Traduction de «Accord international sur le secteur laitier » (Français → Anglais) :

25. Welcomes the agreement with the Council on additional support for the milk-producing sector, which is currently in crisis, to reach the amount of EUR 300 million as requested by Parliament; considers Council's endorsement as application of the "spirit of the Lisbon Treaty" as this will place Parliament on an equal footing on agriculture expenditure; regrets the fact that the Parliament's call for establishing a permanent EU Dairy Fund to help the sector through the readjustments was not retained; requests though that the Commission re-examine the necessity of alternative ...[+++] or further measures in the light of the market evolution and the report of the High Level Expert Group on milk in order to support the restructuring process for milk producers; reiterates its request for the creation of a budgetary line, permanently establishing a Dairy Fund;

Following the Communication from the Commission to the Council of 22 July 2009 entitled ‘Dairy market situation 2009’, and in view of the current dairy market situation, a derogation from that deadline is necessary in order to allow Member States under certain conditions to grant, from 2010, specific support in favour of farmers in the dairy sector.

Does she not believe that, at a time of such serious crisis in the dairy sector, what is more important than deregulation of the sector and liberalisation of international trade is support for agriculture and the dairy sector in the Member States, so as to promote rural areas and employment with rights?

8. Supports the ending of the obligation to import dairy products and of the 1994 WTO agricultural agreement; argues that it is necessary to eliminate low-cost imports and implement preferential treatment for local production in the dairy sector;

Whereas, under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the Community has negotiated various agreements (hereinafter referred to as the 'GATT agreements`); whereas several of those agreements concern agriculture, in particular the Agreement on Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement`); whereas the concessions relating to domestic support can be complied with by setting prices and aid at a suitable level and specific provisions need not be laid down on this subject; whereas the Agreement lays down a six-year timetable for the extension of access to the Community market for agricultural products from third countries on the one hand and the gradual reduction in support granted by the Community on exports of agric ...[+++]ultural products on the other hand; whereas the agricultural legislation on trade with third countries should be adapted accordingly;

Whereas, if price trends are to be noted, prices must be determined in accordance with certain principles ; whereas to this end prices on third country markets and in countries of destination, producer prices recorded in third countries and free-at-Community-frontier prices should be taken into account when prices on the world market are being determined ; whereas, in the absence of representative markets for milk products, the ruling prices which are most favourable from the exportation point of view should be used as a basis in determining Community prices;