Brussels, 05/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - During the meeting of the management committee for beef and veal last Friday, most of the Member States showed reticence towards the European Commission proposal aiming to replace the (optional) purchase for destruction scheme with a special obligatory purchase system for bovines aged above 30 months,. The novelty of this system, which constitutes one of the cornerstones of the Fischler plan to reabsorb market surplus, consists of offering the...