European Union relaxes environmental rules but wants to impose anti-deforestation rules on our exports criticizes president of Asplan

Regulation & Compliances

Sustainability & Environmental Impact

Published Mar 29, 2024

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The European Union has recently approved a proposal to ease environmental standards for its farmers, notably by removing the requirement to leave at least 4% of their land fallow and by relaxing other regulations. This move has drawn sharp criticism from Brazilian agricultural leaders and politicians, who accuse the EU of applying stringent environmental standards to Brazilian exports while loosening its own. The changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are set to be reviewed by the European Parliament, amidst accusations of hypocrisy from critics, particularly in the context of ongoing trade negotiations and environmental stipulations.

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The countries of the European Union (EU) approved this Tuesday (26), in Brussels, the relaxation of environmental standards required of farmers in the bloc. The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, proposed to completely eliminate the obligation to leave at least 4% of productive land fallow or non-productive areas. This measure would be replaced by a simple "diversification" and the maintenance of permanent pastures would be considerably relaxed. Furthermore, land measuring less than 10 hectares would be exempt from inspections associated with environmental standards. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) rules that are being relaxed have been in force since 2023. The CAP reform was approved almost unchanged by Agriculture ministers and will now be sent to the European Parliament. The president of the Association of Sugarcane Planters in Paraíba (Asplan), José Inácio de Morais, said that the European Commission's proposal regarding the relaxation of environmental rules ...

Source: NoticiasAgricolas