215 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention was drawn to the discussions at the expert meeting of the European Commission’s advisory committee which took place on 25 October 2006; if after that meeting, in her view, member states’ concerns regarding whether or not certain agriculture and rural development related transfers might be legal under the EU law governing state aid have been met; if she shares the view of the German Government that under the current EU Regulation on Rural Development (1698/05) national rural development measures that are not co-founded by the EU are not be permitted under EU rules governing state aid; the implications of this interpretation of EU Regulation 1698/05 for her recently announced conclusion of an agreement with the agriculture social partners; if she is confident that proposals to amend EU Regulation 1698/05 will be successful in order that measures such as those she announced last week at the conclusion of talks with the agriculture social partners might be allowed under EU state aid rules; and the steps she is talking and prepared to take to ensure such an amendment comes into force before she has to fulfil the pledges she has made to the agriculture social partners in relation to the rural development-related package announced last week. [35998/06]

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215 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention was drawn to the discussions at the expert meeting of the European Commission’s advisory committee which took place on 25 October 2006; if after that meeting, in her view, member states’ concerns regarding whether or not certain agriculture and rural development related transfers might be legal under the EU law governing state aid have been met; if she shares the view of the German Government that under the current EU Regulation on Rural Development (1698/05) national rural development measures that are not co-founded by the EU are not be permitted under EU rules governing state aid; the implications of this interpretation of EU Regulation 1698/05 for her recently announced conclusion of an agreement with the agriculture social partners; if she is confident that proposals to amend EU Regulation 1698/05 will be successful in order that measures such as those she announced last week at the conclusion of talks with the agriculture social partners might be allowed under EU state aid rules; and the steps she is talking and prepared to take to ensure such an amendment comes into force before she has to fulfil the pledges she has made to the agriculture social partners in relation to the rural development-related package announced last week. [35998/06]

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