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The downpayment campaign for the beneficiaries who submitted the single payment application in 2019 ended on Friday, with the total amount authorised for payment standing at 1.335 billion euro, a release of the Agency for Payments and Intervention for Agriculture (APIA) sent to AGERPRES informed.
Moreover, 16.55 million euro accounted for market measures, foreign trade, promotion of agricultural products and state aid.
"Through the Commission's implementing Decision No.6536, there has been established the level of downpayments for direct payments and rural development measures related to the acreage and animals corresponding to the 2019 Campaign, up to 70 percent for direct payments and up to 85 percent for the aid granted within rural development measures, respectively (...) mentioning that the amount of 1.319 billion lei, which represents downpayments granted to farmers in the 2019 Campaign is the highest amount authorised for downpayment starting with the 2009 Campaign, the year when the downpayment has been granted for the first time," the APIA mentions.
In accordance to the provisions of Regulation (EU) No.1174/2019, the funding allocation for Romania regarding direct payments granted to farmers in the 2019 Campaign is 1.943 billion lei.
