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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8748

15 July 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Tricky reform of sugar sector underway

Brussels, 14/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission adopted a communication by Commissioner Franz Fischler on the reform of the sugar sector. A 33% reduction in the support price for sugar is proposed, as are a 37% reduction in the minimum price for sugar beet, a drop of 2.8 million tonnes of production quotas, a compensation of 60% for loss in revenue to producers, restructuring aid for processing units, and lastly the observation of the EU's international...

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