Brussels, 12/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 11 April, the European Commission adopted the proposal to temporarily double quantitative limits applicable to the purchase of butter and skimmed milk powder. This is one of the measures planned last March for helping milk producers currently experiencing significant difficulties.
The regulation stipulates that in 2016, the quantitative limitations for buying-in butter and skimmed milk powder at fixed price shall be 100 000 tonnes butter and 218 000 tonnes skimmed milk powder. The text still needs to be adopted by the Council and explains that in the eventuality that a tendering procedure was operated before [date of publication], volumes bought-in under that procedure shall not be deducted from the aforementioned quantitative limitations. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)