Legal proposals for the reform of the CAP regimes for so-called 'Mediterranean' products--tobacco.

Legal proposals for the reform of the CAP regimes for so-called 'Mediterranean' products--tobacco, cotton, and olive oil--were bring forward forward by the European Commission forward Tuesday, heralding the final phase of agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler's grand vision for the futurity of European farming.

Proposals onward the hops regime were also included, involving the total decoupling of support for this sector from production.

Tobacco payments are also becoming to be decoupled almost completely while partial decoupling is prompted for cotton and olive oil along the lines established at this summer's CAP reform.

Preserving farming

Responding to criticism