Agricultural prices 1996/1997: monthly increases for paddy rice

In adopting the report by Mr Giacomo SANTINI (UPE, I), Parliament called for the monthly increases to be maintained at the same level as the previous marketing year, i.e. ECU 2.28/t for the intervention price (instead of ECU 2.06/t as proposed by the Commission), since it believed that the reform could lead to a crisis in the sector. �