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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7759

15 July 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Categorical rejection by COPA/COGECA of rice sector reform project

Brussels, 14/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The agricultural professional organisations COPA and COGECA categorically reject the "incoherent and unacceptable" reform of the rice sector, proposed by the European Commission on 7 June this year (see EUROPE of 8 June, p.8). They consider that the "Commission proposes a fool's bargain for producers". "Not only they will lose intervention but, in addition, rice imports will continue to be carried out with very reduced or zero duties", note COPA and...

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