Agricultural prices 1998/1999: monthly price for paddy rice

Agricultural Prices 1998/99 - Rice - Prices: the intervention price for paddy rice for the 1996/97 to 1999/2000 marketing years was fixed by the Council when the reform of the Common Market Organisation was adopted; it was fixed at ECU 315.9 per tonne for the 1998/99 marketing year, down from ECU 333.45 per tonne in 1997/98. - Monthly increments: in view of the difficult market situation for rice, the Commission proposes to maintain the present level of ECU 2.0 per tonne. �