A. Common Agriculture Policy

• ​Agricultural and food supply chain — unfair business-to-business trading practices
• The common organisation of agricultural markets in the EU
• Future of the common agricultural policy (CAP)

B. Funding & support schemes

• Agriculture in the EU — financing, managing and monitoring rules
• The common organisation of agricultural markets in the EU
• Rules for direct EU payments to farmers
• Promotion of EU farm products
• Farmers in the Aegean islands - EU support
• European Union strategy for forests and the forest-based sector
• European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
• EU support for farmers in the outermost regions
• EU system to identify certain beneficiaries of transactions financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section
• Aids and refunds related to the common organisation of markets in agricultural products​

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C. Agricultural products

• Aromatised wine products
• Tariffs on grain imports
• Specific rules on organic production, labelling and control
• Rules on marketing standards for eggs
• Production and labelling of organic products (until 2021)
• Protection of geographical indications — Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement
• Olive oil analysis
• ‘Farm to fork’ strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system
• Import duties in the poultry meat and egg sectors
• Food quality certification schemes
• EU rules on producing and labelling organic products (from 2022)
• EU rules for the marketing of fruit plants
• EU rules on establishing the common catalogue of agricultural plants and species
• EU-Iceland agreement on the protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs
• EU-China agreement on protection of geographical indications
• Enhancing quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

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D. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – rules & consumers protection

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• Authorisation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the EU
• Unauthorised genetically modified rice in rice products from China — emergency measures
• Regulating GM crops: EU countries’ rights
• Genetically modified organisms — unique identifiers
• Genetically modified organisms — traceability and labelling
• Genetically modified food & feed
• Exports of genetically modified organisms to non-EU countries
• EU country flexibility in genetically modified organism cultivation
• Contained use of genetically modified microorganisms

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E. Pesticides & fertilisers

• Fighting water pollution from agricultural nitrates
• Using sewage sludge in farming
• Supplementary protection certificates for medicines and plant protection products
• Safe insect repellents, disinfectants and other industrial chemicals (biocides) in the EU
• Safe and effective fertilisers on the EU market (from 2022)
• Safe and effective fertilisers on the EU market
• Pesticide safety on the EU market
• Pesticide residues in food and animal feed
• Pesticides in the EU — ensuring their sustainable use
• Protecting health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants

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F. Competition & trade issues

• Application of certain EU competition rules to agricultural products
• WTO: agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property
• WTO: agreement on trade in goods
• WTO agreement
• Small-scale (de minimis) aid for farming
• State aid — agricultural, forestry, fishery and aquaculture sectors
• Protection of geographical indications — Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement
• Preferential European Union import tariffs for developing countries
• EU-Iceland agreement on the protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs
• EU-China agreement on protection of geographical indications

G. European statistics for Agriculture

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• Agricultural production — crop statistics
• Statistics — livestock and meat under the common agricultural policy
• Statistical surveys of dairy products
• Pesticide statistics production
• Production of EU statistics for permanent crops
• Farm incomes and operations - EU statistics
• EU integrated farm statistics
• Economic accounts for agriculture

