#62025CJ0052EU Court Clarifies Farm Disaster Aid Rules When Insurance Is Unavailable
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This ruling clarifies when farm disaster aid can be reduced because the farmer did not have insurance. Under EU state aid rules, compensation for climate-related damage can be cut if the farmer failed to insure at least half of normal production or income against common climate risks. The key point is practical: national authorities must apply the EU condition carefully where the required insurance was not realistically available to the farmer. The case matters for farmers, regional governments, and insurers handling drought and other climate-damage compensation schemes.
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Key Changes
- Clarifies how EU farm disaster aid rules apply when required climate-risk insurance was not available
- Confirms that insurance conditions can affect the amount of aid paid for drought and similar climate damage
- Gives national authorities guidance on assessing compensation claims under agricultural state aid schemes
Obligations
What this law requires
Article 25(9) of Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 allowed aid for damage caused by adverse climatic events assimilated to natural disasters to be reduced where the beneficiary did not take out insurance covering at least 50% of average annual production or production-related income and the most frequent climatic risks in the Member State or region concerned.
When applying Article 25(9) of Regulation (EU) No 702/2014, national or regional authorities must take account of whether the required insurance was realistically available to the farmer before reducing climate-damage compensation for lack of insurance.
Farmers seeking full compensation under an agricultural disaster aid scheme may be affected by an insurance condition requiring coverage for at least 50% of their average annual production or production-related income against the most frequent climatic risks, unless such insurance was impossible for them to obtain.