European Commission proposes changes to governing dairy sector

THE European Commission has proposed two changes to the rules governing the dairy sector as part of its continuing efforts to stabilise the milk market.

It is proposed that the sector should in future be covered by a disturbance clause which already exists for other farm sectors, to allow a quicker response to future market disturbances.

Changes to the operation of quota buying-up schemes by member states for the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 quota years are also proposed.