Brussels, 07/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Milk Board feels that the agreement on contracts in the dairy sector “completely overlooks the fate of milk producers” (see EUROPE 10509). In the view of Romuald Schaber, the president of the EMB, the decisions have “missed the target of strengthening the producers' position by a long shot”.
As there are plans to exclude the members of cooperatives from any contract mechanism, “dairy cooperatives will continue to be able to exert...