AGRICULTURAL AID : COMMISSION IMPROVES CROSS-COMPLIANCE SYSTEM.

Europe Agri, January, 2008

The management and monitoring of the cross-compliance system for direct agricultural aid, one of the key elements of the 2003 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, will be improved, taking into account the conclusions of the report presented by the European Commission on 28 March.

The European Commission adopted, on 20 December, most of the legal measures presented in the report which come within its responsibility. These mainly concern the harmonisation of monitoring provisions so that the burden for farmers and national administrations is reduced to a strict minimum. Farmers' participation in the farm advisory system or relevant certification schemes may now be taken into account in the control system. The calculation of reduction of payments will now...

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