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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9734

6 September 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture
Niels Busk wants EU budget to allocate up to €360 million per year for fruit and vegetables in schools

Brussels, 05/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - The agriculture committee of the European Parliament is to examine, on Tuesday 9 September, the draft report by Niels Busk (ALDE, Denmark) which provides for up to €360 million in EU funding annually for the new programme for the distribution of fruit and vegetables in schools. Mr Busk believes that funding should be increased to allow every pupil to consume the equivalent of one fruit per day. He also considers the programme must not be restricted to...

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