Brussels, 16/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Agriculture Council ended very quickly on Tuesday because it did not have Parliament's opinion on the issue of flax and hemp (see below). At the final press conference held at around 6.00 p.m., Portuguese Minister Luis Capoulas Santos recalled that the Presidency had undertaken to conclude reform of the flax and hemp sector on the basis of a compromise text drafted with the European Commission. He explained that the Council would resume study of...