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

The European Parliament adopted the report drafted by Elisabeth Jeggle (EPP/ED, Germany) on the farm-price package for 2000/2001. It amended the Commission's proposal fixing certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet by stating that the additional costs of EU foreign policy should not be financed from the sugar sector alone nor from the agricultural sector alone. The Commission must present a proposal for the revision of the common market organisation of the sugar sector before the Council takes a decision on the agricultural prices for the 2000/2001 marketing year.