Press Release: Milk: Three Member States face levies worth €19 million for exceeding milk quota

Denmark, the Netherlands, and Cyprus were the only Member States which exceeded their milk quotas in the 2009/2010 quota year, triggering superlevy fines for a total of €19 million, according to provisional figures published by the European Commission. This compares with the €99m triggered last year and €340m the previous year. Following the increase in quotas agreed under the 2008 CAP Health Check, Italian production finished within quota for the first time, as global EU production finished some 7% below global quota volumes, compared with the 4.2% margin in the 2008/09 quota year (April-March).