AGICOA’s Administrative Board has approved the new Conflict Rules, designed to accelerate the resolution of long-standing conflicts between declarants involving small or very old amounts in closed periods.
Over time, some of these conflicts have remained unresolved in closed periods, requiring AGICOA to maintain provisions for many years. The new rules provide a pragmatic and transparent solution, ensuring that rights in open periods remain fully protected.
The revised framework introduces clear criteria and timelines for resolving small-amount conflicts, fully aligned with AGICOA’s Conflict Resolution Process and guaranteeing consistent treatment across all cases. A threshold of EUR 500 has been set to balance efficiency with fairness, allowing AGICOA to focus on cases that genuinely require attention.
Implementation will begin with a one-off clean-up in late 2025, followed by an annual exercise from 2027 onwards. Declarants will be invited each year to review and resolve any remaining conflicts within set deadlines or to request the launch of a CRP. In the absence of action, the relevant amounts will be written off in accordance with the new rules.
All measures will be fully documented, traceable, and auditable, and any written-off amounts will be redistributed under AGICOA’s Distribution Rules, ensuring that no funds remain idle.
With these new Conflict Rules, AGICOA reinforces its commitment to efficiency, transparency, and fairness – for the benefit of all rightsholders it represents.