Dostosowania mechanizmów wspólnej polityki rolnej do oczekiwań państw członkowskich
Adjusting the Mechanisms of the Common Agricultural Policy to the Expectations of the EU Member States

Summary/Abstract: The article presents various views on the future shape of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013 in the framework of different reform scenarios under negotiation and the official standpoint of the European Commission. In this context, the area of possible compromise is depicted as regards the possible policy changes in the period 2014-2020. The probable changes in the CAP are also assessed from the point of view of their impact on the Polish agriculture. Emphasizing the achievements of the CAP to date with respect to structural changes in agriculture and its adjustment to the needs of the sustained development, the authors discuss such new questions as the intended change in the mechanism of direct subsidies, the inclusion of ecological elements in the system of financial support, reorientation of the market support for agriculture, and implementing of new requirements related to the provision of public goods. The article compares the standpoints of the individual member countries as regards the future CAP regulations with the proposals included in the project prepared by the European Commission with special consideration given to the position taken by the Polish government. The authors indicate which elements of the expected change in the CAP after 2013 might be advantageous for the Polish agriculture, and which components of it are definitely disadvantageous. The authors believe that the future shape of the CAP is a very important and complicated problem, and some proposed elements are controversial, but a compromise solution is necessary and possible.

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