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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8331

31 October 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget 2003
Commission revises down farming spending because of advances paid to disaster victims

Brussels, 30/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Michaele Schreyer's initiative on Wednesday the European Commission adopted the third letter of amendment to the 2003 Budget, cutting next year's spending on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and rural development by EUR 337.4 million. This letter of amendment gives details of the 2002 budget surplus (estimated at EUR 500 million, as against last year's EUR 1 bn - see Europe of 31 October 2001) which will be added to income in the 2003 Budget to...

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