Brussels, 05/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has given France another deadline to recover illegal aid to fruit and vegetable producers granted between 1992-2002 (EUROPE 9955). The new deadline is 29 September.
On Wednesday 5 August, a Commission spokesperson declared that, “we know that it is difficult and sometimes painful, because farmers who accepted the aid offered were not at fault”. The spokesperson explained that responsibility was down to those who implemented...