ABSTRACT
In the preceding chapter it has been suggested that the enormous quantitative and qualitative growth of Community regulation since the 1960s, far from being a necessary outcome of the integration process, actually poses a major theoretical puzzle. In fact, aside from competition rules and measures necessary for the integration of national markets, few regulatory policies or programmes are explicitly mentioned in the Treaty of Rome. As already noted, environmental and consumer protection were not even mentioned as Community policies, while health and safety at work was identified as an area where the Commission should only promote close co-operation among member states. On the other hand, agriculture, the European Social Fund, economic and social cohesion, and development co-operation, which together account for more than 80 per cent of the EU budget, are redistributive rather than regulatory policies.
