Brussels, 17/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission decided to open an investigation into aid to farming organisations, and aid measures in the form of guarantees, in Sicily. An envelope of some 23 million EUR was allocated.
Sicilian regional law 23/2000 provides for aid to be granted to groupings of fruit and vegetable producers which had been unable to receive all of the aid they may previously have been entitled to, due to a lack of funds at regional level. On...