© 1987 Oxford University Press and the Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics
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Perspectives for the CAP
Agricultural Economics Research Institute (L.E.I.) The Hague, Netherlands
Summary
To provide background information which can be useful for a better understanding of the four following articles, the contents of the Green Paper and the Policy Orientations in which the Commission of the European Communities presents its views on the future development of the Common Agricultural Policies, are summarised and discussed.
First, an outline of the Community's institutional framework for agricultural policy-making is given, and the papers on agricultural policy reforms published by the Commission in previous years are surveyed. The article concludes with a description of the development of the Community's agricultural policy budget.