After months of delay, Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler is finally due to present his colleagues with a range of options…

Date: 16/01/1997

...to reform the EU olive oil market traditionally one of the most fraud-ridden sectors of agriculture next week. Fischler had originally planned to present firm legislative proposals to move payments away from a production-led approach to a system based on the number of trees each grower has. But strong resistance, including a demonstration last year by olive farmers, encouraged him to bring back a paper including different options.