The eGovernance project was triggered by the Commission’s Action Programme for reducing administrative burden on businesses. The main objective of this Action Programme was to reduce administrative burden by 25% by 2012. One of the recommendations that came forth is the introduction of the...

The imbalances in bargaining power between the contracting parties in the food supply chain have drawn much scholarly attention but have also been closely examined by policy makers. The European Commission is committed to facilitate the restructuring of the agricultural sector by encouraging the...

The Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) commissioned the present study to assess the influence of the 2006 reform of the EU sugar regime on price transmission in the sugar sector. The investigations to be carried out had to focus on the different...

Mountains represent a significant share of the EU territory, population and economy. Most definitions, including the one established for the purpose of compensating natural handicaps for mountain agriculture (Less Favoured Areas (LFA), laid down by article 18.1 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999),...

An expert panel of 12 European scientists in fields related to land abandonment (bio-physical / land suitability, farm structure, farm economics, land market, regional development, socio and economic factors in rural areas) and representative for the EU27 Member States were tasked to identify...

Poultry is a perishable product which requires careful control of temperature during production and retail processes. The EU poultry marketing legislation requires that poultry be marketed either as fresh poultry or as frozen (or quick-frozen) poultry. It is not permitted to market poultry which...

This report proposes a prospective vision of the future of the European milk market after the removal of the quotas in 2015. The study has been conducted through consultation of a panel of independent experts. Experts have offered their opinions to describe future trends, driving factors,...

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers provides for mandatory indication of country of origin or place of provenance for unprocessed meat of pigs, poultry, sheep and goats, as from 13 December 2014. The Regulation requires the adoption of implementing...

Portant sur des produits comme le Parmigiano Reggiano, le Café de Colombie ou encore la Tequila, les Indications Géographiques (IG) définies dans à l’article 22-‐1 des accords ADPIC consacrent juridiquement une qualité liée à l’origine. La justification de l’accès à une...