The European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture approved, on Tuesday 13 October, the approach of rapporteur Paolo De Castro (S&D, Italy) to include in the regulation on transitional measures for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) an article on the payment in 2021 and 2022 of €8 billion in aid to farmers under the EU's Recovery Plan (see EUROPE B12568A10, B12557A28).
The proposed breakdown of this sum is €2.387 billion (current prices) in 2021 and €5.683 billion in 2022.
The...