Ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin: common organisation of the market CMO

Noting the lack of agreement within the Council on Article 10 (national aid) of the proposal for a Regulation on the common organisation of the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, the Council instructed the Special Committee on Agriculture to expedite its work with a view to seeking, with the assistance of the Commission, a positive outcome to the problems still outstanding and to submit to it a report on the subject to enable it to decide on the matter at a forthcoming meeting. As part of the compromise on agricultural prices for 2000/01 approved by the Council on 17 July 2000, the Commission had been asked to look into the advisability of introducing a regulatory framework for agricultural alcohol. The proposal was submitted to the Council on 23 February 2001.