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EU Agrees Reform of Fruit and Vegetables Sector

Source: Reuters
12/06/2007

Luxembourg, June 12 - EU farm ministers agreed on Tuesday to overhaul the bloc's fruit and vegetable sector, streamlining the way many subsidies are paid to an industry that accounts for nearly a fifth of the EU's agricultural output.

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The reform will decouple subsidies for producing and processing fruit and vegetables, in effect breaking the link between how much a farmer produces and the amount of subsidy that he receives from Brussels.

"There is a deal, it's done. It was unaminous," an official at the European Commission told Reuters.



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