NEW EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER WILL PREPARE FOR SUGAR QUOTA ABOLITION
October 1st, 2014
THE NEW European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner has promised to carefully prepare for the planned abolition of EU sugar production quotas in September 2017. Speaking at a confirmation hearing at the European Parliament on October 2, former Irish environment minister Phil Hogan, 54, said he welcomed the liberalisation which is part of the recent reforms to the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). He told MEPs at the EP’s agriculture and rural development committee: “Over the coming years, the abolition of the remaining production constraints, quotas for ...
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