Brussels, 27/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - At the Agriculture Council in Luxembourg on Friday 24 April, the European Commission firmly turned down the request from Belgium, backed by the French, Irish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish and Austrian delegations, for the introduction of export refunds for fresh and frozen pig meat.
“We are seeing prices stabilising because of the reduction in production and we do not intend to bring in pork market support measures,” said European Agriculture...