The EU Commission adopts new rules for the agriculture, forestry and fishery and aquaculture sectors

State aid: Commission adopts new rules for agriculture, forestry and fishery and aquaculture sectors* The European Commission has adopted today revised State aid rules for the agricultural, forestry and fishery and aquaculture sectors. The revised rules align State aid with the EU strategic priorities, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as well as to the European Green Deal. The Commission has also decided to prolong for one year the validity of its so-called Fishery 'de minimis' Regulation. The new State aid rules part of the package adopted today are: The revised Agricultural Block Exemption Regulation (‘ABER') and Fishery Block Exemption Regulation ('FIBER'), which declare specific categories of aid compatible with EU State aid