Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Britain and Europe
1. History
1.1 Introduction 1.2 Research criteria
2. Major events
2.1 European Free Trade Association 2.2 Applications for EEC membership 2.2.1 First application (1961) 2.2.2 Second application (1967) 2.2.3 Entry to the EEC (1973) 2.2.4 Referendum (1975) 2.3 European projects/policies 2.3.1 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2.3.2 Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) 2.3.3 Single European Act (1986) 2.3.4 Maastricht Treary (1992)
3. Latest Developments
Latest Developments
4. Help
Abbreviations
5. Bibliography
Useful literature on Britain and Europe
Future projects
Crises Bosnia (1999) War on Terror after 9/11 Afghanistan (2001) Iraq II (2003)
Contact
John Alistair Kühne

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) stated one of the biggest policy concerns of the EC in its early days. It was born with the Treaty of Rome (1957), adopted by the six founding member states by 1960 and came into force in 1962. Its main aims were to guarantee a minimum price to producers, impose import tariffs and quotas on specific goods entering the common market from outside the EU and provide a direct subsidy payment for cultivated land.

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Useful links:

• European Commission's website on the Common Agricultural Policy
• BBC News, A-Z of Europe: Common Agricultural Policy
• Wikipedia's article on the CAP