Brussels, 31/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Austrian Presidency of the EU Council noted, on 29 May, that there was agreement among a qualified majority of Member States in favour of the proposal to extend the aid regime for flax and hemp producers by two years (i.e. for the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 harvest years) (see EUROPE 9161 on the European Commission's initial proposal). The Presidency drew these conclusions after a working session of the Special Agriculture Committee (SAC) organised on...