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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7970

23 May 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Towards a compromise over reform of sugar sector but persistent deadlock over beef

Brussels, 22/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The "bilaterals" between officials of Member states, the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, that took place on Tuesday at the same time as the meeting of the Agriculture Council, hinted at a favourable outcome to the difficult reform of the sugar sector. Parties managed to agree on a compromise text that united the assent of the Commission and most Member States. Here are the main elements of the text that was to be submitted to Ministers...

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