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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

Council reaches agreement on strategic guidelines for rural development programmes 2007-2013

Brussels, 23/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 22 November, the agriculture ministers of the EU reached an agreement on the "strategic guidelines of the Community for the period 2007-2013 for rural development programming". This more "political" document comes on top of the regulation already opted by the Council instituting the new European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the period 2007-2013 (EUROPE 9030 and 8974).

The strategic orientations identify important fields for...

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