Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 of 6 September 2022 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans and the provision of information for monitoring and evaluation

1 When evaluating their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States shall define evaluation questions and factors of success to assess the evaluation criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value referred to in Article 140(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

2 When assessing the effectiveness of their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States shall use the key evaluation elements set out in Annex I to this Regulation in accordance with the CAP Strategic Plans’ intervention logic and, where relevant for their CAP Strategic Plans, the recommended factors of success set out in that Annex.

3 When assessing the efficiency of their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States shall analyse whether the effects or benefits of the CAP Strategic Plans were achieved at a reasonable cost and shall assess simplification both for beneficiaries and for the administration, with special focus on administrative costs and on the use of digital tools and satellites.

Member States shall carry out the evaluations of their CAP Strategic Plans during the implementing period referred to in Article 140(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as follows: (a) Member States shall plan the evaluations of the specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 which are addressed in their CAP Strategic Plans, in accordance with the CAP Strategic Plan’s intervention logic, by objective or by comprehensive evaluations covering several objectives, or provide a justification of why a specific objective has not been evaluated during the implementing period; (b) Member States shall assess their CAP Strategic Plans using the relevant evaluation criteria and assess the impacts of their CAP Strategic Plans taking into account the scope, the type and the uptake of the CAP Strategic Plan’s interventions; (c) where relevant, Member States shall take into account the territorial scope of interventions, particularly for those interventions not implemented at national level, but at regional or local level; (d) where relevant, based on Member States’ evaluation needs and taking into account the CAP Strategic Plan’s intervention logic and implementation, Member States shall assess also specific interventions or topics of the CAP Strategic Plans, such as the environmental and climate architecture referred to in Article 109(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, added value of LEADER as defined in Article 3, point (15), of that Regulation, CAP networks referred to in Article 126 of that Regulation or the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) defined in Article 3, point (9), of that Regulation; (e) Member States shall carry out evaluations in time to be able to prepare the subsequent CAP Strategic Plan’s period. Where relevant, Member States shall use also data of the previous programming period.

1 Ex post evaluations referred to in Article 140(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall contain a comprehensive assessment of the CAP Strategic Plans and their implementation.

2 Ex post evaluations shall include the assessment of the CAP Strategic Plans and their implementation based on each of the evaluation criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value and impact referred to in Article 140(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan’s contribution to achieving the general objectives set out in Article 5 of that Regulation and those specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2) of that Regulation which are addressed by the CAP Strategic Plan.

3 After completing the ex post evaluation, Member States shall report the evaluation findings to the Commission.

1 Member States shall draft an evaluation plan referred to in Article 140(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 in accordance with the CAP Strategic Plan’s intervention logic. The evaluation plan shall comply with the minimum requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

2 Member States shall identify in the evaluation plan relevant stakeholders to be taken into account when planning evaluation and capacity building activities. Where relevant, Member States shall identify stakeholders other than the monitoring committee’s members.

Member States shall share the information on evaluation activities and findings referred to in Articles 124(3), point (d), and 124(4), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 with the Commission after the examination by the monitoring committee, including the result of that examination, no later than one month before the annual review meeting referred to in Article 136 of that Regulation.

1 Evaluations of CAP Strategic Plans shall be based on the relevant common output, result, impact and context indicators set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Member States shall analyse the effects of the CAP Strategic Plans on specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of that Regulation.

2 In addition, Member States may use in their evaluations specific indicators other than those set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 or any other relevant quantitative and qualitative information to drawing relevant conclusions on the impact of the CAP Strategic Plans.

3 Where common result indicators are expressed in terms of a share or a number of relevant units subject to certain interventions, Member States shall estimate the outcomes of the CAP Strategic Plans using the potential effects of these interventions.

4 When assessing an intervention not linked to any result indicator in accordance with Article 111, second paragraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, Member States shall provide a sound assessment of this intervention based on relevant information on the intervention outcomes and its effects with regard to the specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of that Regulation.

