Luxembourg, 16/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission said at the Agriculture Council on 16 June that it was legally impossible to extend the eligibility of expenditure on 2007-2013 rural development programmes by six months, as a number of countries had asked.
The programming period for rural development schemes for the period 2007-2013 ends on 31 December of this year. At the Council meeting, Romania, supported by Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Cyprus, called for the deadline to...