Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/149 of 21 January 2026 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system in the common agricultural policy

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 (1), and in particular Article 74 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 introduced the quality assessment of the area monitoring system and the geo-spatial application as a mandatory element of the integrated system.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2025/2649 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) inserted a new Article 70a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the quality assessment of the identification system for agricultural parcels, of the geo-spatial application system and of the area monitoring system. The three quality assessments are merged into one quality assessment. Therefore, Articles 1 and 3, 4 and 5 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 (3) should be amended to reflect this merging of the quality assessments.

(3) In order to reduce the number of farm visits and the burden for farmers, the quality assessment of the area monitoring system and of the geo-spatial application should focus only on monitorable eligibility conditions, as defined in Article 10(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1173 (4). Therefore, for simplification purposes, Articles 4 and 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 is amended as follows:

(2) in Article 3(1), first subparagraph, the introductory sentence is replaced by the following: ‘Member States shall annually carry out the quality assessment referred to in Article 70a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 for the purpose of the basic income support for sustainability. That quality assessment shall cover the following elements:’;

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2026.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2026.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 187, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2116/oj.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2025/2649 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 as regards suspensions of payments, annual performance clearance and controls and penalties (OJ L, 2025/2649, 31.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2649/oj).

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 of 4 May 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system in the common agricultural policy and the application and calculation of administrative penalties for conditionality (OJ L 183, 8.7.2022, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/1172/oj).

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1173 of 31 May 2022 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system in the common agricultural policy (OJ L 183, 8.7.2022, p. 23, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/1173/oj).