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Abstract
The Mid Term Review introduced a decoupling of agricultural support from production decisions,
although with opt-out clauses for specific payments in particular sectors. The ‘Health Check’ seeks
to deepen the degree of decoupling, whilst importantly for Spain, offers the option of extending this
model of support to the fruit and vegetables sectors. Employing a computable general equilibrium model,
this paper sets out to quantitatively assess the agro-food and macroeconomic impacts of the Mid Term
Review and Health Check proposals in Spain. With greater decoupling, agricultural output falls slightly,
whilst resources are reallocated in favour of arable activities.