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This report provides a first evaluation of the agri-environmental situation and policies related to agriculture and environment for the three new OECD Member countries from Central Europe. Since the early 1990s these countries underwent a difficult process from centrally planned toward market economies. Also the agricultural sector and policies were subject to important reforms and the report evaluates the situation and policies in place during this transition period with a special emphasis on environmental effects and environmental components of policies applied.

As all the three countries are EU associate countries and potential candidates to EU accession, a part of this report is devoted to the adaptation of domestic policies towards EU type agri-environmental policies.

This report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries in close co-operation with the Czech, Hungarian and Polish experts and authorities. It was declassified in August 1999 under the responsibility of the Secretary-General.