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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8235

19 June 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enlargement
General Affairs Council reaches agreement allowing common position on agriculture to be adopted by deferring tricky issue of direct aid till the autumn

Luxembourg, 18/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Spanish Presidency gradually and patiently reached a compromise, on Monday in Luxembourg, that will allow the Fifteen to adopt a common position with a view to negotiation on the agricultural chapter and respect of the timetable adopted in Gothenburg and Laeken. The agreement reached by the Foreign Ministers defers until the autumn the tricky issue of implementing direct aid in the future new Member States. It comes with a Commission declaration...

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