Brussels, 20/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission decided not to raise objections to Denmark's proposed new tax on phosphorous in feed, which aims at reducing the use of phosphorous in animal feed. A general reduction of the land tax for agriculture is considered the administratively most efficient way of redistributing the revenue from phosphorous tax to the agricultural sector. The land tax will be decreased for all agricultural sectors (by around 95 euros per farmer), not only those using animal feed and paying the phosphorous tax, which, at least in theory, could lead to an advantage for plant producers. The Commission says this measure does not constitute state aid for farmers.