Brussels, 28/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Management Committee voted through a proposal on Tuesday 28 February which will ensure that the aid for the needy scheme will receive total funding of €500 million in 2012. A projected 18-19 million people in 20 member states are expected to benefit from the aid.
Following a General Court ruling on 13 April 2011 that any food covered by the programme could only be sourced from public intervention stocks - and not from the open market - the...