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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)174 final
Brussels,10thApril1981
FOURTHREPORTFROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
ontheoperationofthesystemofpremiumsforthenon-marketing
ofmilkandmilkproductsandfortheconversion ofdairyherds
<1980calendaryear)
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COM(81)174final

Fourth report ontheoperation ofthe system ofpremiums
for thenon-marketing ofmilk and milk products and for
the conversion ofdairy herds
- (1980 calendar year )
Article 13(1 )ofRegulation (EEC )No1078 /77requires theCommission to
submit tothe Council and Parliament areport onthe operation ofthe
premium system based upon theinformation supplied bytheMember States .
Attherequest ofallMember States ,the report covers theyear uptoand
including December .
The Commission forwarded afirst report onthe operation ofthe premium
system fortheperiod from 1July to31December 1977 indocument COM(78)80
final of1March 1978 .TheCommission 'ssecond report ,document C0M(79)106
final of12March 1979 ,covered allof1978 .Thethird report ,covering
1979 ,waspresented asC0M(80)129 final of25March 1980 .
Results
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ByRegulation (EEC )No1365 /80of5June 1980 the Council extended the
non-marketing premium until 15September and the conversion premium until
theendofthe1980 /81milk year .Neither theamounts nor thequalifying
conditions were changed . _ •
Thefirst part ofthis report covers the1980 calendar year and thesecond
part theentire period ofapplication of 'themeasures from 1July 1977 to
31December 1980 ,while athird part briefly analyses results with regard
tostructural change .Thetables given information only onthe
applications approved bytheMember States inthis period .Itshould be
pointed outthat ,atpresent ,thedeadline forapplications forthe

conversion premium runs until 31March 1981 and that theapproval
procedure forthenon-marketing premium ,hasnotbeen fully completed in
some Member States (seeChap .IV).
I. 1980 calendar year
2.During 1980 just over 32000applications were approved .This
corresponds toabout 1.7?ofthedairy farmers intheCommunity .These
producers withdraw nearly 500 000dairy cows ,or1.9?ofthetotal
Community dairy herd ,from production .Inthe final analysis ,however ,
theherd contracted byonly 0.7% :thegreater part ofthedecrease
achieved bythe system ofpremiums was offset byanexpansion ofherds
byfarmers continuing dairying .Applications for premiums covered over
100 000more cows than inthe previous year ,suggesting that the ending
ofthenonrmarketing system meant anadded incentive .
Table 1:Number ofsuccessful applicants and cows kept during the period from
1January to31December 1980
Member StateApplic :ants Number ofcows kept
Number % '000 %
Belgium ' i»26 1.3 7.3 1.5
Denmark 1601 5.0 40.0 8.1
Germany 20936 65.8 185.8 37.7
France 3616 11.3 56.1 11.4
Ireland 1520 4.3 41.9 7.8
Luxembourg 71 0.2 1.2 0.2
Netherlands 1233 3-9 24.3 4.9
United Kingdom 2603 8.2 140.2 28.4
Community (1) 32006 100.0 496.3 100.0
(1)Ita'.ywasexempted from thsscheme byDecision 77/^33/BBCof15June 1977

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Thepremium system continues toattract thegreatest response inthe
Federal Republic ofGermany,' with itsshare intotal applications
remaining attheprevious year 'slevel .Thereason forthe
substantially higher percentage ofapplicants nthe Federal Republic
isastructural one ,thedairy farming sector still being dominated by
small herds inthat country .Ofnote were theconsiderable increases
inapplications inIreland (186$ )andtheUnited Kingdom (about 38/0•
InGermany ,too ,about 20%more applications were received than in1979 -
3.Asregards seasonal differences inthesubmission ofapplications ,
there was amarked increase inthesecond half oftheyear .This can
beattributed mainly tothe fact that thedeadline forthe
non-marketing premium was 15September .Following this decision ,there
was arush ofapplications ,especially inDenmark and Germany .
I
Table 2;Number ofapplications approved byMember States ineach month of
1980 (lion-marketing andconversion premiums ) "
: Month : Β DK D F IRL L :NL .:UK :
:I : 17 140 .9381'41 0 : 86 :132 :
:II : 39- 152 1301 89 7 : 52 :159 :
:III : 49 ί122 1942J584 61 1 :149•
•198 :
:IV : 47 122 3248186 9 :225•344 :
:V : 73 115 2406 138 12 :154 :449 :
:VI : 55 45 1009 J1246 145 7 :111 :391 :
:VII :18 -187 798 204 5 ;.62 ;256 :
:'VIII : 20 :116 1344 ■107.0: 41 :104 :
:IX s 24 190 2838J886 196 5 :144 :108 :
:X : 30 177 2688ν212 1£ :156•
•196 :
:XI : 411611505 -168 10:48•
•178 :
:XII s13 :74 919J900 73 1 : 5• 88 :

