18/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 17 March, the EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate the regulation allowing extension of the production aid scheme for the hemp and flax sector during the marketing period 2008/2009 (EUROPE 9620 and 9611). Aid provisions are therefore extended by one year (subsidies of €160 per tonne for long flax fibre and €90 for short flax and hemp fibres, and complementary support in a number of traditional areas of France, Belgium and the Netherlands)....