EUobserver: A longstanding disagreement between the EU and the OECD about how the international economic organisation reports European Commission policies is slowly coming to a head. Non-EU countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are getting irritated by the fact that OECD reports may not include the impact of EU policies on agriculture, competition and trade.

When the OECD in February this year published an economic survey of Denmark the report for the first time included a disclaimer saying the examination of the country’s economy may not be complete. An evaluation of EU policies’ effects on the economy was not included, the note said. Since February five reports in total have been published including similar disclaimers. The latest appeared in the survey published about Italy’s economy:

"This Economic Survey may not include an examination of certain policies that are relevant to the country but fall within the competence of the European Community"

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