Member state experts and the European Commission, meeting on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 August, finalised the precise details of the measures agreed in July to help farmers weather the crisis currently affecting the dairy, fruit and vegetables and pigmeat sectors (EUROPE 11596, 11603).
The budgetary implications of the €500 million package will be included in the autumn in an amending letter to the draft budget for 2017.
The aid package comprises a number of legislative acts: - three...