The European Commission agreed to soften the requirements of the "green course"

The European Commission has published official proposals that soften the requirements for farmers to fulfill the environmental conditions of the "green course", the agency's website reports.

These proposals cancel the mandatory requirement to leave part of the arable land fallow. But those farmers who voluntarily fulfill this condition will have the right to additional financial support.

Relaxing the requirement to observe crop rotation rules will allow farmers to choose between crop rotation or diversification.

The European Commission proposes to exempt farmers with a land bank area of up to 10 hectares from controls and fines related to the implementation of the "green course", which will reduce the administrative burden for small farmers, who make up 65% of the beneficiaries of the EU agricultural sector.

We would like to remind that softening of the conditions of the "green course" is the main demand of protest actions of farmers in many European countries.