The European Commission (EC) on Friday gave the go-ahead for EU member states to increase the percentage of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) advance payments to farmers in the EU-27.
If countries take advantage of the measure announced by the EC today, farmers will be able to receive up to 70% of their direct payments in advance from 16 October, up from 50% at present.
Also, advance payments for area- and animal-based interventions under rural development can be increased to 85%, up from the usual 75%.
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