Luxemburg, 23/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - EU agriculture ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 23 June, reached political agreement by qualified majority decision on the draft regulation on the placing of plant protection products on the market. The Council will adopt its common position on the text in the autumn, so that it can be sent to the European Parliament for its second reading. Four countries - Hungary, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Romania - abstained in the vote.
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