23/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The agricultural organisations COPA and COGECA challenge the European Commission's proposal to modify the criteria for intervention in order to promote the quality of cereals (see EUROPE of 7 February, p.15). They state that this proposal (put to the vote of the management committee on Wednesday) does not take account of the intervention's role of safety net. Its implementation from the next harvesting year on would have the effect of bringing intervention prices...