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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8117

20 December 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture council
Agreement on sheepmeat and seeds

Brussels, 19/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday in Brussels, the EU Agriculture Ministers reached agreement by qualified majority voting on changes to the sheep and goatmeat sector that will come into force on 1 January 2002. Austria, Ireland and Sweden voted against the Presidency compromise document that took up most of Franz Fischler's proposal. The main amendment is the creation of national budget envelopes for a total of EUR 72 million that the Member States can distribute among...

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