13/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 13 March in Strasbourg, the European Parliament approved the proposal (dating from January 2007) aimed at amending the 1978 regulation on the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section. The proposal, which accompanies the plan to abolish intervention in the maize sector aims to lighten financial costs in 2007 and 2008 resulting from public purchases of wheat and barley in member states...