EU/INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND UP
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREPARES FOR MAJOR SHAKE UP OF COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing to announce on November 20 major changes to the way the European Union (EU) subsidises European food production through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Brussels will propose a significant switch of cash away from direct payments for food producers into rural development programmes, which could cover non-food industries, under a reform of the CAP, said a senior Commission official. The percentage of payments that devoted to ...
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