Brussels, 16/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised a state aid measure under which the Netherlands would make a state guarantee worth maximum € 50 million available as an incentive for insurance companies to introduce insurance against crop damage caused by excessive rain. The subsidy is expected to offer a structural solution for such damage so that compensation by the state on a case by case basis in the future can be avoided. The guarantee is granted on the...