On Wednesday 6 October, the European Commission announced it was extending, until 15 October 2022, the flexibility measures already in place for the wine sector. It also presented, as announced (see EUROPE 12791/15), delegated acts on mutual funds and harvest insurance.
The exceptional measures for wine are as follows: - EU countries can continue to amend their national support programmes at any time, when this can usually only be done twice a year (by 1 March and 30 June of each year respectively); - for promotion and information activities, restructuring and conversion of vineyards, green harvesting and investments, the possibility to grant a higher contribution from the EU budget is prolonged until 15 October 2022; - EU budget contribution to harvest insurance has been increased from 70% to 80% until 15 October 2022; - EU support to cover costs for setting up mutual funds were doubled, from: 10%, 8% and 4% in the first, second and third year of its implementation to 20%, 16% and 8%; - the facilities granted for the wine programme measures are extended until 15 October 2022.
For the fruit and vegetable sector, support to producer organisations - usually calculated based on the production value of the year - will be compensated to be at least at 85% of last year's level.
More info: https://bit.ly/2WLAtC6 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)