Agenda 2000: support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund EAGGF

In the light of the agreement reached on Agenda 2000 at the Berlin summit in March and under consultation procedure, the European Parliament adopted the second report by Willi Görlach (PSE,DE), which approves the Commission proposal for a Council regulation on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, subject to the amendments adopted by the Parliament on 19/11/98 and a number of other amendments, notably providing that support for rural development should cover all activities related to farming, rather than just farm production.