peer reviewed ; ln order to implement the new Common Agricultural Policy agreed upon in 2013, the Walloon government had to make some choices, left to the Member States or the regions within them, which is the case in Belgium. ln January 2014, it was decided to implement the green payment (which is compulsory) proportionally to the basic payments, the payment for young farmers (compulsory) at its maximum authorized level (2% of the total envelope for direct payments), an additional payment for the first 50 hectares (payment which is left to the choice of the Member State/region), coupled payments (including 2.1 % of the regional envelope for direct payments for pastures and forage area), and the basic payment (compulsory, representing 26.7 % of the total regional envelope for direct payments only in Wallonia).