3 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2014/2146(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that milk producers are potentially facing a long period of hardship as a result of the fall in farm gate prices, the Russian embargo and the plans to discontinue EU milk quotas;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the price evolution does not seem to be homogeneous across Member States andis not homogeneous across Member States and that, in recent time, the farm gate price for milk in some Member States has fallen to 15% to 20% below the average production cost; points out that this situation will cause milk producers to go bankrupt or result in them giving up milk production, and that this will have a major social and economic impact, in particular in areas where milk production is the main occupation; believes therefore that the evolution of milk prices in real terms and its causes could have been more strongly highlighted in the report;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that, in order to prevent further market instability, previous decisions on milk quotas should be maintained and, the milk quota system should not be adjusted during the final year of the system and market regulation measures should be drawn up and applied when milk quotas are discontinued;