Agricultural prices 2000/2001: sugar price, standard quality of beet

Following discussion of Commission proposals on setting prices for agricultural products the Council adopted the Regulations concerning sugar (by a qualified majority) and pigmeat (see Annex I) since they were urgent, and noted that there were problems with the other products; it agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its next meeting. The Spanish delegation regretted that no solution had been found as regards its repeated request for a support system for nuts, during the current discussion of agricultural prices for the 2000/2001 marketing year.