It is important for the CAP to continue to contribute to the environmental objectives set out in Article 6(1), points (d), (e) and (f), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 through conditionality requirements. It is also important that the stability of those requirements as the common baseline for Member States and farmers is ensured. Therefore, the conditionality requirements of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should continue to apply to all farmers. However, the administrative burden linked to the controls for those conditionality requirements provided for in Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 can be disproportionately high for small farmers and national administrations. Therefore, in addition to the flexibilities as regards GAEC standards 6, 7 and 8, the burden for small farmers and national administrations linked to the controls provided for in Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 should be eased. Farmers with a maximum size of holding not exceeding 10 ha of agricultural area should therefore be exempted from conditionality controls as regards statutory management requirements under Union law and good agricultural and environmental conditions. As such small farmers represent 65 % of CAP beneficiaries but account only for approximately 10 % of the total agricultural area, that exemption would simplify the work of many farmers and national administrations without hampering significantly the contribution of the conditionality requirements to achieving their objectives.
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