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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8429

26 March 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
CAP reform will have little effect on farmers' incomes in current or enlarged EU

Brussels, 25/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - As we announced (EUROPE of 25 March 2003,p.13), the European Commission published two new studies on Tuesday analysing the economic consequences of proposed legislative changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). If these proposals were adopted, farmers' incomes in the EU of Fifteen would rise by 8.4% in 2009 compared with 2001, which would represent a small reduction compared to the scenario whereby the current policy under Agenda 2000 is renewed...

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