I juni 1997 opfordrede Rådet Kommissionen til at undersøge mulighederne for at indføre obligatoriske kontrakter mellem producenter og forarbejdningsvirksomheder i hampsektoren.
In June 1997 the Council asked the Commission to study the possibility of establishing compulsory contracts between hemp producers and processors. Instead of putting forward such contractual arrangements as part of the prices package the Commission has merely lowered hemp prices by 25 %.