Maximum Guaranteed Quantity

A maximum guaranteed quantity for the whole Community would not be a solution.

That point is to determine the maximum guaranteed quantity on past figures.

A second group of amendments concerns the maximum guaranteed quantity and its division among the Member States.

Neither does there appear to be any precise calculation to justify the maximum guaranteed quantities, either at European level or on the different national levels.

The increase in the maximum guaranteed quantity is due to the change in the Community market take-up capacity.

The current imbalance between actual production levels and the maximum guaranteed quantities is the reason for the huge penalties borne by farmers.

Firstly, he mentioned that the change to the maximum guaranteed quantity is based on five seasons, with the worst and the best being ignored.

The second, very important thing is that the maximum guaranteed quantity for the whole of Europe will also be affected by these unrealistic Spanish data.

The Commission proposes dividing the maximum guaranteed quantity into national guaranteed quantities.

That imposes an automatic 3% price cut if the harvest overshoots the maximum guaranteed quantity of 160m tonnes.

I had explained also that the Commission was proposing to raise the maximum guaranteed quantity, as compared to the current quantity.

If the Commission continues to refuse to increase substantially the maximum guaranteed quantity - as I see it does - employment will suffer.

We supported that, Mr Colino, because your request was based on the argument that the maximum guaranteed quantity was insufficient.

Unlike with other reforms, the Commission proposes doing away with intervention and maintaining the maximum guaranteed quantity at a level which is much lower than Community consumption.

I would point out that a sharp increase in the maximum guaranteed quantity would exceed the average capacity of the market, unless extremely low oil prices are accepted.

Dividing the maximum guaranteed quantity between the Member States annually, on the basis of processing capacity - which cannot be verified - is not really a practicable alternative.

The amendments that concern the use of currently unused maximum guaranteed quantities include some technical options that we will certainly examine in the context of a general balance.

The maximum guaranteed quantity is increased for figures representing consumption and exports and its national allocation is provided for on the basis of reliable and verifiable data.

So slight is the reform that it does not amend the total maximum guaranteed quantity, although it does split it into two, nor the amount of aid per hectare.

In contrast to some amendments, I consider the abolition of the intervention regulation to be absolutely essential, in particular in connection with the request for the increase of the maximum guaranteed quantity.

The maximum guaranteed quantity, intervention, the ban on mixtures, table olives, the distribution among countries, etcetera, have all already been sufficiently discussed in order to try and have them incorporated into this reform.

As far as the new cultivated areas are concerned, it is essential to limit these strictly, as experience has shown that the maximum guaranteed quantity is not sufficient to maintain the market equilibrium.

You will be sent the technical details if you have not already received them; they show that the maximum guaranteed quantity will be proportionately distributed among the various Member States in accordance with the usual criteria.

It is not just a question of the maximum guaranteed quantity and how it is shared out between countries - which is undoubtedly debatable - but very important elements are being introduced, without having been debated in Parliament.

In parallel, Community production increased during the last season, which had unfavourable repercussions on the setting of prices, while the non-allocation of maximum guaranteed quantities at national level punishes all oil producers for the violations of a few.