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Theme of the day of 26 February 2008

National Milk Quotas in 2008

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Elisabeth JEGGLE MEP
EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

The European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture voted today on the report on Milk Quotas. The issue gained significant importance in the last months due to rapidly growing prices of milk and dairy products. Elisabeth Jeggle MEP (EPP-ED, Germany) is the rapporteur.

The national Milk Quotas for the EU Member States producers are the only part of the 2003 reform of the Common Agriculture Policy remaining to be implemented. The original quota increase of 0.5% in 11 Member States has been changed by the European Commission to an increase of 2% of the 2008/2009 milk quota period. This represents an additional 2.84 million tons of milk for European consumers.

Elisabeth Jeggle MEP addresses the question of whether the market offers enough opportunities for additional quantities of milk to be supplied if the national quotas were to be expanded for all 27 Member States and calls on the Commission to devise a European balancing mechanism for the quota for the marketing year 2008/09.

Press release:

26/02/2008

Kommissions-Vorschlag zur Milchmarktordnung einstimmig zurückgewiesen - EP-Agrarausschuss billigt Kompromiss der Berichterstatterin/ Agricultural Committee wants compromise on milk market reform. Elisabeth Jeggle MEP

	Report on Milk Quotas
	EPP-ED site on Committee on Agriculture
	Committee on Agriculture
	European Commission Site on Milk and Milk products
	Website of Elisabeth Jeggle MEP

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