In April 2002, about 12,700 people in all 12 Member States of the Euro zone were asked about how the euro changeover operation was perceived by them, their understanding of prices in euro, the actual use of the new coins and notes, their feeling of price increases, the information campaign and the Euro-Logo initiative.

- in the case of molasses, is higher than the price of molasses used to calculate revenue from sales of molasses by sugar manufacturers for the purposes of fixing the basic price for beet for the marketing year concerned.

–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 promote 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 ye ...[+++]ar; –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.

Taking into account the monetary realignments that occurred during the 1992/93 marketing year, the cereal prices figures for 1994/95 are as follows: - ECU 106.60/t for the intervention price - ECU 118.45/t for the target price and - ECU 162.87/t for the threshold price Monthly increments For 1993/94, the monthly increments have been reduced by 5% to take account of the cut in guaranteed prices resulting from the reform.

G. TOBACCO - In view of the maximum guaranteed quantities proposed, and on the basis of real requirements for the various varieties, maintenance and variation in the prices and premiums in order to encourage a further drive to variety and quality conversion. Group Premiums Norm price I + 2% 0% II + 1% 0% III 0% 0% IV - 6% - 6% V - 8% - 8% - Fixing of maximum guaranteed quantities by varieties or groups of varieties within the maximum guaranteed quantity of 385 000 tonnes (Annex VI). H. MILK - Maintenance of the price level for the last marketing year and maintenance until 1989/90 of the co-responsibility levy, which would be fixed for 19 ...[+++]88/89 at the rate now in force.

- 4 - This situation gives a special significance to the rules on budgetary discipline (Council Decision 88/377/EEC of 24 June 1988. * * * 4. Price proposals and related measures The analysis of the agricultural situation in the 1990/91 marketing year and the market outlook for the coming years clearly indicate that, after two years of relief and despite considerable efforts of adjustment over a number of years, market imbalances are growing again and that prospects for the foreseeable future are not encouraging. This new deterioration in the situation calls for an in-depth reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in order to tackle the ...[+++]problems at their roots. Taking into account that in-depth reform of a number of common market organisation is needed and that specific proposals to do so will be presented this year, the Commission would have preferred, at this stage, to propose a simple roll-over of present institutional prices for one year until the reform measures have been adopted and come into effect. However, the considerable deterioration of the budgetary situation for 1991 and the worsening prospects for 1992 oblige the Commission, in the interests of budgetary discipline, to supplement its roll-over price proposals for the 1991/92 marketing year by a number of specific proposals designed to contain agricultural expenditure. a) Common prices The Commission considers that for the majority of products it is desirable to propose the continued application of 1990/91 prices subject, of course, to the effects of the application of the stabiliser mechanisms.