Brussels, 26/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 23 February, France became the first EU country to explain in detail how it intended to use the health check tool box from the common agricultural policy (CAP) in an effort to redirect part of direct aid to farmers. France is not the first country in the EU to opt for a redistribution of aid. A minority of EU member states chose to implement the 2003 CAP reform on the direct aid regionalisation model. Community regulation obliges EU countries...