JUSTDRINKS
August 1st, 2002
From Alan OsbornThe European Commission has increased its grants for therestructuring and conversion of vineyards in the EU in the 2002-3 marketingyear by 5 per cent over the 2001-2 figure to 443 million euros (pounds 270million). The allocation will be topped up by some 42 million euros (pounds26 million) which was unspent in 2001-2 because not all countries couldjustify claims.Some 30 per cent of the total grants, about 157 million euros(pounds 96 million), will go to Spain.Next biggest is Italy with 124million euros (pounds 76 million) followed by France with ...
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