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common agricultural policy  

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  • The European Union system of common agricultural policy (CAP) was introduced in 1962 following the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC, the “Common Market”) in 1957 by Belgium, France, the German Federal Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The CAP has remained through the development of the EEC into the European Union (EU) of 12 countries in 1992 and its expansion to 27 countries as of 2008. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Common Agricultural Policy]

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