Common Agricultural Policy

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European Union policy agricultural policy framework supranational policy

The Common Agricultural Policy is the European Union’s long-standing framework for regulating and supporting agriculture through subsidies, market interventions, and rural development measures.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
common agricultural policy 4
Common Agricultural Policy 2014–2020 1
Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union policy ⓘ
agricultural policy framework ⓘ
supranational policy ⓘ
administeredBy European Commission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CAP ⓘ
appliesTo European Union member states ⓘ
articleReference Articles 38–44 TFEU ⓘ
basedOnTreaty Treaty of Rome ⓘ
criticizedFor creating agricultural surpluses ⓘ
environmental impacts ⓘ
high budgetary cost ⓘ
unequal distribution of subsidies ⓘ
fundedBy European Union budget ⓘ
hasPillar Pillar I ⓘ
Pillar II ⓘ
introducedInstrument cross-compliance requirements ⓘ
decoupled direct payments ⓘ
eco-schemes ⓘ
greening payments ⓘ
introducedInYear 1962 ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
mainFund European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ⓘ
European Agricultural Guarantee Fund ⓘ
objective address climate change ⓘ
ensure a fair standard of living for farmers ⓘ
ensure availability of food supplies ⓘ
ensure reasonable prices for consumers ⓘ
promote sustainable agriculture ⓘ
protect the environment ⓘ
stabilize agricultural markets ⓘ
support rural areas ⓘ
pillarName Pillar I: Direct payments and market measures ⓘ
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ⓘ
surface form: Pillar II: Rural development
policyArea agriculture ⓘ
climate action ⓘ
environment ⓘ
food security ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
provides direct payments to farmers ⓘ
market support measures ⓘ
rural development funding ⓘ
reformedInYear 1992 ⓘ
2003 ⓘ
2013 ⓘ
2021 ⓘ
reformName Fischler reform ⓘ
Health Check ⓘ
MacSharry reform ⓘ
post-2020 CAP reform ⓘ
supports agri-environmental measures ⓘ
farm income ⓘ
rural infrastructure ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Common Agricultural Policy 2014–2020
this entity surface form: Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027
European Economic Community → introducedPolicy → Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
European integration → involves → Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
this entity surface form: common agricultural policy
Agriculture and Fisheries Council → oversees → Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
EEC → policyArea → Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
this entity surface form: common agricultural policy
European Union outermost regions → policyCategory → Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
this entity surface form: EU agricultural policy
Treaty of Rome → providedFor → Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
this entity surface form: common agricultural policy
Member States of the European Union → sharesPolicy → Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
this entity surface form: common agricultural policy