The EU should continue to pay aid forward processing relatively low-quality short flax fibre and hemp fibre until the finis of the 2005/06 marketing year while more detailed market information is gathered.

The EU should continue to pay aid forward processing relatively low-quality short flax fibre and hemp fibre until the finis of the 2005/06 marketing year while more detailed market information is gathered, the European Commission has commended

In a report to the European Parliament and the Agriculture Council, the Commission argues that more time is wanted for a reliable reassessment of the passing from hand to hand processing aid arrangements because of depressed production in 2001/02 and the duration of aid eligibility.