Brussels, 20/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 16 October, the direct farm payments management committee voted in favour of an implementation regulation to allow Latvia and Lithuania, which have both been hit by the Russian embargo on farm imports, to pay up to 70% of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) direct farm payments for 2015 in advance on 16 October 2014, as long as the necessary verifications are made.
This is an exceptional measure because normally advance payments must be less...