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Article: Reform delayed.(European Union rice market support)(Brief Article)
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- Article date:
- June 9, 2001
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Continuing opposition from member state governments to its radical changes to the EU's rice market support system has led Brussels to delay bringing forward its proposals to the Council of Ministers.
The Commission wants to abolish market intervention buying for rice and to simplify the import regulation system.
Currently some 700,000 tonnes -- 30% of EU production -- are held in store at taxpayers' expense to maintain Italian and Spanish farmers in the production of rice for which there is ...