Information and Promotion Measures for Agricultural Products on the Internal Market and in Third Countries: Initial Appraisal of the Commission's Impact Assessment
This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment accompanying its proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries (COM (2013) 812 final which was submitted on 21 November 2013. It analyses whether the principal criteria laid down in the Commission’s own Impact Assessment Guidelines, as well as additional factors identified by the Parliament in its Impact Assessment Handbook, appear to be met by the IA. It does not attempt to deal with the substance of the proposal. It is drafted for informational and background purposes to assist the relevant parliamentary committee and Members more widely in their work.
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- agri-foodstuffs
- AGRI-FOODSTUFFS
- agricultural activity
- agricultural policy
- agricultural product
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- agro-industry
- aid to agriculture
- common agricultural policy
- common commercial policy
- drafting of EU law
- economic analysis
- ECONOMICS
- EU finance
- EU financing
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- impact study
- marketing
- sales promotion
- TRADE
- trade policy
- trade promotion