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Under Article 4ofRegulation (EEC )No1978 /77,thenon-marketing and
conversion premiums are tobecalculated onthe basis ofthe quantity
ofmilk oritsequivalent inmilk products delivered bytheproducer
during thetwelve calendar months -preceding themonth ofapplication ,
r.^^-;V^pr4y.ided,.that hestill haVa'number -ofdairy .cows corresponding 'tothis
a•.^/quSntity of.mi-lk onthedjiy --onwhiph hisapplicaton isapproved .The
total ^eligible quantity ofmilk covered byapplications approved in
1980 was1.92 million tonnes ,equivalent to2.0%ofthemilk delivered
todairies during theprevious year ,anincrease ofabout U2%compared
to1979 .
Asexpected ,theaverage quantity ofmilk perapplicant was highest in
the Unitgd Kingdom and lowest inthe Federal Republic ofGermany .The
premium fornon-marketing being payable atdifferentiated rates ,the
average premium paid was thus highest inthe Federal Republic of
Germany and lowest inthe United Kingdom .
Theamounts ofaidpayable in1980 were thesame asin1979 andare
shown inthe following table .
Table3'-Amounts ofaid forthenon-marketing andconversion premiums in1980
(as1979 )
Quantity ofmilk ,
kgNon-marketing : Conversion :
EUA/100 kg
upto 30000 24.179 ! ■ :
30001 -50000 21.761 : 21.156 (x) :
50001 -120 000 16.320 : :
>120 000 13.298 : 13.298 :
(x)but •- ';?s •■.-•.-■erthsrules onnon-marketing

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Table 4:Quantity ofmilk inrespect ofwhich apremium wasapplied forin
1980 aswell asaverage quantity perapplicant
:Quantity ofmilk ï Quantity per :
: determined : applicant :
MnmWAMÇfafa
*·: t ; kg
Belgium : 21045 : 49401 :
Denmark : '178563 : 111 345 :
Germany : 677 838 : -32 .376 , :
France : 196 069 : '54222 .:
Ireland : 125 032 : 90866 :
Luxembourg : 4066 : 57267 :
Netherlands 109 652 : 88931 :
United Kingdom : . 605 274 : .232 529 :
Community ï 1917 239 : 60173 :
5.Asregards the type ofpremium ,in1980 there was afurther shift in
favour ofnon-marketing .Infact ,abare 11%ofcows withdrawn from
milk production were registered forconversion .Thepercentage i£
likely tobesomewhat higher inreality ,however ,because anumber of
applicants converted tobeef production butbecause ofthegreater
flexibility under thenon-marketing rules preferred toaccept thelower
rate ofaid . ' .
Thepercentage participation intheconversion scheme was predictably
higher intheMember States where thebreeds aremainly beef
producers .This wasparticularly soinFrance ,Ireland ,Belgium and
the United Kingdom ,where theaverage percentage ofcows withdrawn
under theconversion scheme in1980 was 19.4$;thefigure intheother
four Member States wasonly 2.5% • »

