Brussels, 23/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) countries are deeply disappointed by the political decision of the EU to extend the common organisation of the single market in the sugar sector for only two years - in other words until 2017, instead of until 2020 - and they deplore the fact that the EU has thus ignored their efforts to raise awareness of the prime importance of the sugar industry for their economies and social fabric (see EUROPE 10875).
In the...