Brussels, 21/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Monday 21 January, the agriculture ministers of the member states of the EU reached a unanimous political agreement on the simplification of the system which makes the payment of agricultural aid conditional upon adherence to environmental, food safety and animal welfare criteria (principal of conditionality of aid). The new regulation will enter into force on 1 April. Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture, has indicated that...