date:Feb 18, 2014
Copa-Cogeca has urged Member States to reject new EU Commission plans which would upset the EU sugar market balance and call into question the new CAP reform agreement.
The plans are set to be voted on at the next EU Management Committee meeting on February 27.
Copa-Cogeca Secretary-General Pekka Pesonen warned: EU sugar prices have been falling on average continuously since January 2013, down 100 euros/tonne, whilst ending stocks of EU quota sugar are projected at their highest levels since 2