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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10897

27 July 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture
Sugar producers to be reimbursed €295 million

Brussels, 26/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has recently adopted a proposal aimed at reimbursing EU sugar producers €295.5 million in application of the EU Court of Justice ruling that the calculation of contributions paid by the sector from 2001/2002 to 2005/2006 was not valid.

On 27 September 2012, on the basis of a procedure initiated by the sugar producers, the European judges said that the method for calculating contributions for sugar production was incorrect as...