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Agronomist, General Direction of of Dairy products,' Greek of Agn'culture.

Union

of milk and

into of 804/68 on 27th July, 1968. the

adoption of this of the fact that

development of of milk and to be

accompanied by the establishment of

in of milk and 1964

envisaged the annual of a

-

-

in with the goals of 39 of the

one hand it to stability, and to

of living of the milk

it that of which was to that

to take into account the

utilisation of milk and thus the milk

of of milk and

and given that the not identical to

within the EU, it was that subsidies had

in EU to

1.

0 milk,

and

0 lactose and of lactose

0 animals containing milk

2.

(EEC) No 804/68 as last

0 No 2071/92

No 2073/92: of of No 2074/92: additional levy

3.

The milk to 31 of

The mide milk with ^a fat content of 3.7 %; it th sold

.at it is hoped t ^O

milk

so that of milk

to mi&.

4. OF

for €aUs bellow 92% of in

skimmed milk buying in between and 31 August

Once in

4.2 Storage aid

is

0 at least months between 1 1

0 at least 4 months of of at least 15 months of

age and of at least 3 months of age.

Aid may be

and (EU. 1024/94)

Financial aid up to the

amount of 3,200 tons 1994/5.

a. Amount offinancial aid:

1.97 day.

b.

110

Cheese of the and aid:

milk used in animal feed makes it possible to of the mill<

in foodstuff and make them competitive with substitute in

10 (EEC) No 804/68 states that aid is to be milk and

skimmed milk in animal feeds.

4.3 stocks

to dispose of

of (EEC) No 804/68 states that than those specifically of milk

a) On this basis, aid is to of to

I[ and of

and in the

of and

6 of foodstuffs (570/88)

this in the past but

being implemented (sales of at

milk intended

12 of (EEC) No

aid the use of skimmed milk in the feeding of

than No 865/84.).

C> 26 of (EEC) No 804/68 states that Community aid can be milk

~

to 4.4 stability

(EEC) No 1079/77 of 17

imposed in on all milk and of

the

at 3% of the of milk; since the 1989/90 milk mountain and hill and

have

0 than _60,000

0 than 60,000

111

Additional l e w

5 c of (EEC) No an

quantity.

is set at 115% of milk a 12 month and

quantity

This levy is extended, (EEC) No of 7 1

1993.

ouotas

1984 the mechanism is

based on national quotas composed of:

the event o€ his must pay an additional

amounts to 115% of in the case of to and 75% of the

in the case of

The implementation of this of

of

The inadequate of milk, especially in

view of the fact that an official goal of the E.U. is the of

is not milk

of the distances involved and OP

in

-

at the high level of 125% of This places a

-

of and

The of people of

the

in achieving the goals laid down at in in

of such is kept at suffocating levels without

the possibility of

not only the lack of cohesion but the inconsistency which is

when with the objectives of of

with and of is

1 of the EU. The

that the economic activity in is beset by

and that than

l

of incentives in in of time and indeed still (EU) 866/90 (50% ceiling of Community backing as

opposed to the of the Community).

in effect on the economy of

of cohesion and an objectives

The low nationd in the unacceptably low of

of in not

optimum expansion so as to be able to methods of

but of low in to

of at high costs, a

of of the GATT

taken into account.

A of of in the EU when the data in Table

into of that those involved in

the business of milk income

imposition of that

l discontent because of a subject

-

-

of costs of the

system of quotas, in of of

of by the EU.

4.5 The utilisation of the co-responsibility levy

The funds levied as to finance schemes:

0 to h i d e the Community

0

*

These funds &us used to in set up each

of milk

0

mik

4.6 Promotion and widening of the markets for and dairy pro$& (EU)

Financial aid is and of

mills within the Union.

113

a. Amount ofjìnancial aid:

to the cost of

With of a Community subsidy of attempt has been

made to and milk, This

attempt, in of to a in the

consumption of had as its in the huge quantities

of of milk. his

of

in We

of cheeses.

of the

Community out of of which have been

of to both the the

of milk and to pupils of educational establishments (EU) 1842/83 and 2748/93. Financial of milk and dairy (milk, up to an amount the equivalent of 0.25 of whole m i l l < pupil school day.

a. Amount offinancial aid:

to

of to at

c. in the case of

4.7 of butter (EU 570/88 and

at the

of a. Amount offinancial aid:

of amount of financial aid of

to decisions taken by the

"

4 8 Aid to reduce production

giving up

_ -

114

. . ^{. .;}

The in milk in 1984 and 1985 to

and so of

1987/88 and 1988/89. This out by means of scheme, backed by of ECU 6 per 100 7

the 8th (1991/92) of 2% in

and of

No 1637/91 t h i s scheme specifies the conditions on which compensation is paid.

