27/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 25 April, the EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate a decision authorising the European Commission to negotiate agreements on the guaranteed prices applicable in the 2006/2007 delivery period to cane sugar from ACP states and India. Under the Sugar Protocol to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and the EEC-India Cane Sugar Agreement, the EU pledges to purchase and import quantities of sugar at guaranteed prices. The guaranteed prices apply to white and...