Approval of the reforms, which will see an end to production-led aid currently paid to the sector, draws to a close a process of reform begun in 2003.
"The Commission College has approved the proposal for a reform of the European Union's fruit and vegetable sector," Mariann Fischer Boel told the agricultural committee at the European parliament.
"The fruit and vegetable sector cannot afford to be the dunce of the class. It can benefit from many of the reforms that we have applied to the rest of the CAP - though with adjustments here and there."
This means that financial support for the sector will be decoupled from production, in line with other agricultural sectors, and transferred to the Single Payment Scheme (SPS).
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Source: Foodproductiondaily.com
