TYPES AND STRUCTURE OF BUDGET SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE SCOPE OF CAP

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify the types and structures of applied instruments of financial support for agricultural producers from the budget support in the scope of CAP, justify the aims of financially supporting agricultural producers as well as analyse the structure of this support by incorporating various CAP instruments in the years 2014-2020. Analyses were conducted on the basis of data from the European Court of Auditors for particular EU countries. On the basis of averaged data for this period, it was established that the basic instrument of budget support for agricultural producers are direct payments (BPS or SAPS depending on the EU country). The second most significant instrument is payments for “greening”. Other support instruments are of lesser significance, though continue to play an important social and economic role. In the scope of CAP, there are discrepancies between both the significance and structure of particular budget support instruments for agricultural producers.

Keywords

• Common Agricultural Policy
• agricultural producers
• financial support instruments
• support types and structure
• the European Union