The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of European Union institutions and deepen the legal aspects of the common agricultural policy, which constitutes a significant part of the Union's budget, either in theory or in practice, identifying profiles of major food regulation and the supply chain, also with reference to consumer rights.
teacher profile teaching materials
- The Common Agricultural Policy; CAP 2023-2027 and the new CAP 2028-2032; national strategic plans; rural development plans (RDPs);
- Environmental protection and agricultural activities: the principal environmental instruments and their impact on EU agriculture, in particular those on pesticides and biocides, water protection, biodiversity and waste protection, and animal welfare;
- Consumer protection: food safety in the Union, organic and GMO products, food packaging, food additives;
- The common commercial policy: the import and export of agricultural products and foodstuffs under Union law;
Programme
- Notions of European Union law: the Union's institutional system, sources of law, the relationship between EU law and national law, the Union's own resources;- The Common Agricultural Policy; CAP 2023-2027 and the new CAP 2028-2032; national strategic plans; rural development plans (RDPs);
- Environmental protection and agricultural activities: the principal environmental instruments and their impact on EU agriculture, in particular those on pesticides and biocides, water protection, biodiversity and waste protection, and animal welfare;
- Consumer protection: food safety in the Union, organic and GMO products, food packaging, food additives;
- The common commercial policy: the import and export of agricultural products and foodstuffs under Union law;