On Tuesday 10 November, negotiators from the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission are expected to agree to include an article dealing with payment in 2021 and 2022 of agricultural aid from the EU’s €8 billion Economic Recovery Plan (see EUROPE B12580A9) in the regulation on transitional measures for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The proposed breakdown of this amount from rural development funds is €2.387 billion (at current prices) in 2021 and...