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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8514

30 July 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture/wto
Before considering other reforms, the EU may decide to cut sugar production quotas in September

Brussels, 29/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - In September, as it did in 2002, the European Commission may decide to cut Member States' sugar quotas, in order to meet the EU's commitments to the WTO. The decision would be taken a few weeks ahead of the Commission its final suggested changes to the organisation of the common market in sugar (which will, in theory, expire in 2006).

At the last sugar management meeting, the Commission suggested cutting A and B grade sugar production quotas by 500,000...

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