64 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
ISBNs
9789292075002, 9292075004
OCLC
ocn495567028
"Pursuant to Article 248(4), second subparagraph, of the EC Treaty."
Accompanied by CD-ROM containing PDF versions of the text in twenty-two languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish.
"QJ-AB-09-014-EN-C"--P. [4] of cover.
"QJ-AB-09-014-1X-Z"--CD-ROM disc label.
"doi:10.2865/90382"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also available online.
Introduction. The milk and milk product market -- The objectives of the community dairy policy -- Management instruments -- Budget expenditure -- Audit objectives and approach -- Observations. Has market equilibrium been achieved? -- Has the milk price been stablised? -- What is the impact on producers' incomes? -- Have European milk products become more competitive on world markets? -- The most critical issues to be taken into consideration in the process of liberalising the milk sector. Preliminary remark : the 2003 reform paved the way for the withdrawal of milk quotas -- Market equilibrium : instability on the markets can rapidly lead to the re-emergence of surpluses -- Restructuring milk production : risk of considerable reduction of production in less-favoured areas and of geographical concentration of production -- Competitiveness on world markets : an objective which will have a significant impact both in producers and processors -- Conclusions and recommendations