06/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - Italy's farming minister, Gianni Alemanno, according to Wednesday's Corriere della Sera newspaper, has said that the fine of EUR 232 million for Italy exceeding its dairy quotas reported in Il Sole-24 Ore on Tuesday is a realistic figure. Alemanno said the fine covered the latest marketing year and the aim now was to avoid the same outcome next year. Il Corriere notes that the fine beats the previous record of EUR 205 million (for the 1997-98 marketing year). The...