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"Mr President, I will try. I would like to thank Members for their contributions to this debate. I have listened carefully and I assure you that I will pass your varied comments to my colleague, Dacian Cioloş, who by the way is not here because he is on official business in China.
It is clear that the milk sector is a very important part of our agricultural policy. That is why the Commission pays close attention to developments in this sector.
Concerning the quota, some of you want a ‘softer landing’. Let me add a few words to what I have already said. I am aware that in 2008 Parliament asked for a more flexible approach by ‘setting of quota’ at EU level. This was not adopted because it would have had an uncontrollable and unforeseeable impact on dairy production. Instead, a 1 % annual quota increase over the period 2009-2013 was retained.
Some others want to keep the quota system beyond 2015. I want to make three remarks concerning this point. Firstly, we have recently put in place the Milk Package, which is our first response to the concerns about the quota system being phased out. Secondly, the phasing out of quota will end a rigid milk production system which has hampered farmers from gaining experience in adjusting supply to demand. Thirdly, the Commission will come up with a report by the end of 2012 with an assessment of the market situation and the conditions for phasing out the quota.
As to the market situation, I would like to remind you that dairy product prices have been particularly high over the past two years. Over the past months, the trend has changed. This coincides with the seasonal pattern of milk production and prices and is reinforced by milk production in the Union and in the other main milk-producing regions.
Prices seem to have reached bottom and some are even trending higher already. In any case, safety-net mechanisms are available for operators who so far have only proposed butter for private storage. This is a good sign of confidence in a positive evolution of the market."@en1
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