Mulder-type legal action on sugar beet closure considered
Legal experts are already examining the 1980s Mulder legal action by dairy farmers, to see if it is applicable to the Irish sugar beet situation.
The Mulder case was won by farmers who joined EU schemes offering payment if they suspended milk for five years. No provision was made for them when milk quotas were introduced in 1984, so they found themselves excluded from dairy farming when their five-year non-production periods ended. The European Court of Justice held that EU regulations were invalid and the farmers got milk quotas, and were compensated.
