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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9999

16 October 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Five member states face €99 million fines for exceeding milk quotas

Brussels, 15/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - According to provisional calculations revealed by the European Commission on Thursday 15 October, member states which exceeded their milk quotas face levies of just over €99 million for the 2008/2009 marketing year. Last year the total levy amounted to €340 million. “Despite the increase in quotas in 2008/09, production was almost unchanged from the year before. However, prices were much lower. With output more than 4 percent below quota, it is...

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