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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9707

19 July 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Greece to improve its system of identifying farm land

Brussels, 18/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 16 July 2008, the European Commission opened a procedure to reduce Greece's Single Area Payments under the Common Agricultural Policy by 10% due to persistent failings in Greece's control system, particularly with the LPIS farmland identification scheme, which is based on out-dated, incorrect information. Such systems have to be accurate to ensure proper management and control of funding linked to surface area. The Greek authorities have...

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