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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to congratulate the European Parliament, and Mr Nicholson and the shadow rapporteurs in particular, on their constructive cooperation with the Council and the Commission, which allowed us to improve the Commission’s initial proposal and at the same time reach agreement at first reading.
We managed to reconcile the different approaches adopted at the start through an open discussion among the three institutions and a shared sense of the responsibilities involved, which did not lose sight of the actual aim of the exercise, which was to give the milk sector new instruments to ensure its sustainability and strengthen producer organisations in the sector.
The ‘milk package’ is one of the most important legislative acts in the agricultural sector currently being adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure established by the Treaty of Lisbon. In my opinion, it truly embodies successful cooperation between Parliament and the Council, which shows that it is not the ordinary legislative procedure that prevents us from taking important decisions quickly and coherently.
The ‘milk package’, as Mr Nicholson said, gives Member States the option of imposing the use of milk delivery contracts between producers and processors. This proposal also allows milk producers who so wish to organise themselves into producer organisations in order to consolidate their position in the food chain, notably through the collective negotiation of milk delivery contracts, which is clearly reinforced in the proposal. They may also be able to benefit from the option given to Member States to require milk purchasers to offer milk producers a contract with a minimum duration of six months. The final text also reflects the desire to take into account the specific nature of cooperatives, which was expressed by the high-level groups consisting of Member State experts.
The ‘milk package’ highlights the role that can be played by interbranch organisations that bring together around one table producers, manufacturers, traders as well as consumers with a view to improving the transparency of the milk supply chain and the mutual understanding of the role of each link in the chain. In another measure to improve transparency, the ‘milk package’ establishes the necessary framework for monitoring milk deliveries after the milk quota scheme expires by stipulating that the relevant data must be supplied in good time, thereby allowing the Commission to provide milk producers and actors operating in the milk sector with timely information on the market.
The ‘milk package’ will also play an important role in regulating the supply of quality cheese with protected geographical indications, which brings benefits in terms of added value and sustainability for vulnerable regions in particular.
I will end by pointing out that two dates have been set to assess the application of the provisions introduced by the ‘milk package’: the first for the end of June 2014 and the second for the end of December 2018.
By each of these dates, the Commission will present to Parliament and to the Council reports on the development of the market situation in the milk sector. The effects on producers in disadvantaged regions will be assessed in particular in relation to the general objective of maintaining production in those regions. We will also examine potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements."@en1
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