The payment of subsidies scheduled for May 2025 was completed today, totaling 184,954,766.62 euros to 163,663 beneficiaries (116,012 unique tax identification numbers). After offsetting a total amount of €5,020,416.09 due to debts from previous years, the final amount paid amounted to €179,934,350.53 to 158,883 beneficiaries (113,276 unique tax identification numbers).
With the aim of ensuring that aid is paid to the actual beneficiaries and protecting the funds of European and Greek taxpayers, the payment was made after the completion of the required verification, clearance, eligibility, and cross-checking procedures.
Today’s payment covers, among other things:
- Basic Income Support for Sustainability
- Supplementary Redistributive Income Support
- Supplementary Income Support for Young Farmers
- the ECO1 and ECO7 environmental programs
- coupled crop support
- coupled animal production payments
The payment includes aid for the basic, redistributive, and young farmer schemes, as well as for schemes such as rice, durum and common wheat, barley, cotton, maize, industrial tomatoes, oranges for juicing, edible legumes, seed, Corinthian raisins, apples, feed soybeans, as well as coupled support in the sheep, goat, and beef sectors (see detailed payment table below).
Payments based on extensive digital and cross-checks
The AADE proceeded with payments based on verified and documented amounts. The checks constitute an essential process for verifying eligibility, ensuring that payments are made securely, transparently, and with full documentation.
Of the total audits conducted, a total amount of approximately 55.5 million euroswas not approved for payment, as one or more reasons for non-compliance with the conditions set forth in the law and the regulatory framework were identified. Specifically, the audits revealed the following findings:
- following cross-checking with data from myDATA, invoices were found that contained products different from those for which aid was requested or that contained delivery quantities smaller than those required.
A typical example is the Protein-Rich Forage Legumes scheme for the year 2025. During the audit of payments under this scheme, with a budget of 16,179,000 euros, all cases included in the audit sample contained ineligible or problematic supporting documents, with the result that the regulatory framework does not permit the safe payment of the scheme at this stage.
- Failure to verify the legal ownership status of land parcels, according to data maintained by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue
It should be noted that the parcels of land that had been excluded from payments because they appeared as public land according to the Land Registry data (error code 54350), following the entry into force of Article 100 of Law 5302/2026 (Government Gazette A’ 78/May 20, 2026), will be included in the next scheduled payment in June 2026, provided that agricultural activity on these plots is verified for the three-year period 2022–2024.
- Parcel commitments following an audit via the Land Monitoring System (AMS, monitoring)
- It should be noted that 5,221,950 agricultural parcels were checked via the Area Monitoring System (AMS). Additionally, 210,951 photos submitted via the Agrisnap app through March 24, 2026, were reviewed, and corrective actions were taken on 85,000 applications for the 2025 year up to the May payment.
- A re-inspection was conducted on all agricultural parcels in the flooded areas of the Evros Prefecture, regardless of whether farmers had submitted photographs.
- A total of 462,704 parcels remain suspended, corresponding to 8.86% of all parcels inspected.
The photos submitted via the Agrisnap app and the corrective actions taken through the 2025 EAA during the period from May 13 to May 20, 2026, will be taken into account in the June 2026 payment, and, if there is a balance remaining, in subsequent payments.
Absorption of environmental programs ECO 31.1 and ECO 31.7
For the year 2025, the ECO 31.1 and ECO 31.7 environmental programs, following the revision of the framework and eligible actions for the year 2025, saw an 88% decrease in beneficiaries compared to the year 2024. Specifically:
- Regarding ECO1, while 86,528 beneficiaries were recognized and paid in 2024, in 2025, following inspections, 8,965 beneficiaries out of 10,781 applicants were recognized and paid
- Regarding ECO7, while 22,742 beneficiaries were approved and paid in 2024, 3,580 beneficiaries out of 10,043 applicants were approved and paid in 2025 following audits
As a result, 53.2 million less than the relevant budget was allocated for this payment. Based on the guidelines to be issued by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, this amount may be allocated to increase aid for other ecological schemes during the June 2026 payment.
Outstanding matters from 2018
The payment of the budgeted amount of 1.5 million euros, which concerns the settlement of outstanding amounts from 2018, is postponed to June 2026.
Clarifications on Offsets
- It should be noted that no offsetting was applied to the final payment amount for those farmers who had deposited the amount of their debt directly into the ELEGEP account or had submitted written comments by May 20, 2026, at23:59.
- For 110 producers who returned overpaid amounts for the year 2023 on or after May 21, and for whom an offset was made, the amounts will be refunded in full with the next scheduled payment, by June 30, 2026.
- For 388 producers who submitted written objections after May 21, 2026, the starting date for calculating the payment, the amounts due will be refunded in the next scheduled payment, provided the written objections are deemed valid.
The AADE, consistent with the plan it has announced, continues steadfastly toward paying the actual beneficiaries, following audits, so that the aid funds go to those who are truly entitled to them.