(EEC) No 1336/86 lays down the amount of of milk

but that these EAGGF funds

the 4.9 Trade

o€ levies and to milk and milk of

the levy is out with in

and the

to of the pilot

account of the milk and

5 .

-

.,

(EU) 2328 j 91 797/ $5).

Assistance is of in

of 3545% for buildings, and 20-30% for equipment and animals.

amounts in the case of 43-56% 2537% equipment and

animals. Today, of of of

established quotas. the following table, the amount of aid of investment.

a) Amount o€

Type of

less favoured regions regions

less favoured investment

mountainous b other other mountainous

&

regions regions

Buildings ^{35% 45% 56 % 43 %}

~~

I

I

I

I

I

animals

I

b) Aid is a limited amount of expenses, specifically:

-

-

866/90 (formerly 355/!77)

and national aid grants in an amount of 32

-

(depending on and of milk and

the of of milk etc. The

in of

Commission of the EU, in and of the

of a of

of and m o u n t of the subsidy.

Amounts of subsidies to

24% 32%

of subsidy

a. of Attica of and b.

Aegean, S.

-

-

-

l

of 10 % 40% 50%

at a distance of 20 Eun

-

of

-

of in the

of

-

c. of

and Xanthi) % 50 %

d. of 10% 35%

116

60 % 45%

6. OF TO OF AEGEAN SEA

6.1 2019/93 and 2958/93

Financial aid is the of the small islands of

of costs, at a 1995) of up to:

-

-

The of islands A and

-

of Ewia (Euboea) of Ewia itself, and the following islands of

of the Cyclades: Andros, and

-

the islands of the of the Cyclades in A.

a. Amount ofeconomic aid for transport:

-

-

of c. Coverage of$scd expenditure:

Community resources

10%

d. This

addition, under 2019/93 and 3393/93

Financial aid the and

up to a total amount of 5,000 tons annually.

a. Amount offinancial aid:

2.28 ECU b.

Cheese of the above cheeses

c. Application of this been initiated in (EU)

This the of

with the Food and

to the cheeses, feta, is significant

117

of This is

the and of these cheeses within

of of at EU level. To this

end, the of 25

it to of the EU of the

documentation is of

and in the case of but the outlook is optimistic.

The following table lists the names of 25 types of

designations of of

of the and of

of of of milk and

cheese:

Fe ta

of Lesbos

of the Cyclades of of

and

of of

(Lemos) od Lemos

of

of the Cyclades

118

of

of of

of of Naxos

of Chania

of of

of

of Thessaloniki

of

of and Laconia

of Lesbos

6.3 for the of milk quality

in in 1982. of two

and 90% of up to the

huge amount of in this of

been put at the disposal of and they have been used to fund

a and installation of tanks of milk

-

been equipped

equipment of the of milk

a at of the quality of the milk

119

7. OF OF 7.1 (EU)

of application of this to the

financial aid with a total value of 3 to those

as follows:

and

a. and installation of mechanical equipment (tanks the of mi&, tanks

of against a commitment to

to of m i l k .

b. Amount of financial aid : 90% of

in 10%.

c. of

d. This

and &tallation of mechanical equipment

at the of at

10a.nni.m.

b. Amount of financial aid: of the

c. This objective kas

of Athens and the of Thessdoniki

for

and of the activities of and

b. Amount of

of in the costs with 10%.

c. of

d. This objective

120

a. and installation of mechanical equipment

at of the Quality of

in the and

b. Amount of financial aid: 100% of the

c. This objective will be completed 1995.

of application of this 1995. The

to a total of 1 of the

quality of milk and in to facilitate,

92/46/EU the enactment of the and of

milk,

and installatioa of tanks pre-cooling milk.

of milk.

b. Amount of h a n c i d aid 70% of of in the costs with

of Community

of university d a i y laboratories within theframework Directive of

Athens and of Thessaloniki

of

b. Amount of financial aid: 70% of of

in the costs with 30%.

c. of Community

of applicatiox 1992,1993,1994. The total amount of

-

*

*

121

this milk in in

Construction premises five laboratories Quality Control of of Drama, and

a. of

b. Amount of financial

-

-

of reservoirs pre-cooling

of

b. Amount of financial aid:

-

*

*

-

work into milk and cheese, by the d a i y laborato y of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

a. of of

b. Amount of financial aid:

- of the costs, of which

* (70% of the 70%)

* 21% (30% of the 70%)

-

l