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Table 5:Percentage ofcows registered for the non-marketing premium and the
conversion premium respectively in1980
• ·
• MûmKân Qfefa ·Non-marketing : Conversion :
: : % :
:Belgium ' : /75.8 24.2 :
:Denmark : 99.6 0.4 :
:Germany : 96.9' 3.1 :
:France : 79-3 20.7 . :
:Ireland .: 74.9 25.1 :
:Luxembourg : 100.0 0 :
:Netherlands : 98.0 2.0 :
:United Kingdom : 82.8 17.2 :
:Community : 89.2 10.8 :
Non-marketing
6.Asalready indicated ,thenon-marketing scheme hasstill elicited afar
greater response than theconversion scheme .InDenmark ,the Federal
Republic ofGermany ,Luxembourg and the Netherlands ,conversion is
virtually unknown .Byreason ofthediffering sizes ofherds kept by
applicants ,thecows withdrawn from milk production inGermany ,for
instance ,account for agood two-fifths ofthe Community total ,whereas
successful applications from German farmers account for agood two
thirds .
Theratio isthe reverse inthe United Kingdom ,where the proportion of
cows withdrawn from production isalmost four times the proportion of
approved applications .InDenmark ,and even more soinIreland ,itis
noticeable that theaverage 3ize ofherd among applicants isabove the
overall national average ,while intheother Member States itisthe
other way round ;inother words ».inDenmark and Ireland itismainly
;farmers with large herds that have 'been moving outofmilk
production ,.

Table 6:Number ofapplicants andcows kept ,together with theaverage herd
persuccessful applicant forthenon-marketing premium intheperiod
from 1January to31December 1980
•
:Member State
•: Applicants
:Number : %: Cows
:χ1000kept :
■:* :Cows per :
applicant :
:Belgium : 375 1.2 : 5.7 1.3 :- 15.3 :
:Denmark :1597 5.3 : '39.8 9.0 :, 24.9 Ï
:vGermany :20704 68.3 :108.1 40.9 : 8.7 :
:France :3165 10.5 :44.5 10.1 : 14.0 :
:Ireland :1245 3-7 :31.4 6.5 r: 25.5 :
:Luxembourg : 71 0.2 : 1.2 0.3 : 16.4 :
:Netherlands :1215 4.0 :23-8 5.4 : 19.6 :
:United Kingdom :2091 6.8 :116.1 26.5 : .55.5 :
:Community :30393 100.0 :442.6 100.0 : 14.5 :
Conversion -,
7»Theconversion scheme hashaditsstrongest impact inabsolute terms in
\
France ,Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom ,where agood 80$ofall
1conversions were registered .Theaverage herd sizes arefarmore
uniform than under thenon-marketing premium system :they arealmost
thesame inthree Member States .Again ,asinthecase of
non-marketing premiums ,thelarge average herd size ofIrish applicants
isstriking ;itisabout 170$ above thenational average .Average herd
sizes have notchanged significantly from last year .

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Table 7;Number ofapplicants andcows kept ,together with theaverage herd
persuccessful applicant fortheconversion premium intheperiod
from 1January to31December 1980
•
:Member State
•: Applicants
:Number : %: Cows
:χ1000kept :
: % :Cows per :
applicant -:
:Belgium : 51 3-4 : 1.6 : 3.0 : 30.7
:Denmark : H 0.4 : 0.1 : 0.2 : 38.0 :
:Germany : 232 15.3 : 5.7 : 10.7 : 24.5 :
:France : 451 29.7 :11.6 : 21.8 : 25.7 :
:Ireland : 275 16.2 : 10.4: 18.2 : 38.3
:Luxembourg : 0 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 :
:Netherlands : 18 1.2 : 0.5 : 0.9 : 26.3 :
:United Kingdom : 512 33.8 : 24.1 : 45.4 : 47.2 :
:Community :1543 100.0 :54.0
\:100.0 :
/35.0 :
General survey ofthe period from 1July 1977 to31December 1980
8.Atotal of116700applications hadbeen approved uptotheendof
December 1980 .Onthat basis itiscalculated that during the period
ofapplication oftherules (July 1977 toDecember 1980 )7.8% ofdairy
farmers have given upthis branch ofproduction andwithdrawn 1525 000
dairy cows ,or6.9%oftotal numbers ,from production .Thenumber of
dairy farms which have ceased operation under theconversion premium
scheme sofaraccounts almost for total numbers inBelgium and Denmark
in1977 .Thepercentage offarms which have given updairy production
hasbeen highest inthe Federal Republic ofGermany ,Denmark ,
Luxembourg andtheUKatover 10%andlowest inIreland ,with 1.9% .As
regards numbers ofcows withdrawn ,theFederal Republic ofGermany and
Denmark are inthe lead with almost 12?.

