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Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations · European Union

(4) Whereas measures designed to support the improvement of agricultural structures were introduced into the common agricultural policy as early as 1972; whereas for almost two decades, attempts have been made to integrate agricultural structural policy into the wider economic and social context of rural areas; whereas the 1992 policy reform stressed the environmental dimension of agriculture as the largest land user;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.