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EU farm chief holds her ground on CAP reforms |
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By VEENA ZACHARIAS Friday, 27 June 2008: Europian Union’s farm commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said on Monday that member states would have to provide strong evidence to justify keeping certain EU subsidies linked to production volumes. After the CAP’s Mid Term Review in 2003, many direct farm payments are no longer linked to the farm’s output i.e production. |
Although there was a move towards breaking the link between the subsidies and production, certain countries were granted some exceptions either by allowing a partial link or by keeping payments coupled in certain areas.
In the CAP health check this year, EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has proposed imposing full subsidy decoupling from 2013.
“Most EU member states favour the move towards complete decoupling with the notable exception of those countries that have been benefiting from the coupled payments,” said chairman of the European Parliament's agriculture committee and Conservative MEP for the South West of England and Gibraltar Neil Parish .
Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden were among the countries that supported a complete break between farm production and subsidies so as to avoid market distortions between countries.
Italy, Portugal and Spain expressed their fear that such a move would remove all incentives for farmers to work the poorer areas.
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