Agricultural prices 1999/2000: aid for fibre flax, hemp, flax fibre (amend. regul. 1308/70/EEC)

Under consultation procedure, the European Parliament approved the proposal for a Council regulation fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1999/2000 marketing year, subject to an amendment in the following area: - providing that the amount to be fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested should allow continuity and the development of specific sectors using agricultural products for non-food purposes.