Brussels, 17/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 24 October, the Agriculture Council is expected to be able to reach a “general compromise approach” on the new rules for defining, presenting and labelling spirit drinks. Council guidelines will be forwarded to the European Parliament that is to give its opinion on the issue in January 2007 (first reading, codecision procedure). Discussions of the Special Agriculture Committee (SAC) on 16 October showed that a majority of Member States support...