Redistributive payments in 2014 a possibility

Political agreements in the EU, on transition measures for agriculture in 2014, have opened the possibility of member states making redistributive single payments to small farmers, and transferring funds between CAP pillars, as early as January.

While most of the new CAP rules will come into force in January 2015, national governments can apply the voluntary re-distributive payments in 2014 — as requested by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee.

A member state can decide, each year, if it wishes to use this option in the following year.