Agricultural prices 1999/2000: basic price, pig carcasses standard quality

PURPOSE: Agricultural prices 1999/2000 marketing year - pigmeat. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 1402/1999/EC. CONTENT: The Council has decided to maintain the base price for pigmeat of standard quality at its current level, i.e. 1509.39 euros/tonne. The standard quality (unchanged) is defined as a function of the weight and the content of lean meat on pig carcasses, in the following way: - carcasses of a weight of 60 to 120 kg : category E, - carcasses of a weight of 120 to 180 kg : category R. It should be noted that the Council has invited the Commission to follow up and consider in detail ideas put forward by the Management Committee on the subject of controlling production of pigmeat and to put forward, if necessary, appropriate proposals.