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Article: COUNCIL CRITICISES SUBSIDIES FOR SKIMMED MILK.(Brief Article)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- March 4, 2000
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Throughout January and February, the Budget Committee of the EU Council of Ministers has been considering submissions calling on the European Commission to take account of the remarks of the Court of Auditors (Special Report 1/99, see Official Journal of European Communities N[inverted exclamation mark] C 147 of May 27, 1999) in order to rectify weaknesses in the system of subsidies for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for animal feed. Taking into account the financial framework for adapting farm spending in the 2000-2006 period laid down by the European Summit at Berlin as part of Agenda 2000, and particularly the need to make further savings to stabilise expenditure ...