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Regulation (EU) 2021/690 establishing a programme for the internal market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, the area of plants, animals, food and feed, and European statistics (Single Market Programme).

Country/Territory
European Union
Document type
Legislation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Journal of the European Union L 153, 3 May 2021, pp. 1-47.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Public health Consumer protection Special fund Animal health Animal feed/feedstuffs Internal trade Business/industry/corporations Smallholders/peasants Data collection/reporting Plant production Plant protection
Geographical area
European Union Countries
Entry into force notes
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall apply from 1 January 2021.
Abstract

This Regulation establishes a programme for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027, in order to improve the functioning of the internal market in the areas of plants, animals, food and feed. The objectives of this Programme are: (I) making the internal market more effective in the light of the digital transformation, (II) taking measures to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and achieving additionality at Union level, (III) ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market through standardization processes, promoting the interests of consumers and ensuring a high level of consumer protection and product safety, (IV) contributing to a high level of health and safety for humans, animals and plants in plant, animal, food and feed areas, and (V) developing, producing, disseminating and communicating high-quality European statistics. This Regulation also lays down the eligible actions for implementing those objectives, the budget for the period 2021 to 2027, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding, and the system of governance of the Programme.

Full text
English
Website
eur-lex.europa.eu

References - Legislation

Repeals

Regulation (EU) No. 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC.

Legislation | European Union | 2014

Keyword: Subsidy/incentive, Food quality control/food safety, Public health, Consumer protection, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Animal feed/feedstuffs, Plant protection, Planting material/seeds, Biotechnology, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX