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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8946
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture

Parliament staunchly opposes postponing reform of fruit and vegetables sector

Strasbourg, 12/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament expresses “firm opposition” to the European Commission's decision to postpone the presentation of a proposal for reform of the fruit and vegetables sector (postponement announced in EUROPE 8939). With the adoption on Wednesday in Strasbourg of the report by Maria Herranz Garcia (EPP-ED, Spain) on the assessment of the common market organisation (CMO) for fruit and vegetables, the EP considers postponement of the proposal...

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(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
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