The EU milk sector prepares for the end of milk quotas Brussels, 26 March 2015 IP/15/4694 European Commission - Press release The EU milk quota regime comes to an end on March 31, 2015. First introduced in 1984 at a time when EU production far outstripped...
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The EU milk sector prepares for the end of milk quotas Brussels, 26 March 2015 IP/15/4694 European Commission - Press release The EU milk quota regime comes to an end on March 31, 2015. First introduced in 1984 at a time when EU production far outstripped demand, the quota regime was one of the tools introduced for overcoming these structural surpluses. Successive reforms of the EU's Common Agriculture Policy have increased the market-orientation of the sector and, in parallel, provided a range of other, more targeted instruments to help support producers in vulnerable areas, such as mountain areas where the costs of production are higher. The final date to end quotas was first decided in 2003 in order to provide EU producers with more flexibility to respond to growing demand, especially on the world market. It was reconfirmed in 2008 with a range of measures aimed at achieving a "soft landing". Even with quotas, EU dairy exports have increased by 45% in volume and 95% in value in the
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