Turkey entered a customs union (CU) with the EU in January 1996. Agricultural trade is not covered by this CU but it is subject to extensive preferential trade rules. In this article, the effects of an inclusion of agricultural products in the CU as well as alternative policy options on the...

Am französischen Nationalfeiertag 2004 veröffentlichte die EU-Kommission ihre konkretisierten Vorschläge für eine Reform der Zuckermarktordnung (EU-KOMMISSION, 2004; COUNCIL OF THE EU, 2004a-d). Das Reformkonzept sieht im Wesentlichen vor, die Preise für Zuckerrüben und Zucker in zwei Phasen...

The aim of this paper is to gain better insights in the implications of some of the most important economic assumptions and empirical choices made in partial equilibrium models focusing on dairy. Three partial equilibrium models are considered: the AGricultural Member states MODeling (AGMEMOD)...

In this paper we analyse the impact of the EU multi-level co-financing system on regional policy-making and priority setting taking the case of the agri-environmental programme of Saxony-Anhalt. The implications of several co-financing scenarios are analysed and compared to respective lump-sum...

Traditional and typical food products are, at present, fully recognised by European Union institutions and regulations. The name Origin Labelled Products (OLPs) brings together all those food products, which have legal recognition under the EU legislation, defined as produced in a particular...