Brussels, 24/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - In order to clean up Europe's milk market, the French Agriculture Minister, Hervé Gaymard, proposed to his EU counterparts on Tuesday that quotas be reduced by 1% at Community level, which he believes will save the Community budget 350 million EUR (in intervention expenditure). According to France, "collective discipline" should be introduced to "take control of milk supply in Europe". Whereas Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg said that they shared these concerns, without necessarily agreeing with France's solution, the UK and Denmark firmly opposed this approach. Commissioner Franz Fischler said that he took note of this request, and announced the creation of a working group including representatives of the Member States and the Commission, which would evaluate the situation in the sector, especially in the context of the EU's enlargement.