Brussels, 03/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 29 April without debate the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted two regulations on reform of Mediterranean production (tobacco, olive oil and cotton) and the coal sector, following a political agreement on 22 April in Luxembourg (EUROPE 23 April p 7). Only Denmark and Sweden voted against the texts. Spain, which was opposed to the compromise found in Luxembourg, abstained after having recently obtained two important concessions at expert level (EUROPE 28 April p 9): increase of EUR 20 million for national envelope for olive oil sector; cotton, maximum surface area eligible for aid reduced from 85,000 to 70,000 ha, while the level of aid per hectare in the country was revised upwards from EUR 851 to EUR 1,039.