Methodological issues of rural development measure “Meeting standards based on community legislation”

The measure “Meeting Standards Based on Community Legislation” was in the list of possible measures for Rural Development (RD) funding according to EU Regulation 1698/2005. The main aim - is to improve the quality of agricultural production and food products. The mate-rial of this article is the part of 6th Framework project AGRIGRID. After carried out analysis it was determined that in most of selected countries this measure was not implemented because of complexity. Schemes of payments calculations used in different countries are presented in the following sections. In accordance with countries experience costs components and their assess-ments are identified, data types and sources are outlined. Review is concluded with main find-ings and problems which may occur because of changes of farm structure and management.

Meeting Standards, Payments, Relevant commitments and contractual obligations.

Irena Krisciukaitiene, Aiste Galnaityte, Romualdas Zemeckis, Gediminas Kuliesis. Methodological issues of rural development measure “Meeting standards based on community legislation” // Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo verslų ir jų infrastruktūros plėtrai = Management theory and studies for rural business and infrastructure development / Lietuvos žemės ūkio universitetas. Ekonomikos ir vadybos fakultetas. Akademija, 2008, nr. 12(1), p.84-91, ISSN 1822-6760 (EBSCO, Business source complete, Central & Eastern European Academic Source).