Brussels, 23/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted its farm price package for 2000/2001, which essentially amounts to a rollover of existing arrangements. As most of the decisions were taken in the framework of the Agenda 2000 reform and reforms of the common organisation of markets, only a small number of sectors were concerned by the annual price-setting exercise.
As foreseen in Agenda 2000, the intervention price for cereals will be reduced in two steps, by 7.5%...