Agricultural prices 1996/1997: prices, aids and percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sector

In adopting the report by Mr Giacomo SANTINI (UPE, I), the European Parliament considered that the penalties applied during the 1995/96 marketing year as a result of the maximum guaranteed quantity being exceeded during the previous two years could no longer be applied, and proposed a higher intervention price: ECU 191.92/100 kg (instead of ECU 186.17/100 kg). The EP also called for programmes promoting the consumption of table olives to be implemented in the Union and in third countries. �