Abstract: This article explores the formation of a unified agricultural policy in the EU, its legal bases, goals and organizational mechanism. A unified agricultural policy represents one of the oldest and most developed branch policies in the EU. Despite the decrease in the agrarian sector of the EU economy, there is still significant EU budget allocation for the agricultural policy. It is noted that the key vectors of this policy are the legal regulation of organization of the food markets for agricultural products, as well as organizational policymaking. The author highlights the fact that the work on forming a unified agricultural policy in the EU does not only lift the existing barriers, but it is also a joint effort that was formerly under exclusive jurisdiction of individual member-states. A conclusion is made that the large scale and rich legal base of the unified agricultural policy in the EU is comprised of acts of primary and secondary laws.