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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8320

17 October 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 52
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Investigation into aid to German grain brandy producers

Brussels, 16/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to launch an investigation into aid paid to German grain brandy producers, following Berlin's refusal to do what was necessary to review the Spirits Monopoly Law as regards this product ("Kornbranntwein"). According to the Commission, the scheme is aid to German producers that producers from other Member states do not benefit from and that has not been justified since 1989, when a Community regulation clearly defined...

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