Brussels, 07/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 6 December, the Commission adopted a proposal to extend the current quotas for production of potato starch to 2005/06 and 2006/07. The Commission explained that to assess the effects of the reform of the CAP, and of enlargement of the EU, on the potato starch sector, this measure was needed.
To take enlargement into account, the Union quota increased by 11% from 1.762 million tonnes in the EU15 to 1.949 million tonnes in the EU25. The contingent has...