Tesis ini membahas skema Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) yang diberlakukan kepada sembilan negara anggota Uni Eropa (UE-9) yang merupakan negara eks-sosialis. Skema tersebut memberikan pembayaran langsung secara bertahap kepada UE-9, dan dengan persentase awal yang rendah. UE-9 keberatan akan skema ini dengan anggapan akan memberatkan pertumbuhan dari sektor pertaniannya. Hal ini mengingat pembayaran secara penuh (100 persen) baru akan diberikan pada tahun 2013, untuk kelompok Visegrad dan tiga negara Baltik, sedangkan Bulgaria dan Rumania akan diberikan penuh pada tahun 2016. Dengan analisa dan penghitungan nilai Revealed Comparative Advantage terhadap faktor produksi dan komoditas pertanian UE-9, maka akan terlihat apakah skema ini sebenarnya menghambat atau tidak.

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EU-9, which is the ex-socialist countries, has been applied the Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) since 2004. The debate happened to the scheme, especially with the phased-in payment. EU-9 have a minimum starting level of payment with 25 percent in 2004, and will be fully given (100 percent) in 2013. Bulgaria and Rumania have different percentage according to the year their entered UE, with 35 percent in 2009 and will be 100 percent in 2016. They see it as an unfair treatment since they need it full as their agricultural sector still have to be developed. EU-15, as the old member states, applied for the SPS, as the different scheme. The differences between the scheme are the payment percent and the liabilities. Since UE-9 have given the phased-in level of direct payment, it could be hampered the agriculture sector to grow. By counting and analysing the potential of factor production and comparative advantage by using RCA score, the effect of SAPS could be known.