Brussels, 26/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The EU's Direct Payments Management Committee gave its backing on Wednesday 25 July to a proposal that member states be allowed by the European Commission to permit Member States to advance 50% of ) common agricultural policy (CAP) direct payments (aid applications for 2012) earlier than usual. The point of this measure, which for the moment concerns ten countries - France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania and Ireland...