First discussion of CAP reform reveals deep divisions

CAP reform agreement means that decoupling will be partial.

CAP reform agreement means that decoupling will be partial

Control for each output may be achieved by partially or completely decoupling the pick-up from a primary conductive path of the ICPT system.

Comment: The European Commission has always been open to 'partial de-coupling' particularly where full de-coupling could adversely affect EU production.

Comment: The European Commission has always been open to 'partial de-coupling' particularly where full de-coupling could adversely affect EU production.

Comment: The Commissioner's comments on partial de-coupling constitute an attempt to limit the extent to which the Commission's current package of proposals is watered down.

In the province of Cordoba, for example, the efficiency of cotton irrigation increased by approximately 40% after subsidies were partially decoupled from cotton production in 2004.

He came to an agreement with Gerhard Schröder on partial and limited decoupling, but, in fact, he had to accept the abandonment of the basic principle of the CAP, despite protests by agricultural organisations in France.

A study published in late April clearly shows that there can be no partial or total decoupling between resource use and greenhouse gas emissions on the one hand, and economic growth on the other.