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FAO LAND TENURE POLICY SERIES

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European Union accession and land tenure data in Central and Eastern Europe
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This FAO Land Tenure Policy paper was prepared by
Richard Grover in collaboration with Mika-Petteri Törhönen,
David Palmer, Vladimir Evtimov, Paul Munro-Faure,
Fritz Rembold, Bela Markus, Judit Mizseine Nyiri, Peter Udvardy,
Sabina Zrobek, Richard Zrobek, Diana Kopeva, Mihail Kasabov,
Violeta Koritarova, Rudy Vanderstappen, Aldo Longo and
Matthias Langemeyer.

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Contents

Glossary

Summary

The transition process and European Union accession

The process of European Union accession

The liberalization of land markets

European land tenure tools

The Farm Accountancy Data Network

The agricultural census

The Integrated Administration and Control System

The quality of EU land tenure statistics

Conclusions

Policy recommendations

Appendix 1
Chapter 4: Free movement of capital 27

References

Legislation

Bibliography