On 28 May 1958, the Dutch daily newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant outlines the implications of the agricultural conference to be held in Stresa.

On 3 July 1958, Walter Hallstein, President of the Commission of the European Economic Community, sets out the objectives and tasks of the Stresa Agriculture Conference attended by the representatives of the six Member States of the Communities.

At the Stresa Conference held from 3 to 12 July 1958 and attended by the six Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC), Anne Vondeling, Netherlands Agriculture Minister, calls for a better organisation of the common agricultural policy.

On 4 July 1958, the Luxembourg Agriculture Minister, Émile Colling, gives an address to the Stresa Agriculture Conference, held from 3 to 12 July 1958 and attended by the representatives of the Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC). He outlines the implications of the special safeguard clause and the opinion of the Luxembourg Government with regard to the establishment of a common agricultural market.

At the Agriculture Conference held in Stresa from 3 to 12 July 1958 and attended by the representatives of the Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC), Mario Ferrari-Aggradi, Italian Agriculture Minister, describes the situation of Italian agriculture in the light of the challenge of a common agricultural policy.

At the Stresa Conference opening on 3 July 1958, Heinrich Lübke, German Agriculture Minister, outlines to the representatives of the Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) the main measures for the establishment of a common market for agriculture.

Sicco Mansholt, Vice-President of the Commission of the EEC in charge of agriculture, thanks the delegations of the six Member States of the European Economic Community meeting in Stresa from 3 to 12 July 1958 to discuss the common agricultural policy.

Final Resolution adopted by the Delegations of the six Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC), meeting at the Stresa Agriculture Conference from 3 to 12 July 1958.

On 23 and 24 August 1958, the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung considers the stage reached in the negotiations on the common agricultural policy (CAP) and highlights the interests of German farmers.

In November 1958, the European Confederation of Agriculture (ECA) expresses its opinion on the Resolution adopted by the Delegations of the six Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) following the Stresa Agriculture Conference held from 3 to 12 July 1958.

From 3 to 12 July 1958, the delegations of the Six meet in Stresa, Italy, to discuss the introduction of a common agricultural policy (CAP) with Walter Hallstein, President of the European Commission, and Sicco Mansholt, Commissioner with special responsibility for Agriculture.

In this interview, Georges Rencki, former Deputy Director in the Private Office of Sicco Mansholt, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the common agricultural policy, discusses the organisation and outcome of the Stresa Conference held from 3 to 12 July 1958 on the establishment of a common agricultural policy.

In this interview, Helmut von Verschuer, former member of the Private Office of European Commissioner Sicco Mansholt, discusses the Commission’s preparations for the Stresa Conference of July 1958 and explains the importance of the outcome of this conference for the establishment of the common agricultural policy.

In its proposals to the Council of Ministers, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) includes a Regulation establishing a system of levies and the gradual creation of a common organisation of the market in the cereals sector.

In its proposals to the Council of Ministers, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) includes a Regulation on the gradual establishment of a common organisation of the market in the pigmeat sector.

In its proposals to the Council of Ministers, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) includes a Regulation on the gradual establishment of a common organisation of the market in the fruit and vegetables sector.

In its proposals to the Council of Ministers, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) includes a Regulation on the gradual establishment of a common organisation of the market in the egg sector.

In its proposals to the Council of Ministers, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) includes a Regulation on the gradual establishment of a common organisation of the market in the poultrymeat sector.

In its report on the implementation of the Treaty of Rome, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) reviews the achievements relating to the common organisation of the agricultural markets up to January 1962.

On 27 September 1960, the Italian newspaper La Giustizia criticises the provisions laid down by the Mansholt Plan with a view to organising the common agricultural policy (CAP) and expresses concern over the social repercussions of the new proposal for a common agricultural market.

In 1960, the monthly publication Communauté Européenne provides an entertaining overview of the implications and objectives of the future common agricultural policy (CAP).

In his memoirs, Sicco Mansholt, former Member of the Commission of the European Communities, describes the first faltering steps of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

In February 1962, the monthly publication Communauté européenne pays tribute to Sicco Mansholt, the architect of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

Sicco Mansholt, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner with special responsibility for agriculture from 1958 to 1973: the architect of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

On 14 January 1962, at the end of long agricultural negotiations, Walter Hallstein, President of the European Commission, welcomes the decision of the Council of Ministers to accelerate the introduction of the Customs Union and the common agricultural policy (CAP).

Walter Hallstein, President of the EEC Commission from 1958 to 1967.

On 14 January 1962, following 140 hours of negotiations, the first European ‘agricultural marathon’ concludes with the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Six to move to the second stage of the transitional period and to organise common agricultural markets for each product, to apply specific rules on competition and to create a European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

In January 1962, Sicco Mansholt, Vice-President of the European Commission with special responsibility for agricultural policy, welcomes the decision taken by the Council of Ministers to move directly to the second stage of the European Customs Union and to introduce a common agricultural policy (CAP).

On 3 January 1962, British cartoonist David Low takes an ironic look at the concerns of the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, vis-à-vis the attitude of Charles de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, who is trying to impose France’s agricultural demands on its five Common Market partners.

On 20 December 1961, the French daily newspaper Le Monde looks back at how political negotiations between the Six for the establishment of a common agricultural policy (CAP) were conducted.

On 15 January 1962, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera describes the significance of the measures adopted the previous day by the Council of Ministers of the Six in favour of the establishment of the Customs Union and the implementation of the first package of agricultural legislation.

On 16 January 1962, commenting on the decisions adopted in Brussels two days previously, following the first European ‘agricultural marathon’, the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung welcomes the gradual establishment of a common agricultural market.

On 18 January 1962, François Donati comments on the raft of decisions relating to agriculture adopted by the Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC) and warns readers of L’Intransigeant against overenthusiasm.

On 26 January 1962, Albert Borschette, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the European Communities, writes a letter to Eugene Schaus, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, commenting on the decisions of the Council of Ministers regarding the common agricultural policy (CAP).

"Attentat contre l'Europe ?" En février 1962, commentant les négociations en cours sur la politique agricole commune (PAC) entre les représentants des six États membres de la Communauté économique européenne (CEE), le caricaturiste Pi fustige dans le quotidien allemand Industriekurier la position jugée anti-européenne du général de Gaulle, président de la République française.

In this interview, Helmut von Verschuer, former member of the Private Office of European Commissioner Sicco Mansholt, recalls the difficult negotiations on the common agricultural policy during the first agricultural marathon from December 1961 to January 1962.

On 14 January 1962, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera gives an account of the difficulties faced by the Six in reaching an agreement on the establishment of a European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) designed to guarantee the financing of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

In Regulation (EEC) No 25 of 4 April 1962 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, the Council establishes a European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and lays down some rules relating to financial policy. Furthermore, it decides that the levies on agricultural imports from third countries constitute own resources for the Community.

In September 1966, the monthly publication Communauté européenne comments on improvements to agricultural structures and outlines the way in which the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) works.