EU ENLARGEMENT: MEMBER STATES SIFT THE FINANCING PLAN FOR THE CANDIDATES.(agricultural policy in European Union)(Brief Article) From: European Report | Date: February 6, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Europe Information Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Several Member States made clear that they are opposed to the principle of direct payments for agriculture, arguing that the 1999 Berlin agreement among Member States made no such provision, and that such payments by their nature compensation for income losses, and not part of the acquis communautaire. Others enquired pointedly whether the balance is correct between direct payments and rural development. Even from Member States whose opposition in principle is not so strong, there were questions about the wisdom of the Commission approach: there is concern that if the EU starts by ...

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