NFU influences changes to State Aids proposals

UK - As a result of intense lobbying from the NFU and other organisations the European Commission has made significant changes to its proposals on revising the rules on State Aids.

20 October 2006

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Europe

Some of the most dangerous elements of the early drafts such as only allowing animal disease compensation to be paid to farmers if they have lost more than 30% of their production and the proposal that the maximum amount of aid paid should not exceed 75% of the market value of animals have been removed from the latest draft of the proposals.

The NFU has put a lot of effort in to getting these proposals changed and we have had considerable support from Defra.

The latest draft of the proposals will be discussed in Brussels next week.

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