Convention's proposals for future EU- June 30, 2003 EUBusiness The main innovations for the future shape of the European Union agreed in a draft EU constitution prepared by the Convention on the Future of Europe. The text was discussed by EU leaders at a summit in Greece next week and will then be thrashed out by an inter-governmental conference (IGC) of EU countries starting in October. The institutional changes are to come in force after November 2009. For the full texthttp://eunewsdigest.blogspot.com/2003/06/conventions-proposals-for-future-eu.html Key elements of EU deal on farm subsidies- June 30, 2003 EUBusiness The main elements of a hard-fought agreement by the European Union to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): -- Subsidies to be replaced by a single farm payment (SFP) for farmers, independent of production, from 2005. But, EU members can until 2007 continue to partially link subsidies to production in areas where there is a risk of farming being abandoned in the absence of the handouts. -- SFP to be linked to the respect of environmental, food safety, animal health and...http://eunewsdigest.blogspot.com/2003/06/key-elements-of-eu-deal-on-farm.html |