15/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - Simplifying the greening of aid. Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan told the Council on Monday 15 December which areas were to be simplified: the regulations implementing common market organisation, direct aid (including the rules on ecologically significant areas as part of the greening of aid), and the rules on geographical indications. Several agriculture ministers supported the simplification efforts. France, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal...