Brussels, 25/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 27 August (date of adoption of the measure by the written procedure), the European Commission will formally decide to bring forward, to 16 October, payment of the premium and additional payments for the dairy industry. The payment of the aid would normally have been made between 1 December 2004 and 30 June 2005. Early payment was requested by a series of Member States (particularly the Netherlands) due to the fact that a serious slump in the price of...