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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9919

12 June 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Desire for consensus over future of direct farm aid

Brussels, 11/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - Following on from debate at the Brno meeting (see EUROPE 9913), the Czech Presidency hopes to get the Agriculture Council of 22 June 2009 to adopt a conclusions document on the future of direct farm payments and get the ministers to say that the historic reference system is out-of-date and a new form of aid has to be introduced for post-2013. Some new member states want a single surface area payment for all farmers but the matter is far from settled,...

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