The Common Agricultural Policy is one of the most developed of the common policies of the EU and has been a model for many of the general principles of EU Law. To date, discussion of the policy has centred on the political and financial problems that have arisen, rather than the legal aspects of the policy. This book examines those legal aspects through the evolution of the CAP. It traces the legal transformation of the CAP from a market and price-driven policy towards its current emphasis on the multifunctionality of European agriculture and the development of a common food policy, incorporating food safety and quality, animal health and welfare and the protection of the environment. This book also covers international developments, especially the creation of the World Trade Organisation and the introduction of various agreements, on agriculture, on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and on technical barriers to trade. These agreements, and disputes arising under them, have had and will continue to have a significant impact on the transformation of the Common Agricultural Policy and are analysed in this work. The book also contains a fully up to date discussion of the increasing role of the Member States in the development of a European model of agriculture, the transformation of which remains incomplete, and it is thus unclear how the policy will develop in years to come. This work derives from a section in the looseleaf Law of the EU (Vaughan & Robertson, eds), and is made available here in a revised and expanded form.
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This book examines agricultural law and policy in the EU, covering the development of the Common Agricultural Policy into a system seeking to establish a consolidated European model of agriculture. It derives from a section in the looseleaf Law of the EU (Vaughan & Robertson, eds), and is made available here in a revised and expanded form.
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1. The Treaty Provisions on Agriculture ; Agricultural Producer ; Agricultural Holding ; Agricultural Products ; Agricultural Products versus Other Products ; The Objectives of the CAP ; Common Organisations of the Market ; The Legislative Power of the Community Institutions ; 2. A History of the Common Agricultural Policy (1958-1998) ; Stresa Conference ; Common Prices ; Common Financing ; Community Preference ; Community Exclusivity ; Structural Policy ; The External Dimension ; Towards Reform ; Conclusions ; 3. The International Dimension - Agriculture ; The Agreement of Agriculture ; Market Access ; Domestic Support ; Export Competition ; The Peace Clause ; An Assessment ; 4. The International Dimension - Domestic Regulation ; The GATT ; The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ; The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ; 5. The Common Agricultural Policy (1998 - ) ; Agenda 2000 ; The Mid-Term Review ; Financing the CAP ; WTO Compatibility ; 6. A Common Food Policy ; Geographical Indications ; Organic Farming ; Food Safety ; 7. National Implementation of the CAP ; Introduction ; The Single Farm Payment ; Rural Development ; Food Quality and Safety ; Conclusions ; 8. The Future? ; Introduction ; The Agreement on Agriculture ; The CAP ; Conclusion ; APPENDICES ; Provisions of the EC Treaty ; The Agreement on Agriculture ; The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ; The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
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Overall, this is an extremely detailed and wide-ranging book, which offered the reviewer multiple insights and complimentaries on a subject I knew pretty well before, but which I now know rather better. s
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781904501657
Publisert
2007
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
801 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
06, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
456

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Biographical note

Joseph McMahon joined the School of Law as Professor of Commercial Law in October 2004, having previously been a member of staff at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand, the University of Leicester and the Queen's University of Belfast. His research interests lie in the area of international trade law and European Community law with particular emphasis on agriculture and food safety. Since the publication of his doctoral thesis European Trade Policy in Agricultural Products he has continued to publish in the area of agricultural policy. His most recent book in this area was published by OUP in 2006 - The WTO Agreement on Agriculture. He has contributed to edited collections on the European Union, and on international trade issues, and has contributed articles on agriculture to leading European and International law journals.