Overview
- Regional officials recognized force majeure for farms hit by the 2025 fires, easing 2025–2026 Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) compliance and keeping affected plots eligible for direct and rural development payments.
- The relief applies to holdings inside fire perimeters where emergency operational situations 1 or 2 were declared, covering areas judged at risk to property or people.
- An instruction will authorize exceptional grazing on specified burned land under legal carve‑outs to the usual two‑year ban, limited to holders with grazing rights who are listed in the Public Register of Pasture Forest Lands.
- Sector rules are also loosened, with no penalties for beekeeping commitments in affected apiaries and a lower movement threshold for aid to extensive and semi‑extensive sheep and goat meat producers.
- The 2025 season saw 1,492 ignitions that burned 118,966 hectares, with Ourense bearing much of the damage, which helps explain why a published list names 66 municipalities for these flexibilities.