–fixing the monthly increases in the intervention price for cereals for the 1997/1998 marketing year; –fixing monthly increases in the intervention price for paddy rice for the 1997/1998 marketing year; –fixing, for the 1997/1998 marketing year, the prices, aids and percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sector and the maximum guaranteed quantity; –fixing the amounts of aid for flax fibre and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promot ...[+++]e the use of flax fibre for the 1997/1998 marketing year; –fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price, for sheepmeat for the 1998 marketing year; –fixing the guide price for wine for the 1997/1998 marketing year; –fixing, for the 1997 harvest, the premiums for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties; –fixing the amounts of aid for seeds for the 1998/1999 and 1999/2000 marketing years.

'unit price' shall mean the final price, including VAT, all other taxes and the costs of all services which the consumer is obliged to pay for in addition, for one kilogramme, one litre, one metre, one square metre or cubic metre of the product or a single unit of quantity which is widely and customarily used in the Member States in the marketing of specific products;

'unit price' shall mean the price for one kilogramme, one litre, one metre, one square metre or cubic metre of the product;

Whereas it is necessary to take into account the fact that certain products are customarily sold in quantities different from one kilogramme, one litre, one metre, one square metre or cubic metre; whereas it is thus appropriate to allow Member States to authorize that the unit price refer to a decimal or submultiple of those quantities or to a different single unit of quantity, taking into account the nature of the product and the quantities in which it is customarily sold in the Member State ...[+++] concerned;

At the same time, it will decide on the Commission proposal regarding the new German Länder (For the record: the Commission proposal extends to the territory of the new German Länder as of 1 January 1997 all the provisions relating to the premium arrangements applicable throughout the rest of the Community, namely determination of an individual quota of rights to the suckler cow premium for each producer and application of the 90-head limit for allocation of the premium for male bovine animals. Deseasonalization premium The deseasonalization premium has been maintained, with a seasonal slaughter coefficient of 35%. This figure is to be applied separately to ...[+++]Ireland and Northern Ireland, but if the activating price is exceeded in either, the deseasonalization premium will apply throughout both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The cost of this measure will be financed from the BSE reserve. Sheepmeat and goatmeat - The basic price is to remain at its current level; seasonal adjustment will continue unchanged. - The opening of the private storage procedure will be speeded up, with the Commission being able to introduce a procedure to fix the amount of aid in advance. - The derogation granted to the new German Länder for the application of the limits on ewe premiums is extended until 2000. Unused premium rights will be entirely allocated to the reserve. Pork The status quo for this sector is maintained, namely a basic price of ECU 1509,39 per tonne for the standard quality of pork slaughtered (definition unchanged), valid for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997.

The basic requirements are that they must contain not less than 25% dry matter by weight and that when applied they must provide not less than 500g organic matter per square metre of ground.