In its periodic declarations of domestic support to the WTO, the EU has progressively reduced its amber-box declarations in line with its changing system of farm support. Surprisingly, however, in 2007/08 it managed to more than halve its amber box compared with that of the previous year, easily...

The paper presents a political economy analysis of the present and future CAP reform induced under different policy scenarios regarding future EU enlargement and future WTO agreements. Theoretically, the analysis is based on a political exchange model suggested by HENNING (2000). Main results...

Turkey entered a customs union (CU) with the EU in January 1996. Agricultural trade is not covered by this CU but it is subject to extensive preferential trade rules. In this article, the effects of an inclusion of agricultural products in the CU as well as alternative policy options on the...

The phrase ‘rural areas’ mean not only the place for agricultural production and the living place of rural population, but also refer to all the traditions, landscape, environment and residents of these areas. Rural development is highly supported at the EU level and it helps to enhance the...

Global food market – new conditions for national sectors. Flexible adaptation of farms to the requirements of the CAP in the new financial perspective after 2014. Phenomena occurring in agriculture of the EU Central and Eastern European countries after 2004 and conclusions for the future....

Institutional restrictions concerning growth and development of Polish farms. The Russian agricultural sector and WTO: advantages and disadvantages. Policy and economic rent as sources of agricultural producer’s income. An analysis of current economic problems and development factors in...

El 25 de marzo de 1999, en Berlín, el Consejo de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Unión Europea alcanzó un acuerdo sobre la Agenda 2000 y prosiguió el proceso de reforma de la la PAC. En este contexto, la Agenda 2000 reconoció el papel multifuncional que juega la agricultura, más allá...

La reforma de la Política Agrícola Comunitaria (PAC) de la Agenda 2000, acordada en 1999, tiene en el concepto de multifuncionalidad de la agricultura europea uno de sus objetivos y justificaciones esenciales. Este trabajo pretende contribuir al debate revisando los argumentos económicos que...

El presente trabajo estudia las consecuencias que la adopción de la Política Agrícola Común puede tener sobre los niveles de producción agraria de los Países de Europa central y oriental. En primer lugar, se lleva a cabo una revisión de diversas simulaciones cuantitativas de la evolución...