NEW LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ON EUROPEAN UNION COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
NEW LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ON EUROPEAN UNION COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the legal basis of the new Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union (CAP), i.e., the three European Union Regulations that will be applied from 2023, forming the legislative framework for the development of agriculture in the EU Member States in the coming period. These are Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 on the financing, management, and monitoring of CAP, and repealing Regulation (EU) 1306/2013, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 on establishing rules for the implementation of national strategic plans for CAP and repealing Regulation (EU) 1305/2013 and (EU) 1307/2013, as well as Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 updating Regulations 1308/2013 establishing a common organization of the markets for agricultural products, Regulation (EU) 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products, Regulation (EU) 251/2014 on definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatized wine products and Regulation (EU) 228/2013 laying down measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the EU. In the paper, the methods of textual analysis, formal-legal method and comparative method were used. Since its creation in 1962, CAP has undergone numerous phases of development following the development of the EU and the needs of agricultural producers and consumers. Therefore, in 2018, the European Commission suggested to change the legal basis of the CAP for its greater simplicity and efficiency and better compliance with the European Green Plan in terms of sustainability. The previous legal framework of CAP, adopted in 2013, was formally replaced by the new legal framework adopted on December 2, 2021, and will be effective as of January 1, 2023. The current Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy of the Republic of Serbia states that the adoption of the EU measures of the CAP can support the restructuring of the domestic agriculture sector, and it is rational and valuable for the domestic agricultural policy to gradually align with the principles and requirements of the CAP, even before our accession to the EU. Therefore, domestic regulations in this area will be harmonized with the new structural regulations of the CAP in the coming period, as well as with special European regulations that will eventually be harmonized with their legal framework.

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