Wpływ Wspólnej Polityki Rolnej na efekty dochodowe w rolnictwie nowych krajów członkowskich Unii Europejskiej

The objective of the article was to assess the impact of integration on the level of agricultural income in the new member countries of the European Union. The analysis was held on the basis of Economic Accounts for Agriculture. The selected determinants of agricultural income such as the real value of agricultural output, intermediate consumption and the level of subsidy were analyzed in the paper. The analysis proved that the accession to the EU had a positive impact on agricultural incomes in the majority of EU-12 countries. Positive influence was especially visible in Polish agriculture, where the dynamics of changes of income indices were the highest. The deterioration of income indexes was seen in the Czech Republic and the countries, which the latest accessed the EU. Moreover, it can be noticed that the disparities in terms of agricultural incomes per AWU and farm have been slowly diminishing among EU-12 and EU-15 countries. It results from the income increase and the changes in agricultural structures of EU-12. The analysis showed that the direct payments were the main factor determining agricultural income increase. Moreover, Polish agriculture was leading in the effectiveness of direct payments use.