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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9907

26 May 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Restructuring to continue in cotton sector

Brussels, 25/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 25 May, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted, without debate, the rule extending the period of restructuring in the cotton sector (instead of four years, it will now last eight: EUROPE 9889 on EP opinion submitted on 22 April). The text was adopted by qualified majority. Only the United Kingdom voted against.

The regulation authorises producer member states (Greece and Spain) to submit a cotton sector restructuring programme for eight...

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