Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: External Relations Division III: EEC Intervention Arrangements: Registered Files (DQ Series)
Reference: | MAF 444 |
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Title: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: External Relations Division III: EEC Intervention Arrangements: Registered Files (DQ Series) |
Description: |
This series contains registered files (DQ Series) of the External Relations Division III and covers the EEC intervention arrangements with the setting up of the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, and the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. |
Date: | 1971-1979 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | DQ Series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, European Community Division I, 1980-1994 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, European Community Division II, 1980-1994 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, European Economic Community Division I, 1973-1980 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, European Economic Community Division II, 1973-1980 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, External Relations Division I, 1956-1982 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, External Relations Division III, 1962-1973 |
Physical description: | 9 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Custodial history: | The records were held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) until 2001, when the department was renamed as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
Accumulation dates: | Series opened in 1971 |
Selection and destruction information: | These files were selected according to the National Archives Acquisition and Disposition Strategy 3.2.2 |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
Publication note: |
For further information on administrative background and related series, see Sir John Winnifrith, The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (New Whitehall Series, No 11, 1962) and Loaves and Fishes, an illustrated history of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1889-1989 by Susan Foreman, HMSO Dd 290759 C60 3/89 |
Administrative / biographical background: |
External Relations Division III was established in 1962 to deal with agricultural aspects of the United Kingdom's entry negotiations with the European Economic Community. When the UK eventually joined the Community, the European Economic Community Divisions I and II were formed in 1973. Division I dealt with general co-ordination of the Ministry's relations, liaison with the UK permanent representative, and monetary questions, while Division II handled legal and parliamentary aspects and bilateral relations with other Community states. As the Community developed, each division gained responsibilities, Division I becoming responsible for liaison with the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, and input to the Common Agricultural Policy. The titles of these Divisions changed with that of the community, European Economic Community Divisions becoming European Community Divisions in 1980, becoming in turn European Union Divisions in 1994. |
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