Brussels, 06/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Agreement was reached between the institutions meeting in trialogue on Tuesday 6 December on the issue of written contracts in the milk and dairy products sector. The agreement must now be formally approved by the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of Ministers of the EU.
The key aim of the proposed regulation is to boost dairy farmers' bargaining power, ensure fairer prices for the raw milk they produce and thus help them to prepare for the end...