AreaEuropean Union

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityAll

Date17/04/2020

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentGovernment market intervention

DescriptionAs of mid-October, farmers will receive 70 percent instead of 50 percent of their direct payments and 85 percent rather than 75 percent of their Rural Development payments. In addition, national authorities will be allowed to transfer the money to farmers before finalizing all on-the-spot-checks. The European Commission agreed to reduce the number of physical on-the-spot checks that EU member states need to carry out to check farmers’ eligibility for common agricultural policy subsidies.