Integration of the Crisis Rules Created by Covid 19 Into the European Common Agricultural Policy and Hungarian Agricultural Legislation

Abstract

After the end of the COVID 19 outbreak, the authors summarise the measures taken by the European Union to ensure the continuity of food supply and the functioning of the food chain during the outbreak. In addition to the EU measures, the specific measures followed by the Member States and their room for manoeuvre are presented using the Hungarian example. In this article we have also tried to elaborate the implications for the European Agricultural Policy and consequently for European Agriculture. The literature we have elaborated also covers the agricultural market processes and the implications for rural areas. However, this article focuses on the Hungarian public law implications of the legislation and the Hungarian judgement practical issues of its application.Our article also discusses the link between the extreme drought year 2022 and the pandemic. We will look at why the extraordinary legal instruments used under COVID '19 were appropriate to deal with the consequences of extreme weather.