5 Member States shall base their assessment of the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plans on the development of the impact indicators set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Member States shall quantify the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plans to the development of at least the common impact indicators set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

1 Member States shall ensure the availability of data for evaluators to fulfil their monitoring and evaluation related obligations.

2 Member States shall make the necessary arrangements with national and, where relevant, regional statistical units, research centres, undertakings and data providers to ensure data availability. Such arrangements shall take into account the territorial scope relevant for the evaluations and include the statistical use of data from administrative registers referred to in Article 143(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

3 Member States shall identify the needs for support of the stakeholders and administrations involved in the implementation and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans at national, regional and local level, including the LAGs referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council , taking into account the diverse capacity of institutions and stakeholders in terms of monitoring and evaluation.

4 Based on the needs identified, Member States shall set up support activities, including training, guidelines and any other relevant capacity building activities, to be implemented by or in collaboration with the national CAP network(s) referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

5 The Commission shall establish an annual work programme with competent Member States’ authorities, evaluators and other stakeholders, based on their needs for support, to be implemented by or in collaboration with the European CAP network referred to in Article 126(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

In accordance with Articles 9 to 18, Member States shall report to the Commission the following information, necessary to enable it to perform the monitoring and evaluation of the CAP: (a) disaggregated data on interventions and beneficiaries; (b) the ratio of permanent grassland established each year pursuant to Article 48(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/126 ; (c) data on interventions in certain sectors, referred to in Title III, Chapter III, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; (d) data on EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; (e) data on LAGs and their activities for LEADER as defined in Article 3, point (15), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

1 The disaggregated data on interventions referred to in Article 8, point (a), of this Regulation shall cover all interventions in the form of direct payments referred to in Title III, Chapter II, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, including the crop-specific payment for cotton referred to in that Chapter, Section 3, Subsection 2, and all interventions for rural development referred to in Title III, Chapter IV, of that Regulation, excluding interventions for LEADER referred to in Article 8, point (e), of this Regulation.

2 Member States shall report the disaggregated data referred to in paragraph 1 per agricultural financial year by unit amount, for each aid application or payment claim of each beneficiary. All the transactions carried out throughout the agricultural financial year shall be summed up.

3 Detailed rules on the content of disaggregated data on interventions are laid down in Annex IV, points 1, 2 and 3.

1 The disaggregated data on beneficiaries referred to in Article 8, point (a), of this Regulation shall include information on farmers within the meaning of Article 3, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and beneficiaries within the meaning of Article 3, point (13) of that Regulation receiving support under interventions covered by the integrated administration and control system referred to in Article 65(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the ‘integrated system’).

2 Member States shall report the disaggregated data on beneficiaries per agricultural financial year.

3 Detailed rules on the content of disaggregated data on beneficiaries are laid down in Annex IV, point 4.

The ratio of permanent grassland referred to in Article 8, point (b), of this Regulation shall be notified at the level established by the Member States in accordance with Article 48(2), second subparagraph, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/126.

1 The data on interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 8, point (c), of this Regulation shall include data on interventions in the sectors listed in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

2 Detailed rules on the content of the data on interventions in those sectors are laid down in Annex V.

1 The data on EIP operational groups referred to in Article 8, point (d), of this Regulation shall include information on projects of EIP operational groups referred to in Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

2 Detailed rules on the content of data on EIP operational groups are laid down in Annex VI.

1 The data on LAGs and their activities for LEADER referred to in Article 8, point (e), of this Regulation shall include information on interventions implemented based on Article 77(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

2 Detailed rules on the content of data on LAGs and their activities for LEADER are laid down in Annex VII.

1 From the reporting year 2025 on, Member States shall report the disaggregated data on interventions and beneficiaries referred to in Article 8, point (a), annually by 30 April of the year N in relation to interventions for which payments have been made in the agricultural financial year N-1. In 2024, Member States may report the disaggregated data on interventions by 30 November 2024 in relation to interventions paid in the agricultural financial year 2023. If Member States do not report the disaggregated data on interventions in 2024, they shall report them in 2025 in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the data on beneficiaries related to area declared and to the land in good agricultural and environmental conditions shall be reported, in the year N, in relation to interventions for which payments have been claimed in the calendar year N-2.

