Brussels, 07/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 7 May, the Commission adopted its proposals to make the sugar restructuring scheme more effective (see EUROPE 9418 on last week's postponement of the decision). On the same day, Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer-Boel presented her proposal to member states who received them very well.
The changes proposed by the Commission aim to encourage EU companies and producers to give up almost 3.8 million tonnes of sugar quota by 2010, in...