Short of the completely unforeseen, the Slovak Presidency of the Council will not be able to negotiate a final agreement on organic farming with the European Parliament on Wednesday 7 December (see EUROPE 11682). This matter will, then, have to be handed on to the Maltese Presidency of the Council in the first six months of next year.
At the meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) on Monday 5 December, the Slovak Presidency presented a “package” on organic farming to the...