SUGAR REFORMS
June 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLA COMPROMISE deal has been struck in Brussels over a transitional regime for the European Union sugar industry, which will last until July 2006, when a comprehensive review is expected to have taken place.The European Commission had been pressing to deep cuts in market supports, but these have been resisted by some Member States, who are represented on the EU Council of Ministers, which approved the final agreement.As a result, both sides have now agreed for a permanent reduction in EU sugar quotas by 115,000 tonnes, the abolition of the ...
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