The shift from net importer to net exporter marks a radical change in the economic environment within which the CAP operates. The proposed price reductions and co-responsibility levies may contribute to the solution of budgetary problems but have little to offer with respect to the solution of...

[eng] The main problem of the CAP is that it was established for a net import situation, whereas the EC has become more and more a net exporter during the last 25 years. Therefore, the CAP must be reformed. Most pressure groups and policy makers in the Netherlands argue, in principle, for a more...

This article offers a comprehensive overview of the decision-making process of the European Community with respect to the agricultural sector. Formal Treaty provisions as well as the interrelationships between the Council, the Commission, and the Parliament are described. The particularities of...