Section XXV

 

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

 

Article 94

 

Objectives and Goals of Agreed

 

(Coordinated) Agricultural Policy

 

 

           In order to ensure the development of the agricultural sector and rural areas in the interests of the population of each the Member State and the Union as a whole, as well as to promote economic integration within the Union, agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy shall be conducted implying the use of control mechanisms provided for in this Treaty and other international treaties within the Union in the sphere of agricultural sector and mutual submission by the Member States to each other and to the Commission of manufacture development plans (programmes) for each sensitive agricultural goods, the list of which shall be compiled on the basis of proposals from the Member States and approved by the Commission.

 

           The main objective of the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy shall consist in the effective implementation of the resource potential of the Member States for optimisation of volumes of competitive agricultural and food products, meeting the needs of the common agricultural market, as well as increasing exports of agricultural and food products.

 

           The agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy shall ensure the following:

 

1) balanced development of the production and markets for agricultural and food products;

 

2) fair competition between constituents of the Member States, including equal access to the common agricultural market;

 

 

 

 unification of requirements related to the circulation of agricultural and food products;

 

 protection of the interests of manufacturers of the Member States in internal and foreign markets.

 

Article 95

 

Main Directions of Agreed (Coordinated)

 

Agricultural Policy and Agricultural State Support Measures

 

 

Solving the tasks of an agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy refers to the use of mechanisms for interstate cooperation in the following main directions:

 

1) forecasting in the agricultural sector;

 

2) state support for agriculture;

 

3) common agricultural market regulation;

 

4) common requirements for the production and circulation of products; 5) development of export of agricultural and food products;

 

6) scientific and innovative development of the agricultural sector;

 

7) integrated information support of agriculture.

 

 In order to implement the measures of the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy, regular consultations of representatives of the Member States shall be organised by the Commission, including with regard to sensitive agricultural goods, at least once a year. These consultations shall result in recommendations on the implementation of agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy within the main directions determined in paragraph 1 of this Article.

 

 When carrying out the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy, the Member States shall take into account the specific nature of agricultural

 

 

 

activities that is not only due to the industrial, economic significance, but also to the social significance of the industry and structural and climatic differences among regions and territories of the Member States.

 

          In other spheres of integration interaction, including in the sphere of sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary (veterinary-sanitary) measures for agricultural and food products, the respective policy shall be conducted with account of the objectives, tasks and directions of the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy.

 

          Within the Union, state support for agriculture shall be provided in accordance with the approaches under Annex 29 to this Treaty.

 

          All disputes concerning this Article and Annex 29 to this Treaty shall be primarily settled through negotiations and consultations conducted with the participation of the Commission. If a dispute cannot be settled through negotiations and consultations within 60 calendar days from the date of a formal written request for holding thereof sent by the Member State that initiated the dispute and acting as the claimant state to the respondent state, the claimant state shall be entitled to apply to the Court of the Union. When sending a formal written request for negotiations and consultations, the claimant Member State shall, within 10 calendar days from the date of such request, inform the Commission thereof.

 

          For the purposes of implementation of the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy, the Commission shall:

 

1) jointly with the Member States develop, coordinate and implement the main directions of the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy within its powers;

 

 

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ coordinate activities of the Member States in preparation of joint development forecasts for the agricultural sector, supply and demand for agricultural and food products;

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ coordinate mutual presentation by the Member States of development programmes for the agricultural sector and its branches;

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ monitor the development of agricultural sectors of the Member States and application of state regulation measures for the agricultural sectors by the Member States, including state support measures for agriculture;

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ monitor prices and analyse competitiveness of products manufactured based on the nomenclature agreed upon by the Member States;

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ assist in the organisation of consultations and negotiations on the harmonisation of legislation of the Member States in the sphere of agricultural sector, including the legislation on state support for agriculture, as well as in dispute resolution related to the fulfilment of obligations in the field of state support for agriculture;

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ monitor and conduct comparative legal analysis of the legislation of the Member States in the field of state support for agriculture in terms of its compliance with the obligations assumed within the Union;

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ prepare and submit to the Member States reviews of the state policy in the sphere of agricultural sector and state support for agriculture in the Member States, including recommendations on improvement of the efficiency of state support;

 

⌀̀ĀȀĀ⸀Āᜀ assist the Member States on issues related to the calculation of the amount of state support for agriculture;

 

 

 

 jointly with the Member States, prepare recommendations on coordinated actions aimed at developing the export potential in the spere of agricultural sector;

 

 coordinate the implementation by the Member States of joint scientific and innovative activities in the sphere of agricultural sector, including within interstate programmes of the Member States;

 

 coordinate the development and implementation by the Member States of the standardised requirements regarding the conditions of import, export and movement of pedigree products within the customs territory of the Union, methods for determining the breeding value of breeding stock, as well as the forms of breeding certificates (certificates, books of certificate);

 

 coordinate the development and implementation of the standardised requirements in the sphere of testing crop types and seeds, as well as coordinate mutual recognition by the Member States of documents certifying the varietal and sowing seed quality;

 

 assist in ensuring equal competitive environments within the main directions of the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy.