Italy: Satisfaction over the CAP 2023-27 strategic plan
Fresh Tomato
Italy
Published Dec 21, 2022
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On 2 December 2022, the European Commission definitively approved the Italian CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027. The text approved after a long and demanding discussion between the Ministry of Agriculture, the Regions and the Brussels offices, has seen the two main requests of the Interprofessional Organization of the Tomato Industry of Northern Italy, in agreement with that of Central and Southern Italy, accepted: the confirmation of the measure of the coupled premium per hectare for areas cultivated with tomatoes and the possibility for tomato producers to improve the environmental sustainability of their crops through access, initially not foreseen, to the additional agri-environmental aid of the so-called 'Eco-Schemes'.
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Tiberio Rabboni, President of the Interprofessional Organisation of the Tomato Industry of Northern Italy, when he heard the news, commented, “.” Provisions extracted from the 2023-2027 CAP National Plan Coupled support: Active farmers growing tomatoes for processing under normal growing conditions, on areas committed to a supply contract, who are members of a recognised producer organisation. Supply contracts must be lodged with the coordinating body by the producer organisation by the deadline for submitting the application, and the member producer must attach to the application the cultivation commitment in force with his association. Contracts must be computerised by the producer organisation concerned, in accordance with the organisational rules laid down by the coordinating body. Furthermore, by the application year 2024 at the latest, it will be required to use only certified propagation material. Crops that do not reach full fruit maturity due to recognised ...
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