Integrating Ukraine into the EU single food market: navigating the common market organization framework

Oleh Nivievskyi

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Abstract: Despite Russia’s ongoing military aggression, Ukraine has made substantial progress toward EU accession, formally launching negotiations in 2024 after obtaining candidate status in 2022 and completing the legislative screening process in 2025. Alignment with the EU acquis will require far-reaching economic and institutional transformation, particularly in agriculture, one of Ukraine’s most important and politically sensitive sectors. This paper focuses on the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets (CMO), a central but often overlooked pillar of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. While public debates have largely emphasized direct payments and fiscal costs of accession, the CMO plays a crucial role in shaping market regulation, competition, and trade within the EU Single Agri-Food Market. The paper analyzes the main features of the CMO, assesses implications for Ukraine’s accession process, and discusses policy options to manage adjustment pressures for both Ukraine and the EU.

Keywords: Ukraine; Trade; agriculture; competitiveness; EU integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F15 F51 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-11
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