摘要 : Prior to Poland's accession to the European Union the Polish government has to present a plan for applying the instruments of the so-called second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2004--2006. These instruments wil... 展开 Prior to Poland's accession to the European Union the Polish government has to present a plan for applying the instruments of the so-called second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2004--2006. These instruments will become a part of both the Sectorial Operational Programme (in the part financed from the FEOGA Guidance Section) and the Rural Development Plan (in the part financed from the Guarantee Section). The author of the article analyses the usefulness and purposefulness of applying the individual CAP instruments -- defined in the Council Regulation 1257/99, in the implementation of development policy relating to agriculture and rural areas in Poland, and conditions indispensable to ensure effective application of these instruments. 收起