An independent External study financed by the European Commission has found that the costs of complying with EU legislation in the fields of environment, animal welfare and food safety are not a key restriction on the competitiveness of Europe’s farms.
The report concludes that, “Compared to the total production costs, compliance costs for analysed EU legislation in the eight sectors and the 12 EU Member States are low. Differences in production costs between EU farms and farms in third countries seem to be mainly driven by productivity, land and labour costs and feed price.”
