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Sugar Group
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Latest Press
Releases
21 December 2005
Outcome of EU budget negotiations has been greeted with deep concern by African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) sugar supplying states
The European Commission had proposed a special annual fund of €190 million under the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 for 18 ACP countries severely hit by the recent EU sugar reform agreement. Commissioner Fischer Boel highlighted this initiative as an example of the EU’s commitment to developing countries, but no reference to this fund is found in the text agreed by European Heads of State and Government on 16/17 December 2005.
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ACP Sugar in the News
18 October 2005
BBC - Region warned of tough sugar battle
Glenys Kinnock, member of the European Parliament, has said the battle for adequate compensation for Caribbean sugar farmers from the European Union is going to be difficult. Touring the Caribbean with a delegation of parliamentarians from the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific parliamentary assembly, Mrs. Kinnock said the proposed cuts are way too steep and would cause social instability and has promised to help the region get a better deal.
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Recent Events
26 September 2005
9th ACP Special Ministerial Conference on Sugar: "Promoting the Sustainable Development of the ACP Sugar Sector"
Ministers representing the ACP States signatory to the EU-ACP Sugar Protocol and the LDC sugar supplying states under the EBA initiative met in Kisumu, Kenya, to discuss strategies for promoting the sustainable development of their sugar industries, in particular in the light of the European Commission's radical proposals to reform the EU Sugar Regime.
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Outcome of EU budget negotiations has been greeted with deep concern by African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) sugar supplying states
The European Commission had proposed a special annual fund of €190 million under the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 for 18 ACP countries severely hit by the recent EU sugar reform agreement. Commissioner Fischer Boel highlighted this initiative as an example of the EU’s commitment to developing countries, but no reference to this fund is found in the text agreed by European Heads of State and Government on 16/17 December 2005.
Read more...
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ACP Sugar in the News
18 October 2005
BBC - Region warned of tough sugar battle
Glenys Kinnock, member of the European Parliament, has said the battle for adequate compensation for Caribbean sugar farmers from the European Union is going to be difficult. Touring the Caribbean with a delegation of parliamentarians from the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific parliamentary assembly, Mrs. Kinnock said the proposed cuts are way too steep and would cause social instability and has promised to help the region get a better deal.
Read more...
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Recent Events
26 September 2005
9th ACP Special Ministerial Conference on Sugar: "Promoting the Sustainable Development of the ACP Sugar Sector"
Ministers representing the ACP States signatory to the EU-ACP Sugar Protocol and the LDC sugar supplying states under the EBA initiative met in Kisumu, Kenya, to discuss strategies for promoting the sustainable development of their sugar industries, in particular in the light of the European Commission's radical proposals to reform the EU Sugar Regime.
Read more...
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Recent
Statements
15 September 2005
Joint ACP and LDC Sugar Groups Platform
In a joint platform to be presented to EU Agriculture Ministers and the European Commission, the ACP and LDC groups will reiterate their contention that the reform is too deep, too fast and too soon. The platform will stress the need for less drastic price cuts spread over a period of 8 years starting in 2008, as reflected in the recent opinion of the European Parliament Development Committee.
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15 September 2005
Joint ACP and LDC Sugar Groups Platform
In a joint platform to be presented to EU Agriculture Ministers and the European Commission, the ACP and LDC groups will reiterate their contention that the reform is too deep, too fast and too soon. The platform will stress the need for less drastic price cuts spread over a period of 8 years starting in 2008, as reflected in the recent opinion of the European Parliament Development Committee.
Read more...
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Giles Keane
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E-mail: gkeane@hillandknowlton.com
Mari Helen Skarholt
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E-mail: mhskarho@hillandknowlton.com
Tel: +32 (0) 473 894328
E-mail: gkeane@hillandknowlton.com
Mari Helen Skarholt
Tel: +32 (0) 479 980 770
E-mail: mhskarho@hillandknowlton.com
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