Wybrane metody systematyzacji prawodawstwa Unii Europejskiej z uwzględnieniem aktów prawnych z zakresu prawa rolnego

This paper refers to certain aspects of the process of simplification of the European Union legislation. It focuses on the three main methods of editorial and substantial intervention in the text of a Union legal act, i.e. consolidation, codification and recast. Those three conceptions, their purpose and differences between them in terms of the procedure applied and the legal and practical consequences for the Union law are elaborated. Interdependence of those three methods is explained. The first step of the technical simplification of the Union law is the informal consolidation of the text of a legal act which forms the basis for the formal codification work at a later stage, which in turn is the basis for recasting of a legal act. The importance and results of the law simplification process in the three main pillars of the common agricultural policy: the common organisation of the markets, direct payments and rural development are demonstrated.