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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9911

30 May 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) acp/eu
ACP countries seek €500 million in compensation for phasing out of banana preferences - EU would consider €110 million

Brussels, 29/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - At the Joint ACP-EU Council of Ministers, co-chaired by William Haomae, Solomon Islands Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, and Helena Bambasova, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, ACP countries have stated clearly their fears of being subject to the full force of competition from Latin American bananas on the European Union and called for fair compensation from the EU for losses.

While understanding that the European Union has no...

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