MADRID, 19 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, anticipates that the European Commission will definitively approve the National Strategic Plan for the application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), endowed with 47,724 million until 2027, before the start of the summer.

"At the moment we are in the technical phase of discussion with the European Commission, meetings take place practically every day of the week and we hope that before the start of summer the Commission will definitively approve the plan", he stated. Planas during his speech in the Senate Agriculture Committee.

In parallel, Planas has stated that he intends to bring the bill for the application of the CAP in Spain to the Council of Ministers this June, which is necessary, in his opinion, to cover some aspects related to the new legal architecture and institutional of the plan.

Along with this, the Minister of Agriculture has stated that he will also take to the Council of Ministers up to a total of 18 decrees between now and the end of the year in relation to global governance and the sectoral interventions of this policy as a whole.

In this sense, as explained, the autonomous communities will have to prepare their action plans and regional regulations so that the sowings that can be carried out this autumn-winter already have an orientation in relation to the payment elements.

"The CAP is a fundamental element for the future and we will conclude it in a timely manner", highlighted Planas, who, on the other hand, highlighted that the food chain law, which came into force on December 16, is a "absolutely fundamental" element, with effective application, although he recognized that there are regions that have shown more interest than others.

"It is the most advanced national transposition that has been made in the European Union and the next reform of the European Commission of the European directive will be based on elements that Spain has introduced in this matter," he pointed out.

Regarding the concern arising from the war in Ukraine and its impact on the rise in corn and soybean prices, Planas stressed that the risks have disappeared and that the purchases made from Canada, the United States and Brazil have made it possible to cover the needs of the feed industry.

Regarding the measure to enable the use of fallow land for cultivation to temporarily increase the production of cereals and oilseeds and compensate for the loss of what was imported from Ukraine, Planas has indicated that the forecast of his Ministry is that up to 600,000 hectares can be put into production.