Brussels, 15/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - At the Agriculture Council on Monday 14 November, Hungary and other countries (France, Lithuania, Austria and Romania) called for the system of sugar production quotas to be kept in place until 2020. The European Commission plans to end sugar quotas in 2015.
The request from these five countries was backed by Finland and Spain. Germany opposed extension of the regime until 2020 but said it was open to retaining quotas for a shorter period of time. The...