Press releases
State aid: Commission authorises temporary UK scheme to grant limited amounts of aid of up to €15,000 to farmers
30/03/2010
The European Commission authorised a UK scheme with a budget of approximately £20 million (€22.3 million) which aims at supporting farmers in UK who encounter difficulties as a result of the current economic crisis.
Public opinion in the European Union is broadly favourable to European agricultural policy and support for farmers
30/03/2010
European citizens broadly support the new aims of agricultural policy as conducted at European Union level and a majority are in favour of maintaining its budget. This is one of the main findings of a survey of people's attitudes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Conference "What future for Milk?" on Friday, 26 March 2010.
25/03/2010
More than 400 delegates from all parts of the dairy supply chain plus political and administrative stakeholders will attend a Conference in Brussels tomorrow to discuss the prospects for the dairy sector ...
Commission to recover € 346.5 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
16/03/2010
A total of € 346.5 million of EU farm money unduly spent by Member States is claimed back as a result of a conformity clearance procedure decision adopted by the European Commission.
State aid: the European Commission approves the aid granted to Farm Dairy Flevoland in the Netherlands
10/03/2010
The European Commission has today decided that the aid granted in 1999 by the Dutch Province Flevoland to the undertaking Farm Dairy Flevoland is compatible with the State aid rules which applied when the aid was granted. The aid amounts to € 715.000.
Commission publishes update of Scenar 2020 study on agriculture and the rural world
05/03/2010
The objective of the Scenar 2020-II study is to refine and improve the identification of major future trends and driving factors – and the perspectives and challenges resulting from them – provided by the initial Scenar 2020 study (December 2006) on the future of European agriculture and the rural world.
State aid: Commission authorises temporary Slovak scheme to grant limited amounts of aid of up to €15,000 to farmers
04/03/2010
The European Commission has authorised today a Slovak scheme with a budget of approximately €3.32 million which aims at supporting farmers in Slovakia who encounter difficulties as a result of the current economic crisis.
