In order to efficiently support farmers whose production was damaged by natural disasters, adverse climatic events or other catastrophic events, such as epizootic outbreaks and outbreaks of quarantine pests, Member States should be able to provide crisis payments through rural development interventions. Such types of support should offer Member States sufficient flexibility in planning the interventions. When calculating the loss of production to be compensated, the Member States should be able to use indexes and take into account recent price developments in order for the calculation to reflect the actual market value. In order to ensure sound financial management of the Union funds, Member States should ensure that the total compensation received by the farmer, in combination with other forms of Union or national support including additional national financing, and financing from private insurance or other risk management schemes, does not lead to overcompensation or double funding.
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