The main points of the sugar plan
Cuts of approximately 40 per cent in the EU's internal sugar prices
Abolition of the EU's safety net intervention system
Gradual cuts in overall volume in quotas for subsidy-eligible output
Reforms to start in July 2005, one year before the current regime expires
Sugar beet producers to receive compensation
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