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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10429

29 July 2011
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/agriculture
E.coli - €227 million in aid for vegetable producers

Brussels, 28/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - The amount of EU aid for vegetable (cucumber, lettuce, courgette and pepper) and fruit (tomato) producers, and how it is to be shared out has been revealed. On Thursday 28 July, the member states agreed to a Commission proposal to increase the EU support under the emergency plan for vegetable producers affected by the E.coli crisis from €210 million to €227 million. Spain will receive the lion's share, with almost €71 million, ahead of Poland...