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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7951

25 April 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eu/agriculture
Agriculture Council reaches political agreement on fodder plants and cotton

Luxembourg, 24/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - In Luxembourg on Tuesday, the Agriculture Ministers of the Fifteen reached agreement on the reform of the cotton sector and the proposal authorizing the growing of organic fodder plants in set-aside land. Differences over the reform of the sugar sector, on the other hand, could not be settled, many Member States wanting to extend the current regime for at least five years, whereas the European Commission considered it could not go beyond four...

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