The Council's Working Party on Horizontal Agricultural Questions is scheduled to meet on 14 and 15 July 2026 in Brussels to exchange views on the regulation establishing conditions for implementing Union support to the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The meeting, set to take place at the Justus Lipsius building, will focus on document 10367/26, which outlines the implementing rules for the next CAP framework.
The two-day session, running from 14:30 on 14 July to 10:00 on 15 July, will begin with the adoption of the agenda before moving to the main item: an exchange of views on the proposed regulation. This working party discussion is a key step in shaping the detailed rules that will govern how EU agricultural support is delivered after 2027, affecting farmers, national administrations, and agri-food businesses across the bloc.
No prior coverage of this specific meeting or the post-2027 CAP implementing regulation exists in recent months, indicating that this is a fresh phase of technical negotiations. The meeting is part of the Council's preparatory work ahead of formal legislative proposals from the European Commission, which are expected to outline the CAP's budget, objectives, and delivery mechanisms for the period beyond 2027.
Stakeholders, including farm organizations and environmental groups, will be watching closely as the working party's discussions could signal the direction of key policy choices, such as the balance between direct payments and rural development, the degree of environmental conditionality, and the simplification of administrative procedures. The outcome of these technical talks will feed into higher-level Council deliberations and eventual negotiations with the European Parliament.
Contact for the meeting is the Council's LIFE.1 unit, and documents are available on the Delegates Portal for member state representatives.