAFRD contribution rate established in the CAP Strategic Plan pursuant to Article 91(2), point (d), of this Regulation applies.

• (a) such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;

• (b) the EAFRD contribution rate of the intervention set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation to cover those measures applies;

• (c) the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to the area- and animal-based types of intervention listed in Title III, Chapters II and IV, of this Regulation and the relevant operations are clearly identified; and

• (d) the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (c) of this paragraph are made within the period laid down in Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.

• (a) such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation, with the exception of Article 73(3), first subparagraph, point (f), thereof,  and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;

• (b) the EAFRD contribution rate of the intervention established in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with this Regulation to cover those measures applies.

• (a) such expenditure is provided for in the relevant CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 31(7), first subparagraph, point (b), of this Regulation and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;

• (b) the integrated system referred to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to eco-schemes referred to in Article 31 of this Regulation and the relevant operations are clearly identified;

• (c) the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (b) of this paragraph are made within the period laid down in Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.

Article 156

Transition for financial allocations for types of intervention in certain sectors

As from the date from which a CAP Strategic Plan has legal effects in accordance with Article 118(7) of this Regulation, the sum of the payments made in a financial year within each of the aid schemes referred to in Articles 29 to 31 and Articles 39 to 60 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and within each of the types of intervention for certain sectors referred to in Article 42, points (b) to (e), of this Regulation shall not exceed the financial allocations laid down in Article 88 of this Regulation for each financial year for each of those types of intervention.

Article 157

Eligibility of expenditure for multi-funded community-led local development

By way of derogation from Articles 86(1) and 118(7) of this Regulation, expenditure incurred under Article 31(2), point (c), and Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 in combination with Article 77(1), point (b), and Article 2(2) of this Regulation shall be eligible for a contribution from the EAFRD from the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan provided that the support is paid by the paying agency as of 1 January 2023. Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall apply in respect of such expenditure from the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan until 31 December 2022.

Article 158

Transitional measures

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 152 supplementing this Regulation with measures to protect any acquired rights and legitimate expectations of beneficiaries to the extent necessary for the transition from the arrangements provided for in Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 to those laid down in this Regulation. Those transitional rules shall in particular lay down the conditions under which support approved by the Commission under Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 may be integrated into support provided for under this Regulation, including for technical assistance and for the ex-post evaluations.

Article 160

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

IMPACT, RESULT, OUTPUT AND CONTEXT INDICATORS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7

Assessment of the performance of the policy (multi-annual) - IMPACT Objectives and the corresponding impact indicators [^E0026]	Performance review - RESULT [^E0027] Only based on interventions supported by the CAP

Most of impact indicators are already collected via other channels (European statistics, Joint Research Centre, European Environment Agency, etc.) and used in the framework of other Union legislation or the Sustainable Development Goals. The data collection frequency is not always annual and there might be two or three years delay.

Proxies for results. Data notified annually by Member States to monitor the progress towards the targets they established in their CAP Strategic Plans. Result indicators which are mandatory for performance review when used by Member States in accordance with Article 109(1), point (a), are marked with ^PR. Member States may use for performance review any other relevant result indicator laid down in this Annex in addition to those marked with ^PR.