Brussels, 27/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission was fully in its right to categorise the “contingency plans” applied to the French fruit and vegetable sector between 1992 and 2002 as unlawful State aid incompatible with the common market. The fact that such aid was co-financed by voluntary contributions from associations of the farmers concerned does not preclude its categorisation as State aid, the EU General Court ruled on Thursday 27 September in Cases T-139/09,...