Press Release: Fifty years for the Special Committee on Agriculture

On 9 September 2010, the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) of the Council celebrated its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion the working session was preceded by
a lunch and followed by a reception and a concert. Speaking at the lunch, the current chairman of the SCA, Mr Herman Hooyberghs, highlighted the important role of the SCA in the past, present and future for the functioning of the common agricultural policy (CAP). Guest of honour at the lunch was the Commissioner in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolos, a former member of the SCA. At the reception organised at the Residence of the Flemish Government, Mr Kris Peeters, Minister-President of the Flemish Region, congratulated the SCA, insisting on its essential mission to prepare the work for the Agriculture Council.