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The European Union’s general affairs council CAGRE adopted Monday the European Commission’s recommendation to spare Romania of a safeguard clause under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian EU Commissioner Leonard Orban told a news conference Monday that, in theory, the Union could activate the safeguard clause on Romania in the field of justice, but added he hopes the country registers significant progress in the upcoming months to avoid such measures.

The Romanian Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday sent a report to the European Commission on the progresses in the country’s agricultural payments system, to avoid sanctions from Brussels.