CAP chaos feared for land owners

CAP Reform “chaos” is predicted by former ICMSA leader Frank Allen, when “every farm in the country will have a different EU premium entitlement per acre”.

He warned of a bureaucratic nightmare for land owners, because of different entitlements on every farm, trading of these rights, and the restrictions and regulations in the CAP Reform package.

“The final details are still being worked on and it is likely that we will not know what the full implications are for at least a couple of months. I believe that there will be a lot more rules and regulations governing the operation of the premia entitlements when the legal text is completed, and that will not be for some time”, he told an ICMSA meeting at Adare.