SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture

Proposals sought in fruit and vegetables sector

Brussels, 23/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - In a letter sent to the European Commission on 18 April, COPA-COGECA (EU farmers and agri-cooperatives) called for the common organisation of the fruit and vegetables market after 2013 to be maintained and reform proposals to be made by July this year.

This organisation considers that the current Community fruit and vegetables regime has enabled producer organisations (POs) to modernise, helped improve the quality of their products and improve...