02/02/2021 10:33
Almost 768,000 farmers have gotten approvals to receive payments under the 2020 Campaign, which represents 93.54pct of the total number of those who submitted a Single Payment Request, informs the Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA), in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.
The total amount approved for the 767,907 farmers reaches 2.14 billion euros, of which: 1.69 billion euros come from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), 373.36 million euros from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and 74.21 million euros are co-financed from the national budget (BN1).
According to data provided by APIA, the payments financed from the EAGF are made at the exchange rate of 4.8725 lei for one euro, and the payments financed from the EAFRD at the exchange rate of 4.7830 lei for one euro.
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On 28 January 2021, the Luxembourg parliament approved bill of
law n°7547 implementing measures concerning the
non-tax-deductibility of interest and royalty payments made to
entities located in non-cooperative jurisdictions.
The bill adds a paragraph to Article 168 of the Luxembourg
income tax law (the LITL ) extending
non-tax-deductibility to interest and royalties due to a related
party established in a country or territory appearing on the EU
list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
1 (the EU list ). The new measure will apply to accruals made
as of 1 March 2021, based on the version of the EU list published
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The European Commission has stressed the importance and the need
for effective enforcement of EU competition rules by the National
Competition Authorities (‘ NCAs ) and
considers that, while NCAs have notably increased their enforcement
activities in recent years, much more needs to be done to improve
cartel detection rates particularly at a national level. Although
all NCAs have the competence and indeed sometimes the obligation to
enforce Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of
the European Union (‘ TFEU ), there is
still a gap in practice because several NCAs do not have the
16:35 Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
On 17 December 2020, the Council adopted Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/2130[1] implementing Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP.
The Council Decision adds 29 persons and 7 entities to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in the Annex to Decision 2012/642/CFSP.
The Candidate Countries the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania[2] and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this Council Decision.
They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision.