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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8609

18 December 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
COMPULSORY set-aside rates reduced for 2004

Brussels, 17/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted without debate a regulation to reduce from 10 to 5% the compulsory set-aside rate for the 2004-2005 season. The previous day in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted the report by Joseph Daul (EPP-ED, France), which welcomes the Commission's proposal allowing a slight increase in cereal production next year, after this summer's heatwave which caused much loss to the industry. The EP agreed...

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