login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9497

8 September 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 53
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Commission to suggest suspension of set-aside obligation in 2008

Brussels, 07/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - As it had promised EU member states, the European Commission is to adopt by written procedure on Thursday 13 September a proposal aimed at temporarily suspending the obligation on farmers to set aside part of their land as fallow land (see EUROPE 9469). The Commission agrees to fix the compulsory set-aside rate at zero, but solely for the 2008 harvest year. It thus meets the demands of several member states that have expressed concern about the high...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
TIMETABLE