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Five Years of Accession: Impacts on Agriculture in the NMS Les cinq années suivant l’adhésion: incidences sur l’agriculture des pays non membres Fünf Jahre Mitgliedschaft: Auswirkungen auf die Landwirtschaft in den neuen Mitgliedsstaaten

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  • Attila Jambor

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Five Years of Accession: Impacts on Agriculture in the NMS Five years have passed since the accession of Central and Eastern European countries to the EU. This article takes stock of the impacts of accession. On balance it has had an overall positive impact on the NMS, although there have clearly been significant differences in outcomes due to differing initial conditions and endowments, the effectiveness of implementing pre‐ and post‐accession policies and institutions, and the overall macro‐economic situation in each country. Poland, Latvia and Lithuania seem to have been the leading countries in adjusting to EU conditions. EU membership has led to a significant increase in subsidies received by the farmers and thereby to enhanced farmers’ income. The support, however, is not evenly distributed and small farmers remain handicapped in many ways. EU membership has integrated the NMS into a large, rather competitive market offering both opportunities and threats to domestic producers. Trade figures indicate a rather limited ability so far to withstand these competitive pressures. The current CAP is designed and based on the conditions of EU‐15 countries. The experiences of the first five years in the NMS indicate that, even with possible modifications, this system does not fully fit the conditions of these countries, especially their poorest segments. Cinq années se sont écoulées depuis l’adhésion des pays d’Europe centrale et orientale à l’Union européenne (UE). Cet article fait le point sur les incidences de l’adhésion. A tout prendre, elle a eu un effet global positif sur les nouveaux pays membres (NPM), même si les résultats ont varié selon les conditions et les dotations initiales, l’efficacité des politiques et des institutions précédant et suivant l’adhésion, et la situation générale macroéconomique de chaque pays. La Pologne, la Lettonie et la Lituanie ont été les premiers à s’adapter aux conditions de l’UE. L’appartenance à l’UE a conduit à une hausse significative des subventions reçues par les agriculteurs et par conséquent à un renforcement du revenu des exploitants. Cependant, le soutien n’est pas également réparti et les petits agriculteurs continuent à subir divers handicaps. L’appartenance à l’UE a placé les NPM au cœur d’un large marché assez concurrentiel qui offre à la fois des opportunités et des menaces pour les producteurs nationaux. Les chiffres du commerce pointent vers une capacité assez limitée jusqu’à présent à résister à ces pressions concurrentielles. La PAC actuelle est conçue pour et fondée sur la situation de l’UE à 15. L’expérience des cinq premières années dans les NPM montre que, même avec des modifications possibles, ce système ne correspond pas complètement à la situation de ces pays, en particulier pour les éléments les plus pauvres. Vor fünf Jahren sind die mittel‐ und osteuropäischen Länder der EU beigetreten. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen kritischen Überblick über die Auswirkungen des Beitritts. Unter dem Strich hat er sich insgesamt positiv auf die neuen Mitgliedsstaaten ausgewirkt, obgleich die Ergebnisse ohne Frage erheblich unterschiedlich ausgefallen sind aufgrund der abweichenden Bedingungen und Ausstattungen am Anfang, des Umsetzungserfolgs von Politikmaßnahmen und Institutionen vor und nach dem Beitritt sowie der allgemeinen makroökonomischen Situation in jedem Land. Polen, Lettland und Litauen haben bei der Anpassung an die EU‐Bedingungen anscheinend eine Vorreiterrolle eingenommen. Die EU‐Mitgliedschaft brachte den Landwirten einen enormen Subventionsanstieg ein und führte somit zu erhöhten Einkommen in der Landwirtschaft. Die Unterstützung ist jedoch nicht gleichmäßig verteilt, und kleinere Landwirte sind nach wie vor in vielerlei Hinsicht benachteiligt. Durch ihre EU‐Mitgliedschaft wurden die neuen Mitgliedsstaaten in einen großen, relativ wettbewerbsintensiven Markt eingebunden, der für einheimische Erzeuger sowohl Möglichkeiten eröffnet als auch Bedrohungen darstellt. Die Handelszahlen belegen eine bislang eher eingeschränkte Fähigkeit, diesem Wettbewerbsdruck standzuhalten. Die aktuelle GAP wurde entworfen mit Blick auf die Bedingungen der EU‐15‐Länder. Die Erfahrungen aus den ersten fünf Jahren in den neuen Mitgliedsstaaten zeigen, dass dieses System selbst mit möglichen Änderungen nicht vollkommen zu den Bedingungen dieser Länder passt, insbesondere nicht in ihren ärmsten Teilen.

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  • Csaba Csaki & Attila Jambor, 2010. "Five Years of Accession: Impacts on Agriculture in the NMS Les cinq années suivant l’adhésion: incidences sur l’agriculture des pays non membres Fünf Jahre Mitgliedschaft: Auswirkungen auf die Landwir," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 9(2), pages 10-17, August.
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    DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-692X.2010.00164.x
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