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The Role Of The Court Of Justice In The Development Of Agricultural Policy In The European Communities, Stanley D. Miller

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Twenty-five years ago, the center of power for agricultural policy lay firmly in the national capitals. With the signing of the Treaty of Rome, that authority began a gradual flow from the Member States to the institutions of the EEC, particularly the Commission located in Brussels. The transition is not yet complete and has not been without its setbacks, but most Europeans and all the governments of the Member States now accept and support the reality of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The innovative steps taken by the EEC in attempting to weld the agricultural economies of the several states …