$448m aid to dairy farmers.Byline: Brussels The European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community will next week unveil additional aid of 300 million euros ($448 million) to dairy farmers Dairy Farmers is one of Australia's largest and oldest dairy manufacturers, established in 1900, supplying products to local and international markets such as eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. hit by low milk prices, EU diplomats Some famous diplomats include: Afghanistan
The proposed aid will come from the European Union budget for next year and has won support from 21 of the 27 EU member states including France and Germany, the diplomats said. EU agriculture ministers meeting on Monday in Luxembourg will announce the measures and discuss proposals from the bloc's executive European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community and other member states aimed at helping the farmers. Thousands of dairy farmers staged protests and embarked on a two-week milk supply boycott across Europe in September, blaming the Commission's liberalisation n. 1. Same as liberalization. Noun 1. liberalisation - the act of making less strict liberalization, relaxation alleviation, easement, easing, relief - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse policies for falling milk prices. The farmers have demanded that milk surpluses be removed from the market in the short term and have asked the ministers to implement a voluntary suspension of partial EU milk quotas so as to limit milk production. "There will be several thousand dairy farmers and several hundred tractors making their way to Luxembourg next Monday, to lend emphasis to their demands," Fredy de Martines of the LDB LDB - /l*'d*b/ [PDP-10 instruction] To extract from the middle. "LDB me a slice of cake, please." This usage has been kept alive by Common LISP's function of the same name. Considered silly. See also DPB. , the Luxembourg branch of the European Milk Board, said in a statement. The group of 21 EU states said in a draft paper that they would like to see the ministers define a regulatory framework for the European milk market that would contribute to stabilising the market and producers' income. "We wish to see the adoption of a series of immediate measures in order to effectively stabilise the dairy sector rapidly," the draft paper, seen by Reuters, said. Other measures to be discussed by the ministers include a prolongation PROLONGATION. Time added to the duration of something. 2. When the time is lengthened during which a party is to perform a contract, the sureties of such a party are in general discharged, unless the sureties consent to such prolongation. See Giving time. of public intervention in the dairy market, increasing public- and private-sector storage as well as tighter management of quota overruns. - Reuters Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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