Brussels, 18/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Five member states - Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Cyprus and Luxembourg - exceeded their dairy quotas in 2010-2011 and, as a result, have had to pay a super levy of about €55.57 million. Despite the overrun of the quotas in these member states, total EU production remained well below the total quota volume.
Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos said that even though the decision to end the quota regime in 2015 was taken in 2008, member states...