Konsekwencje układu o stowarzyszeniu Polski z EWG dla rolnictwa

Abstract

The article presents the nature of protectionist and interventionist practices in the agriculture of the EEC countries. So far, those practices consist in the protection of the EEC market through market instruments (prices, subsidies, customs) and are aimed at the increase of productivity of agriculture and agricultural self-sufficiency within the EEC. However, new proposals set forth by the EEC depart from the above conception of interventionism. The remarks referring to the above issues provide the background for the analysis of the "agricultural part" of the Association Treaty made between Poland and the EEC. The author points to the discrepancy between the expected and actual access of Polish agricultural produce to the EEC markets. The article is concluded with comments focusing on Polish agricultural policy and stressing the need of systemic adaptation to the EEC standards on one hand, and the need of state interventionism with respect to the stimulation of the growth of agricultural income and the protection of agricultural produce markets on the other.