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title: "Council Directive 72/160/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement"
id: 877582b1-d7ee-465f-b0cc-aabc7336ba26
authority: eu
place: "European Union"
applies_also_from: []
kind: directive
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31972L0160
attribution: "© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/877582b1-d7ee-465f-b0cc-aabc7336ba26
text: not held
---

# Council Directive 72/160/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement