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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8440
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture council

Franz Fishler flexible on certain reform points but sticks to highly controversial principle of cross compliance

Brussels, 09/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - Although a majority of Member States strongly criticised the cross compliance strategy proposed by the Commission in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Commissioner Franz Fischler refused to confirm, at the end of the Agriculture Council on Tuesday in Luxembourg whether the oft cited partial cross compliance option would be applied in the final verdict. According to the Commissioner, "there is not the slightest change on cross...

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