SPECIAL WINE GROWER SUBSIDY RULES TO END UNDER PLANNED CAP REFORM
October 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PROPOSALS to simplify the payment of European Union (EU) subsidies to wine growers were released today by the European Commission, as part of a major tabling of reforms to the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
A Brussels spokesman said assuming the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers agree, from 2013 "payments are covered within the 'single farm payment'", which means no special subsidy rules for vineyards will apply. He also confirmed earlier decisions to abolish planting rights would remain under the reforms. The ...
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