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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9953

1 August 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Commission welcomes start of final phase of wine industry reforms

Brussels, 31/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The final phase of the reforms of the wine industry in the European Union decided upon by EU farm ministers in December 2007 comes into force on 1 August 2009. According to the Commission, this vast reform of the wine industry, the first stage of which started on 1 August 2008, should lead to a balanced wine market, remove market intervention measures and the costly wastage they give rise to, and use the budget instead for more positive, proactive...

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