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H. Food Safety

• Food
  • Food – general rules
    • Authorisation, import and manufacture of veterinary medicines
    • Specific rules on organic production, labelling and control
    • Single Market Programme
    • The precautionary principle
    • Methods of sampling and analysis for the control of levels of certain elements in foodstuffs
    • Marketing of vegetable seed
    • Marketing of seeds of agricultural crops
    • ‘Farm to fork’ strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system
    • EU rules on the authorisation, import and production of veterinary medicines
    • Enforcing EU rules for the agri-food chain
    • Combating fraud in the marketing of foods - restoring consumer confidence
  • Food safety bodies
    • European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) — ensuring safe food and animal feed in the EU
  • Labelling and nutrition
    • Food labelling legislation
      • Coffee and chicory extracts
      • Specific rules on organic production, labelling and control
      • Traceability of pre-packaged foods
      • Production and labelling of organic products (until 2021)
      • Quick-frozen food
      • Marketing of seeds of agricultural crops
      • Labelling of foodstuffs
      • Genetically modified organisms — traceability and labelling
      • Fruit juices and similar products
      • Fruit jams and sweetened chestnut purée
      • Identification and labelling of beef and veal
      • EU rules for the marketing of fruit plants
      • EU rules on producing and labelling organic products (from 2022)
      • EU labelling rules for honey
      • Ecolabel
    • Food supplements
      • Ensuring safe food supplements in the EU
      • Vitamins and minerals
    • Natural mineral waters
      • EU standards for natural mineral waters
      • Using alumina to remove fluoride from mineral waters
    • Food for specific groups
      • Foods for special medical purposes
      • Specific rules on organic production, labelling and control
      • Infant and follow-on formula — composition and information
      • Foods for specific groups
    • Nutrition and health claims
      • Nutrition and health claims made on foods
  • Food improvement agents
    • Authorisation procedure for additives, enzymes and flavourings
    • Use of enzymes in foods (excluding those in additives)
    • Smoke flavourings — safety assessment
    • Safe food additives
    • Food flavourings
  • New foodstuff types
    • New (novel) foods — rules from 2018
  • Biological safety
    • Antimicrobial resistance
      • A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance
      • Prudent use of antimicrobial agents in human medicine
      • Antimicrobial resistance — EU action
    • Food hygiene
      • Hygiene rules for food of animal origin
      • Foods — microbiological criteria
      • Food safety — from farm to fork
    • Food irradiation
      • Foodstuffs treated with ionising radiation
    • Crisis preparedness and management
      • Early exchange of information in the event of a radiological emergency
      • Food and feed safety — crisis management plan
  • Chemical safety
    • Chemical safety – general rules
      • Fighting water pollution from agricultural nitrates
      • Tackling threats posed by chemicals (Stockholm Convention)
      • Use, storage and trade of mercury
      • Safe food processing: common standards for extraction solvents
      • Safe and effective fertilisers on the EU market (from 2022)
      • Safe and effective fertilisers on the EU market
      • Methods of sampling and analysis for the control of levels of certain elements in foodstuffs
    • Contaminants
      • Contaminants in food: minimising negative impacts
      • Reducing the presence of acrylamide in food
      • Maximum levels of radioactive contamination in foodstuffs
      • Maximum levels for certain contaminants in food
    • Food packaging & containers
      • Active and intelligent materials and articles that come into contact with food
      • Regenerated cellulose film wrappers in contact with food
      • Recycled plastic packaging in contact with food
      • Olive oil analysis
      • Restriction of epoxy derivatives in food contact materials
      • Plastic materials and articles in contact with food
      • Materials and articles in contact with food — good manufacturing practice
      • Import of plastic kitchenware from China
      • Food safety – safe food contact materials
      • Deregulation of pack sizes
      • Ceramic objects in contact with foodstuffs
    • Hormones in meat
      • Bovine somatotrophin — EU rules on marketing and use
      • Prohibition on administering hormones (and other substances) to farm animals
  • Animal feed
    • Food and feed safety — crisis management plan
    • Feed hygiene
      • Ensuring safe animal feed
      • Feed hygiene
    • Feed marketing
      • Marketing of animal feed: EU rules
    • Feed additives
      • Use of additives in feedingstuffs
    • Medicated feed
      • Medicated animal feed — manufacture, marketing and use
      • Residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin
      • Preparation and marketing of medicated feedingstuffs for animals
    • Undesirable substances
      • Ensuring safe animal feed
      • Mycotoxins in cereals
    • Genetically modified feed
      • Genetically modified food & feed
      • Genetically modified organisms — unique identifiers
      • Genetically modified organisms — traceability and labelling

I. Animal health

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• Enforcing EU rules for the agri-food chain
• The EU animal health law
• Medicated animal feed — manufacture, marketing and use
• Monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents
• Information management system for official controls to ensure compliance with agri-food chain rules

• Animal diseases
  • Other diseases
    • Control of Salmonella and other zoonotic agents
    • Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)
• Animal welfare
  • EU strategy for the protection and welfare of animals 2012-15
  • Livestock farming
    • Animal welfare — protection of chickens kept for meat production
    • Specific rules on organic production, labelling and control
    • Protection of pigs
    • Protection of laying hens
    • Protection of farmed animals
    • Protection of calves intended for slaughter
    • European Convention for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes
    • EU-Chile agreement on trade in organic products
  • Animal welfare during transport
    • Animal welfare during transport — rules on staging points
    • EU rules on the protection of animals during transport
  • Slaughter
    • Protection of animals at the time of killing
  • Other animal welfare issues
    • Protection of laboratory animals
    • The role of zoos in the conservation of biodiversity
    • Safer cosmetics for EU citizens
• Trade and imports
  • Live animals
    • Horses and donkeys intended for competition — rules on trade
    • Zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the EU of certain animals
  • Animal products
    • Animal by-products not intended for human consumption
    • Trade in seal products
    • Health criteria for untreated and heat-treated milk
• Identification
  • Cattle
    • Identification and labelling of beef and veal
• Semen, ova and embryos
  • Zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the EU of certain animals

J. Plant health

• Information management system for official controls to ensure compliance with agri-food chain rules
• Protection against plant pests

• Plant health and biosecurity
  • Movement of certain plants and plant products through protected zones
• Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – rules & consumers protection
  • Authorisation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the EU
  • Unauthorised genetically modified rice in rice products from China — emergency measures
  • Regulating GM crops: EU countries’ rights
  • Genetically modified organisms — unique identifiers
  • Genetically modified organisms — traceability and labelling
  • Genetically modified food & feed
  • Exports of genetically modified organisms to non-EU countries
  • EU country flexibility in genetically modified organism cultivation
  • Contained use of genetically modified microorganisms
• Pesticides & fertilisers
  • Fighting water pollution from agricultural nitrates
  • Using sewage sludge in farming
  • Supplementary protection certificates for medicines and plant protection products
  • Safe insect repellents, disinfectants and other industrial chemicals (biocides) in the EU
  • Safe and effective fertilisers on the EU market (from 2022)
  • Safe and effective fertilisers on the EU market
  • Pesticide safety on the EU market
  • Pesticide residues in food and animal feed
  • Pesticides in the EU — ensuring their sustainable use
  • Protecting health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants