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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8439

9 April 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

08/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - As expected (see Europe of 2 April, p.10) the Agriculture Council adopted without debate (with Italy voting against) a regulation establishing specific measures for ethyl alcohol. The main measure decided was the option of establishing a certificate system for monitoring trade and a system to manage national aid. The only problem posed here (the German alcohol monopoly) was settled by granting Germany a seven-year transition period before it has to abandon its...

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