The European Commission announced on Monday 4 September that it had agreed to allow national governments to make advance payments to farmers in order to help those affected by the difficult climatic conditions in the first part of 2017.
Thanks to this measure, ten member states will be able to increase the maximum of the advance payment from 16 October of this year: 70% for direct payments, rather than 50% under normal conditions, and 85% for area payments under the second pillar, rural...