It is shown that the elliptic algebra A(q,p)(<(sl)over cap>(2)(c)) has
a non-trivial center at the critical level c = -2, generalizing the r
esult of Reshetikhin and Semenov-Tian-Shansky for trigonometric algebr
as, A family of Poisson structures indexed by a non-negative integer k
is constructed on this center. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.