The report provides elements of analyses of the Common Agricultural Policy as well as a general assessment and comments on the November 20 2007 Communication of the Commission preparing for the "Health Check" of the Common Agricultural Policy reform. General principles for the future CAP are...

The "Rule of Additional Costs" and Modern Economic Theory - Applied to Payments for Ecological ServicesBoth WTO and the EU use a "Rule of additional costs" (RAC) to restrict payments for ecological services in agriculture in order to prevent trade distortions. We assess this rule in the light of...