Brussels, 29/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 29 March, the General Court of the EU annulled the decision of the Commission requiring the new member states to pay financial amounts linked to the elimination of surpluses of agricultural products existing within their territory at the date of their accession to the European Union. Such a payment to the Community budget is contrary to the Act of Accession of those states, according to rulings in several similar cases.
According to the...