The agriculture ministers of a number of EU member states expressed criticism in Luxembourg on Monday 10 October of some simplification measures presented in the omnibus regulation (see EUROPE 11640).
It was mainly on the procedure that problems arose, however. The Slovak Presidency of the Council is planning, at this stage, for the omnibus proposals (which amend the basic acts of the common agricultural policy – CAP – on direct payments, rural development, common organisation of the...