Turkey’s accession to the EU: what will the Common Agricultural Policy cost?

Abstract: At the EU Council in December 2004, European heads of governments decided to start EU accession negotiations with Turkey in October 2005. Various recent analyses assess the cost of applying the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU (CAP) to Turkey; most of them without taking into account the specific structure of the agricultural sector in Turkey, which would determine the receipts from EU funds. This paper assesses potential budgetary effects resulting from the application of the CAP to Turkey. The analysis is based on macroeconomic projections, equilibrium modelling of the Turkish agricultural sector, and projections of the future development of the CAP. It is found that total EU budgetary outlays for the application of the CAP to Turkey could total about Euro 3.5 billion in 2015 and rise to Euro 5.4 billion in 2025 due to full phasing in of direct payments and rural development policies. The resulting net transfer under the CAP to Turkey would be about Euro 1.7 billion in 2015 a.... https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/1623

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Turkey’s accession to the EU: what will the Common Agricultural Policy cost? ; volume:54 ; number:2 ; year:2005 ; Agrarwirtschaft ; 54, Heft 2 (2005)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Grethe, Harald

Further information

• DOI: 10.52825/gjae.v54i2.1623
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409250956075.206768709560
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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