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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9395
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

Adoption of rules on voluntary modulation for aid

Brussels, 27/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 27 March, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted without debate, the regulation limiting voluntary modulation of aid to just two member states, the United Kingdom and Portugal (EUROPE 9391). Voluntary modulation, which completes compulsory modulation (currently standing at 5%), allows these two countries to deduct up to 20% of agricultural aid and transfer it to rural development programmes. Modulation will be reviewed during the 2008 CAP...

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