Brussels, 31/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, Commissioner Franz Fischler agreed to confer management of aid under the special pre-accession programme for agriculture and rural development (Sapard) to the Romanian authorities. Romania will now be entitled to the first payment of the maximum 49% of the annual allocation of EUR 153.2 million from 2002 until 2006. In addition to the technical assistance measures, the programme will finance action to improve the processing and marketing...