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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8637

4 February 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture/parmalat
Fischler considers Italian aid to milk producers could be accepted, subject to conditions

Brussels, 03/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - In an information note to his peers on Tuesday, Commissioner Franz Fischler said the State aid granted by Italy to milk producers affected by the Parmalat scandal could be approved by the European Commission on the condition, however, that it can be demonstrated that farmers concerned are effectively faced with financial difficulties. He considers that, "when thousands of farmers are in financial difficulties because of non-payment, one should try to...

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