{"id":30299,"date":"2019-12-02T03:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T02:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=30299"},"modified":"2019-11-29T09:06:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T08:06:50","slug":"european-farmers-will-receive-467-million-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/european-farmers-will-receive-467-million-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"European farmers will receive 467 million euros"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Commission will reimburse \u20ac467 million to European farmers, in line with the\u00a0regulation\u00a0published today.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"agricultura-<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally deducted from the 2019 budget for farmers\u2019 income support under the common agricultural policy (CAP), this amount was dedicated to this year\u2019s agricultural crisis reserve.<\/p>\n

The amount reserved in case of crisis was not needed in 2019 even though the agricultural sector faced challenging situations this year. For instance,\u00a0additional support measures\u00a0were put in place to help farmers affected by the extreme weather this summer.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0decision means that the amounts deducted from direct payments this year may be reimbursed to farmers by member states as from 1 December 2019.<\/p>\n

The concept of the agricultural crisis reserve and its reimbursement mechanism was agreed in the 2013 CAP reform. It was applied for the first time in the 2014 budget year. The deduction only applies to income support above \u20ac 2,000 and does not yet apply to Croatia for the 2019 budget year. This is because of the process of phasing in of support levels post-accession to the EU. For Croatia, having joined the union in 2013, the income support under the CAP is not yet fully phased in.<\/p>\n

Aims of income support for farmers<\/h3>\n

The European Union (EU) provides farmers with income support or \u201cdirect payments\u201d to<\/p>\n