EU agricultural policy

EU agricultural policy

The EU's common agricultural policy terms, expressions and explanations

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National ceiling

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

This is the maximum value of all payment entitlements that can be allocated, by member state and by year. The concept of national ceiling was introduced in the 2003 reform.

This is the principle, applying to trade and investment matters, whereby a country grants the same treatment to both its own nationals and to the nationals of other countries. Article III:4 of the ...

Natura 2000

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

This is a network of protected areas of particular ecological value based on two main EU directives: the habitats directive and the birds directive. To date, some 25 000 sites have been so ...

Natural constraint area

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

In the context of the October 2011 proposals for the reform of the common agricultural policy, a natural constraint area is an area of agricultural land in which farming is constrained and made ...

Non-Trade Concerns (NTC)

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture provides significant scope for governments to pursue important "non-trade" concerns such as animal welfare, food security, environmental measures, ...

Ordinary legislative procedure

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

Also known as ‘co-decision’, this is a legislative procedure which requires that both the Council and the European Parliament gives their assent for a legislative proposal to become a law.In the ...

Partial decoupling

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

The 2003 reform of the common agricultural policy introduced decoupling of direct payments as the general rule. However, within the framework set by the Council, member states were able to choose to ...