Cap Policy in New Member States: Polish and Romanian Case during 2007-2013, Measure 121-Modernisation of Agricultural Holdings Study Case

The current paper realizes a short presentation of the Polish and Romanian case in the financial period 2007 - 2013. It is a comparative analysis that presents the situation in the two countries with a focus on specific Measures such as Measure 121. The paper draws a brief parallel of the initial outcomes of the two countries as well as their compared results. We are having here an important comparative approach meant to show the path followed by countries that came out of the communist system to undergo a powerful and dramatic transition to the EU norms and standards. Besides this already historical comparison the paper would also try to catch a glimpse of the next financial period and on what it brings as novelties (for Romania only). The comparison is important because Poland and Romania are two of the largest new member states, with a significant contribution to the development of the EU as a whole and of CAP in particular.