GENERALNE UREGULOWANIA DETERMINUJĄCE DOSTĘPNOŚĆ POMOCY W RAMACH SYSTEMU WSPARCIA BEZPOŚREDNIEGO

The article analyses the general conditions which farmers need to be meet to receive direct payments. It also presents the range of decisions made by the EU member-states as well as national decisions concerning implementation of the system, featuring Poland.Legal regulations concerning the direct support system and information notes of the European Commission were used as the source material. The empirical research was based on data provided by the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. The study showed that the changes in general regulations, which were introduced in 2015, had minimal influence on the total number of farmers receiving direct support in Poland.