2 Member States shall report annually the ratio of permanent grassland referred to in Article 8, point (b), by 15 March of the year N in relation to area declared in the calendar year N-1. The first year of reporting shall be 2024.

3 Member States shall report annually the data on interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 8, point (c), by: (a) 15 June of the year N in relation to data of the calendar year N-1 referred to in points 1, 2(a) and (c), and 3 to 7 of Annex V; (b) 31 January of the year N in relation to data of the calendar year N referred to in point 2(b) of Annex V; (c) 15 June of the year N in relation to data of the financial year N-1 referred to in points 8 to 10 of Annex V. The first year of reporting shall be 2023 for data referred to in point 1 and 2(b) of Annex V, 2024 for data referred to in points 2(a) and (c), and 3 to 7 of that Annex and 2025 for data referred to in points 8 to 10 of that Annex. By way of derogation from the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph, for the apiculture sector, the following shall apply: (a) Member States shall report every 2 years the data referred to in points 5 and 6 of Annex V; (b) data referred to in point 5 of Annex V shall cover the calendar year preceding the year of reporting; (c) data referred to in point 6 of Annex V shall cover the two calendar years preceding the year of reporting; (d) the first year of reporting shall be 2023 for data referred to in points 4, 5 and 6 of Annex V and 2024 for point 9 of that Annex. In 2023, the data referred to in points 5 and 6 of Annex V may be reported by 15 September.

4 Member States shall report data on EIP operational groups referred to in Article 8, point (d), as soon as the operational group project is approved, starting from 2023.

5 Member States shall report data on LAGs and their activities for LEADER referred to in Article 8, point (e), as follows: (a) by 30 April 2026 in relation to operations paid in the financial years from 2023 to 2025, cumulatively; and (b) by 30 April 2030 in relation to operations paid in the financial years from 2023 to 2029, cumulatively. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, data related to LAG variables set out in Annex VII, point 1, shall be reported by 30 April of year N for the LAGs selected by 31 December of year N-1.

1 The data referred to in Article 8, points (a), (b), (d) and (e), shall be transferred to the Commission by means of the electronic system for the secure exchange of information called ‘SFC2021’, for which the responsibilities of the Commission and the Member States are set out in Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289 . The data referred to in Article 8, point (c), shall be transferred to the Commission by means of the information-technology-based system made available by the Commission pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 .

2 For disaggregated data on interventions and beneficiaries to be communicated pursuant to Article 8, point (a), of this Regulation, the paying agency referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 or, where more than one paying agency is accredited in a Member State, the coordinating body referred to in Article 10 of that Regulation, shall transfer the data to the Commission.

3 For the ratio on permanent grassland the data to be communicated pursuant to Article 8, point (b), shall be transferred by the paying agency or coordinating body.

4 For data on interventions in certain sectors to be communicated pursuant to Article 8, point (c), data on EIP operational groups to be communicated pursuant to Article 8, point (d), and data on LAGs and their activities for LEADER to be communicated pursuant to Article 8, point (e), the data may be transferred by Member States or any entity(ies) authorised by the Member States.

Member States shall ensure that the data for monitoring and evaluation referred to in Article 8 are complete and self-consistent, as well as that their content is recorded and presented in accordance with the requirements set out in Annexes IV to VII. To that end Member States shall perform computer based checks.

1 Member States shall be responsible for corrections of clerical or obvious errors or of errors of purely editorial nature of the data referred to in Article 8.

2 Member States shall in case of submission of erroneous data or in case a problem occurred with the data transfer, immediately inform the Commission and correct the data.

3 Without prejudice to the checks carried out by Member States, the Commission may carry out checks with a view to verify whether Member States provided duly completed and self-consistent data. In case of submission of erroneous data, the Commission may request Member States to correct the data provided.

The Commission shall not divulge or use the personal data obtained pursuant to this Regulation for purposes other than fulfilling its responsibilities in the context of the performance framework pursuant to Title VII, Chapter I, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, and monitoring and evaluating the CAP pursuant to Article 143 of that Regulation.

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