NEW DAIRY EMERGENCY AID DIVIDED AMONGST EU MEMBER STATES
December 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EMERGENCY European Union (EU) subsidies totalling Euro 300 million for dairy farmers hit by this summer's dip in prices have been divided amongst the EU's 27 member states. The money has been allocated according to production (within EU quota limits) from April 2008-March 2009. The European Commission said today (Dec 4) farmers "severely affected by the low dairy prices... and who encounter liquidity problems" will benefit. The money must be spent by July 1, 2010; national spending plans must be filed by March 1. Top recipients are ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.