Commission wants more EU farm aid transparency

The European Commission adopted on the 25 september 2012 a proposal designed to apply new rules with regard to the publication of information on the beneficiaries of European agricultural funds. This legislative review has been prompted by a 2010 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) which invalidated part of Commission Regulation (EC) 259/2008, particularly as regards the publication of information on individual beneficiaries of the agricultural funds.

The September 2012 proposal takes into account the legal constraints inherent to the protection of personal data by setting certain limits upon the publication of individual names and by asking Member States to publish more detailed information, particularly on the type of aid and the description of the measures for which the funds have been allocated.

• Primary Source

European Commission; RAPID: Press Release, IP/12/1006: EU Farm subsidies: the Commission intends to increase aid transparency http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/1006&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/funding/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/funding/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Luxembourg: least transparent EU country on farm subsidies http://www.europeansources.info/record/luxembourg-least-transparent-eu-country-on-farm-subsidies/

ESO: Background information: EU farm subsidy recipients win data ruling http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-farm-subsidy-recipients-win-data-ruling/

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