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ELTA announced that the head of the country, Gitanas Nausėda, had met with A. Palionis on Thursday.
“The key message is that measures are being proposed to increase funding for smaller farms (with the support of ELTA) to increase the first hectares from the current 30 hectares to 50 hectares,” said J. Neverovičius, head of the Group of Infrastructure and Environment of the Presidency, to journalists on Thursday.
According to him, the ceiling could reach 100,000. as of 2022.
“The ceiling is a sign that a change is needed in agriculture. This is a sign of clarification for the agricultural sector to reduce the gray zone so that wages and other things are officially accounted for.” … It also allows to talk about lower the ceiling in the future, when there is greater clarity on what is the common policy of the EU, “said the counselor.
Minister of Agriculture A. Palionis said that 100 thousand. The ceiling for direct payments of EUR 2021-2027 is set in the EU’s multiannual financial perspective for 2021-2027.
The European Council also spoke of 60 thousand. ceiling for the new period, but in the documents submitted to the European Parliament for approval is 100 thousand. for a new period ”, said A. Palionis.
At the July European Council, Lithuania negotiated higher direct payments to farmers: in 2021 they will amount to € 178 per hectare, and in 2022 they will amount to € 200 per hectare and will continue to rise. It was agreed that direct payments from Lithuanian farmers would increase to € 215 per hectare in 2027.
At present, direct payments to Lithuanian and Baltic farmers amount to about € 170 per hectare, and the EU average is over € 250.
Mr Naus saidda previously said that he would seek to legalize the ceiling for payments to farmers. For his part, A. Palionis stated that this would worsen the competitive conditions of Lithuanian farmers.
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