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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9526
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

€221 million in levies for seven countries overrunning their milk quotas

Brussels, 18/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - According to provisional estimates from the European Commission published on Thursday 18 October, seven EU member states have overrun their milk quotas by around 774,000 tonnes in total (deliveries and direct sales) during the 2006-07 marketing year. The levies on producers in these countries come to almost €221 million as opposed to €355 million last year. Italy accounts for 80% of the total. Each country receives two reference quantities (quotas),...

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