The Romanian government today approved payments for agricultural subsidies for the year 2017, amounting to about 1.8 billion euros, representing direct payments in the vegetal sector, national aid to the livestock sector and coupled support scheme for sheep / goat species.

Direct payments in the vegetable sector are as follows:
> single area payment scheme, at a minimum of EUR 97.24 /ha;
> redistributive payment: 5 EUR /ha for 1-5 ha inclusive and 48,32 EUR /ha for 5-30 ha inclusive;
> payment for agricultural practices beneficial to the climate and the environment, also called greening payment - 57,17 EUR /ha;
> payment for young farmers - 24,31 EUR /ha.

The Romanian Government also approved the ceilings for transitional national aids in the livestock sector and set the amount for the 2017 payment year, as follows:
> EUR 24.08 million for the decoupled production scheme for the milk sector, the bovine species;
> EUR 101.2 million for the meat sector, the bovine species;
> EUR 50.78 million for ovine / caprine species.

The amount of such subsidies shall be calculated by reporting the amounts to the quantities of milk delivered and/or sold directly eligible, respectively at the number of bovine herds or eligible sheep / goat females.
At the same time, the Executive has approved the EUR 48.5 million ceiling for direct payment for the coupled support scheme for sheep / goat species to be granted for the year 2017. The amount for this scheme is calculated by reporting the ceiling to the eligible livestock.