92002E3169

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3169/02

by Eluned Morgan (PSE) to the Commission

(6 November 2002)

Subject: CAP dairy payments

Under the Common Agricultural Policy dairy (milk and milk products) regime, what overall annual level of payments has been made to dairy processing and exporting companies in the EU over the last ten years? What is the breakdown of these payments by type of subsidy, by company, by product and by EU Member State?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(13 December 2002)

As the Honourable Member can see from the tables that have been sent direct to her and to Parliament's Secretariat, budget expenditure on milk in the last decade has fallen remarkably. The same is true for all the budget subheadings. So, while the budget for milk in 1991 accounted for 17,6 % of the total EAGGF budget, by 2001 it represented only 6 %, a fall in expenditure of EUR 3 billion.

The Commission does not have any information on the breakdown of aid by company as requested in the second part of the question.