With its announcement, OPEKEPE emphasizes that the results of the AMS, regarding the aid of special regimes, such as the linked aid for cotton, will not affect either the advance payment or the payment of the basic aid, which will be carried out in the near future, until 31/12/2025 and at the same time refutes the rumor about sending to KYD parcels of linked aid for cotton with the designation “red”, i.e. ineligible.

The announcement of the Organization:

“OPEKEPE announces that the results of the AMS, with regard to the aid of special regimes, such as the linked cotton aid, will not affect either the advance payment or the payment of the basic aid, which will be carried out in the near future, until 31/12/2025.

OPEKEPE refutes the rumor about the shipment to KYD of parcels of linked cotton support with the designation “red”, i.e. ineligible. On the contrary, they have been sent with the designation “yellow”, i.e. they need corrections by the beneficiary producers and a review by OPEKEPE, according to the usual procedure and based on the Community Framework (Regulation 1173/2022).

Immediately after the advance payment of the basic aid – and in any case within December 2025 – the process of extracting results will be repeated. The process will be repeated at least two more times, until April 2026, before the coupled aid is paid out.

Therefore:

All interested prospective beneficiaries are invited to proactively proceed with a re-check of the geospatial data of their applications, so that they reflect the current state of the parcels of land, included in their declarations”.