Brussels, 07/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - During his parliamentary hearing on Wednesday, Commissioner-designate for agriculture and rural development, Mariann Fischer Boel said that she wanted to keep to the current rate of spending on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). She refused to give her position on sugar reform before the end of the appeals procedure by the EU at the WTO "sugar" panel (which is likely to reiterate the condemnation of current system). She confirmed that amendments would...