The panel also took questions on the Common Agricultural Policy and aquaculture and climate change.
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On agriculture, for example, Europeans are due to rethink the common agricultural policy after 2013.
But France, a big beneficiary from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), wants spending levels maintained.
Later the committee examined the Common Agricultural Policy (Cap), this can be viewed below.
The largest single budget item remains farm subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy.
The Welsh Government led a debate on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform, on 29 November 2011.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been reformed since the days of wine lakes and butter mountains.
"Neither WTO not GATT has direct effect in EU law", nor is the Common Agricultural Policy relevant.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) swallows the biggest share of the EU budget.
In Westminster Hall, there's a debate on the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013.
EU, meanwhile, the prospect of enlargement to the east is increasing the pressure for reform of the common agricultural policy.
The funding - for adopting environmentally friendly methods - will be available thorugh the Common Agricultural Policy's new Entry Level Scheme.
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Changes in the exchange rate also reduced the value of European payments made under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), he suggested.
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Sure, there is a familiar list of gripes: the Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy, employment law and immigration rights.
It is because of the common agricultural policy that we end up having to have a rebate in the first place.
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The British, Swedish and Dutch agreed not to seek further cuts in the Common Agricultural Policy or the funding for poorer regions.
It is clear that the common agricultural policy and regional funds will be unaffordable unless they are substantially reformed before Turkey joins.
The party's manifesto for the European Parliament elections sticks to the usual bromides about reforming the common agricultural policy and cutting red tape.
But Mr Blair has found an answer for them: the biggest item in the budget, the common agricultural policy (CAP), is egregious too.
Do you believe we could defend the Common Agricultural Policy - of which French farmers are the major beneficiary - with as much influence?
The prince, referring to changes in farming with the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, said the emphasis would be on quality, not quantity.
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France's President Francois Hollande rejected proposals to cut spending on agriculture, saying "the Common Agricultural Policy is not a French policy but a European one".
Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Huws Griffiths asked the government to resist any attempts to reform the Common Agricultural Policy which could undermine the rural economy.
They want to protect spending programmes from which they benefit, such as the Common Agricultural Policy or Regional Funding for poorer areas of the European Union.
Jacques Chirac, France's president, warned darkly last week that he would veto any Doha deal that demanded more changes to the common agricultural policy (see article).
Again, the next American president may have a difficult request in return, says Mr Hulsman: a demand that Europe undertakes a slashing reform of the common agricultural policy.
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Surveyors believe uncertainty over the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and the future of farming has also reduced supply and demand for land among the farming community.
Mr Jones also criticised cuts in the common agricultural policy budget - although at Westminster, Labour leader Ed Miliband said the cuts in spending on farming didn't go far enough.
At a dinner last October, for instance, Mr Chirac persuaded his German counterpart to agree to delay any reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) until 2007 at the earliest.
It is often said that central and eastern Europe is heavily agricultural, and taken for granted that the new members will fight for generous funding from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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