Press Release: Agriculture and Fisheries Council, Brussels, 17 November 2003

Items on the agenda included: Scientific advice for managing fish stocks in 2004 - reconstitution of cod and northern hake stocks; Greenland - provisional application of the Fisheries Protocol; identification of ovine and caprine animals; Communication from the Commission: sugar, olive oil, tobacco, cotton; cats and dogs used in the production of fur; truffle cultivation in Europe; set-aside; rice market in Portugal; cereals market in the countries in the south of the European Union; Salzburg Conference on Rural Development; Application of Community legislation in acceding countries.