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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10333

11 March 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Import quota for 300,000 tonnes of sugar at zero duty

Brussels, 10/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - After giving their backing to selling sugar at zero duty in Europe, two weeks ago (EUROPE 10323), EU member states voted on Thursday 10 March in favour of supplying the Community market by opening an import quota for 300,000 tonnes of raw or refined sugar at zero duty.

During the management committee meeting on Thursday, France, Poland and the Czech Republic voted against opening a sugar import quota. They had already expressed their reservations about...

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Dear Readers, as the informal meeting of eurozone heads of state and government is scheduled for Fri: as soon as it is published. The paper version will be joined to our bulletin No 10336 of Tuesday 15 March. Our bulletin No 10334 will cover Friday afternoon's extraordinary European Council meeting.
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