FDF Response

January 2008

EC Questionnaire on the CAP “Health Check” Communication

FDF has responded to the European Commission's stakeholder questionnaire on the EU's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) “Health Check” Communication. The CAP “Health Check” Communication was published on 22 November 2007 which outlines the Commission's thinking on what could be achieved. In advance of draft legislative proposals to be published in May 2008, the Commission has asked detailed questions seeking stakeholders' views. FDF has made its priorities clear for the CAP “Health Check”. Our comments have two recurrent themes running through them. First, further CAP reform is necessary in order to achieve greater market orientation and improved competitiveness for EU agriculture vis à vis third countries. Second, a level playing field within the EU is necessary to avoid market distortions between Member States.

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