The transition from the first to the second pillar of the UE with the request of the WTO to eliminate the residual barriers to trade between UE and the rest of the world and the entry of the PECO countries suggest some considerations about the consequences of the new CAP for the dairy farm sector. This analysis is addressed to examine the great structural and economic changes that happened in the last ten years despite the presence of production quotas slowed the technological innovation. The political question is what are the advantages for the producers and collectivity to support the cost of dairy policy.
