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Theme of the day of 11 March 2008

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CAP health check and national milk quotas


Discussion in the Group meeting on the press conference on the CAP health check and national milk quotas l-r: Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt MEP, Lutz Goepel MEP, and Reimer Böge MEP (all three EPP-ED, Germany)
     
Press conference on the CAP health check and national milk quotas Elisabeth Jeggle MEP (EPP-ED, Germany)

On Tuesday 11th March, Parliament holds legislative debates on two agricultural reports authored by German EPP-ED Members Lutz Goepel MEP and Elisabeth Jeggle MEP.

The main aim of Mr Goepel's report is to adapt and develop the European Union's Common Agricultural policy to new developments and changing markets.

He favours further decoupling of direct payments to farmers, but rejects the Commission's proposals to gradually abolish direct payments until 2013. Instead the rapporteur wants available funds to be shifted into rural development and into crisis prevention funds via the so-called modulation. The Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament recently accepted this proposal by a large majority.
Elisabeth Jeggle MEP will present her report on the Commission's proposals concerning a reform of the European Union's milk market sector, including national milk quotas for the year 2008/2009.

The National Milk Quotas for EU Member States producers are the only part of the 2003 reform of the Common Agriculture Policy which still remains 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% for the 2008/2009 milk quota period. This represents an additional 2.84 million tons of milk for European consumers.

Press releases:
12/03/2008 Europäisches Parlament stimmt für eine EU-Saldierung und eine freiwillige Milchquotenerhöhung/ EP wants balancing mechanism for milk quotas. Elisabeth Jeggle MEP
12/03/2008 European Parliament approves review of CAP without system disruptions. Lutz Goepel MEP deen
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 CAP health check
European Commission website on the CAP reform
Report on Milk Quotas (pre-vote)
European Commission Site on Milk and Milk products
EPP-ED site on Committee on Agriculture
Committee on Agriculture
Website of Lutz Goepel MEP
Website of Elisabeth Jeggle MEP




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