asked the Minister for Agriculture the amount, extent and purpose of aids given by the EEC Commission towards the provision or modernisation of fruit and vegetable markets in each member state in the past five years.
Written Answers . - Fruit and Vegetable Markets .
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: The information requested is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
FEOGA funds allocated for projects aimed at improving marketing structures in the fruit and vegetable sector (Regulation 17/64).
|
Number of Projects |
Aid Granted (£) |
|
|
Germany |
56 |
4,323,052 |
|
Belgium |
40 |
2,608,682 |
|
Denmark |
4 |
549,303 |
|
France |
15 |
3,128,994 |
|
Ireland |
7 |
306,413 |
|
Italy |
90 |
11,497,934 |
|
Luxembourg |
— |
— |
|
Netherlands |
24 |
2,448,729 |
|
United Kingdom |
16 |
2,306,125 |
The projects financed include storage centres, processing plants, installations for marketing, facilities for market preparation and packaging centres.