EU supports bio-ethanol production 30 August 2005 Sources EC press release (IP/05/684-7 June 2005) http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/684&am... Editorial comment Bio-fuel aid could become a new instrument of support for EU agricultural production, following the model which Brazil utilises in cross-subsidising its sugar industry through support to its ethanol industry.