Brussels, 18/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - Six member states exceeded their milk quotas in 2011/2012 and, consequently, have had to pay “super-levy” penalties of about €79 million, according to Commission figures published on Thursday 18 October. Despite the fact that quotas had been exceeded in those six member states, total EU deliveries remained well below the global quota volume (-4.7%).
According to national declarations, Austria (excess of 120,653 tonnes, which represents a penalty...