ABSTRACT
The Treaty of Rome explicitly states that “the common market shall extend to agriculture and trade in agricultural products”, and that “the operation and development of the common market for agricultural products must be accompanied by the establishment of a common agricultural policy among the member states” (Article 33, formerly Article 38). For France in particular, it seemed important in 1957 that its agricultural goods should have access to a wider European market if its own market was to be opened up to manufactured products from other member states.
