Brussels, 06/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - July's monthly report on the development of agricultural spending in the EU in 2001 refers to an under-execution of appropriations of 1.495 billion euro in subheading 1a of market spending. This data is interesting at this stage as it confirms what the Budget Council (20 July) had estimated, which is that rather than provide for a billion euro for crisis spending, it is more judicious to finance part of the spending resulting from the reimbursement of...