The French government has consistently refused to disclose information on farm subsidy payments. For 2004, two of the largest paying agencies released the names of 20 large recipients and the associated 20 payments made in 2004.
Amount: EUR 8 668 688
Payments: 20
Recipients: 20
Years: 2004
read moreFrance scores 5% in farmsubsidy.org's
transparency league table| France: Snapshot Statistics (2006) | Rank* |
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| Total CAP spending in EU: | €49 799 million (€108 per citizen) | |
| France national budget contribution to CAP: | €8 755 million (€140 per citizen) | 2nd (9th) |
| Total CAP spending in France: | €10 092 million (€162 per citizen) | 1st (4th) |
| Net budgetary gain or loss: | €1 336 million (€21 per citizen) | 3rd (9th) |
| Total direct aid to farmers: | €7 732 million | 1st |
| Average direct aid payment per farm: | €526 | 17th |
| Average direct aid per farm worker: | €8 370 | 5th |
| Average direct aid per hectare of farmland: | €261 | 7th |
| Proportion of farm payments going to top ten per cent of recipients: | 36% | 21st |
| Export subsidies: | €404 million | 1st |
| Rural development: | €1 184 million | 1st |
| *position out of 25 countries in descending order of metric |
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