The Payments and Intervention Agency for Agriculture (APIA) authorized the payment, between December 2, 2024 and January 8, 2025, of 322.716 million euros (1.605 billion RON), representing final payments for 2024, for a number of 636,065 farmers.
According to a release sent on Wednesday to AGERPRES, until this moment, in accordance with its attributions, APIA has paid from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), the total amount of 164.906 million euros (820.461 million RON), for a number of 590,177 beneficiaries.
In the 2024 Campaign, the payments from European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for rural development interventions are made by the Agency for the Financing of Rural Investments (AFIR), the release mentioned.
Payments for EAGF-funded interventions are made in RON, at the exchange rate of 4.9753 RON/euro, and payments for measures financed from the EAFRD at the exchange rate of 4.9756 RON/euro.
In the Advance Payment Campaign related to payment requests submitted in 2024, payments were made from EAGF, EAFDR and BN1 in the amount of 1.283 billion euros (6.383 billion RON).