The report provides elements of analyses of the Common Agricultural Policy as well as a general assessment and comments on the November 20 2007 Communication of the Commission preparing for the "Health Check" of the Common Agricultural Policy reform. General principles for the future CAP are...

The imbalances in bargaining power between the contracting parties in the food supply chain have drawn much attention, also from policy makers. The European Commission is committed to facilitate the restructuring of the sector by encouraging the creation of voluntary agricultural producer...