THE NEW RULES ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO SIMPLIFY NATIONAL PROCESSING AID.

The European Commission yesterday approved a new regulation for aid called "de minimis" agricultural production, expanding quantity without ever being consider "State aid".

These grants are applicable to cases such as greenhouses ruined by hailstorm in El Ejido (Almería), and claimed that agricultural organizations

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Union (EU), Dacian Ciolos, has reported that "this new regulation will allow Member States have more leeway to grant aid without distorting competition, even in emergency situations, and also it allows the Commission to simplify the processing of national aid in the agricultural sector ".

Until now, under Regulation (CE) No 1535/2007, aid not exceeding 7.500 per beneficiary over a period of three fiscal years, and the roof of the 0.75 percent of the value of agricultural production established by each Member State, They considered as aid which does not distort or threaten to distort competition.

However, with the new Regulation, apply from the 01 in January of 2014, the amount per beneficiary rises 15.000 € over a period of three fiscal years, setting the ceiling by Member State 1 percent of the value of agricultural production of the state. In addition, further defined what types of aid may be included in its scope.