EU agricultural policy

EU agricultural policy

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

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Payment entitlements

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

These are entitlements, held by farmers, to financial support within the context of the single payment scheme.The single payment scheme was introduced by the 2003 reform of the common agricultural ...

Peace clause

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

Article 13 of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (the so-called "Peace clause") protected certain domestic support measures and export subsidies from being challenged under the provisions of ...

Permanent crops

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

In the context of the CAP reform proposals of October 2011, the term permanent crops means non-rotational crops other than permanent grassland that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield ...

Pillars of the CAP

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

The 'first pillar' is support to farmers' incomes. This support is provided in the form of direct payments and market measures and is entirely financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee ...

POSEI

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

This is a programme that supports the incomes of farmers in the outermost regions of the European Union. It is the French acronym for the Programme d’Options Spécifiques à l’Eloignement et à ...

Precautionary principle

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

This is an EU principle that justifies a higher level of food safety and consumer protection than that agreed in the context of international negotiations.The principle applies mainly to the fields ...

Premium

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

The term premium usually referred to a payment per head of livestock (ewe premium, special beef premium, suckler cow premium). Following the 2003 reform, they have generally been decoupled from ...