Uncertainty over new direct payment regulations is affect the market for single payment entitlements.
Tag Archives: direct payments
Impact of CAP subsidies on productivity
New study finds evidence that moving to decoupled farm subsidies under the CAP has had a small but measurable impact on farm productivity.
Evolution of the direct payments regulation
Compare the evolution of amendments to the CAP direct payments regulation over the course of the legislative process.
Implications of the new redistributive payment
For those member states that introduce it, the redistributive payment can introduce a much more significant degree of progressivity into CAP payments than what we have seen heretofore.
Following the negotiations on the Direct Payments Regulation
As regards the direct payments regulation, both legislative institutions are converging on a similar set of proposals and no issue sticks out which might cause real difficulties when the trilogue negotiations begin.
COMAGRI draft report on direct payments regulation
COMAGRI draft rapporteur’s report on direct payments addresses some of the concerns of Member States, but the overall environmental ambition likely to be delivered by this reform remains unclear.
Basic Direct Payments for EU Farmers: The Proposal of the Commission of the EU
The EU Commission’s proposal to introduce changes in direct payments is based on the perception that a new rationale for these payments is needed. But the new justification for direct payments proposed by the Commission is not convincing as this post explains.
The political feasibility of CAP redistribution
The demand from the new member states for greater convergence in the value of the direct payment per eligible hectare in the current CAP negotiations means that the redistribution of budget resources between the member states is now firmly on the reform agenda. But it also makes reaching agreement much more difficult.
The future for national envelopes and Member State flexibility in Pillar 1
National envelopes to be replaced by broader scope for recoupling in Commission’s draft Regulation on direct payments post 2013.
