European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) | Practical Law

European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) | Practical Law

European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)

European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)

Practical Law UK Glossary 3-566-1588 (Approx. 3 pages)

Glossary

European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)

A fund that finances the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by providing funding for direct payments to farmers, measures to regulate agricultural markets, and other purposes including veterinary and plant health measures and food programmes. The EAGF forms part of the EU's general budget. It was created in September 2005 by Council Regulation (EC) 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy and came into operation in 2007.
The other fund that finances the CAP is the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).