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Market situation and perspectives. Carlos MARTÍN ÓVILO DG Agriculture and Rural Development European Commission Dairy Press Tour 2013 Charmey - 27 .10.2013. Milk quota system International competitiveness Internal market. Milk Quota system. Introduced in 1984, for 8 years.
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Marketsituation and perspectives Carlos MARTÍN ÓVILO DG Agriculture and Rural Development European Commission Dairy Press Tour 2013 Charmey - 27.10.2013
Milk quota system • International competitiveness • Internal market
Milk Quota system • Introduced in 1984, for 8 years. • Extended in 1992 and 1999 reforms. • CAP 2003 reform: Quota until 1 April 2015. • Health Check 2008: soft landing (5 x 1% in 2009 – 2013).
Milk quota system • International competitiveness • Internal market
Milk quota system • International competitiveness • Internal market
Milk quota expiry on 31 March 2015 confirmed • Public intervention • for butter and SMP • from 1 March until 31 September each year • up to 50 000 t for butter at a fixed price of 221.75 €/100 kg • up to 109 000 t for SMP at a fixed price of 169.80 €/100 kg • Automatic tendering if and when ceilings reached • Private storage aid possible for butter, SMP and certain PDO/PGI cheeses, if necessary • Takeover of the Milk Package • Exceptional measures against market disturbance, animal diseases, loss of consumer confidence, • Minor unused schemes abolished (milk powder for feed and skimmed milk for casein) • Reformed direct payments (including possibility for coupled payments) & rural development policy CAP 2020 for milk political deal
Conclusions • No shocks expected in terms of production at the end of quotas in 2015 • Increasing share of EU milk exported • Remain competitive at international level will be essential for internal market balance
Information on milk market: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/milk/index_en.htm PAC 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/index_en.htm Conference "The EU dairy sector: developing beyond 2015": http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/events/dairy-conference-2013_en.htm Thank you for your attention !