Discussions will continue in the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) on simplifying certain agriculture rules (see other article).
The Maltese Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the EU wants to finalise the omnibus agriculture text at the April Council meeting. This package may be adopted by qualified majority. A first compromise text was put to the SCA experts on 27 February. Progress was made in some areas.
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