France will give aid for production losses due to the yellowness of beets

When at the beginning of 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its ruling that exceptional authorizations could not be granted for neonicotinoids in the pilling of beet seeds, the French government announced that it would grant aid to compensate for the production losses that their beets had. The French Ministry of Agriculture has disclosed how this aid will work: This is de minimis aid For each beet tree, its individual production reference will be calculated for the period 2017-2019. This reference will be compared to individual production in 2023 with discounts of 10% and 15%, depending on whether they are insured or non-insured beets, respectively. The difference in production will be compensated with an ...