Brussels, 16/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 16 July, the European Commission adopted a proposal aiming to set the obligatory set-aside rate at zero, for the autumn 2007 and spring 2008 seedings alone. This is the Commission's response to a request put forward by several member states of the EU (Sweden, France and Germany), voiced the same day at the Agriculture Council (see above), out of concern at the high prices for certain cereals. The temporary derogation to the obligation to...