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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8763

6 August 2004
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto
WTO makes contribution to inevitable reform of Union sugar regime

Brussels, 05/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission confirmed it had received the interim report by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel on the European sugar regime. Formed at a request from Brazil, Australia and Thailand, the panel gave an unfavourable ruling to be confirmed in a final report in September. The decision then taken will be the subject of appeal before the WTO arbitration panel. The Commission, that was aware the regime was condemned to change,...