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Table 8:Number ofapplicants and cows kept ,and thepercentages ofthetotal
herd covered byapplications approved during the period from 1July
1977 to31December 1980
:'Member State•
•
•Applicant : Cows kept :
• ·--- --–
:Number % :χ1000 : % :
:Belgium : 2402 3.6 : 34.8 : 3.5 ;:
:Denmark - : 6752 12.1 : '130 .6 :11.9 :
:Germany :74586 14.4 ,: 638.7 :11.8 :
:France :18762 3.2 : 298.0 : 4.0 :
:Ireland : 2384 1.9 : 62.9 : 4.0 :
:Luxembourg 400 , 10.7 : 5.1 .: 7.5 :
:Netherlands 4030 4.8 : 72.5 : 3.2 :
:United Kingdom 5 7403 10.3 : 282.7 : 8.5 :
:Community :116 720 7.8 (x): 1525.3 : 6.9 (x):
excluding Italy
/
9.Overall ,thequantity ofmilk marketed byapplicants during the
reference period was 6%ofthequantity delivered todairies in1978 .
Bycountry ,thepercentage ishighest inthe Federal Republic of
Germany (about 10.6 ?)andlowest inIreland (2.9% )>
.With regard tothetotal quantity ,itshould beborne inmind that for
applications approved before 22May1978 thequantity wasrestricted to
120000kg.IntheUnited Kingdom ,more milk qualified forpremiums in
1980 than intheprevious two-and-a-half years .

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Table 9?Quantity ofmilk inrespect ofwhich apremium wasapproved during
the period from 1July 1977 to31December 1980 and thepercentages
ofdeliveries todairies interms of1978 quantities
:Member StateQuantity ofmilk :
: intonnes : % ' :
:Belgium : 95469 : 3.2 :
:Denmark : 549 878 : 10.6 :
:Germany : 2262 898 : 10.6 :
:France : 906 203 : 4.0 :
:Ireland : 187 095 : 4.2 :
:Luxembourg : ' 17099 : 6.9 :
:Netherlands : 314 846 : 2.9 :
:United Kingdom : 1160 660 : 7.5 :
:Community 5494 148 : 6.0 :
10.There has baen nosubstantial change since the last report in
applications for the non-marketing premium over the entire period of
application .Thehighest percentage isstill inthe Federal Republic
ofGermany .Asaproportion ofthetotal herd ,Danish farmers have
kept upwith their German counterparts .

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Table 10:Number ofapplicants andcows kept andtheaverage herd size per
successful applicant for thenon-marketing premium during the period
from 1July 1977 to31December 1980
:Member State:Applicants
:Number : %Cows kept :
χ1000 : % :Cows per :
applicant :
ίBelgium ' :2109 1.9 •26.4 : 2.0 : 12.5 :
:Denmark :6682 6.1 7128.9 : 10.0 : 19.3 :
:Germany :72851 67.1 '597.1 : 46.2 :' 8.2 :
:France ν15289 14.1 209.0 : 16.2 : 13.7 :
:Ireland , :1845 1.6 44.1 : 3.2 : 24.0 :
:Luxembourg 389 0.4 4.8 : 0.4 : 12.3 :
:Netherlands :3897 3.6 69.0 : 5.3 : 17.7 :
:,United Kingdom Ï5647 5.2 216.3 :16.7 : 38.3 . :
ïCommunity :108 710 100.0 1295.6 :100.0 : 11.9 :
r
11.Inthecase oftheconversion premium ,French andBritish dairy
farmers continue toshow more interest than those inother Member
States ;thetwocountries account fortwothirds ofallapplications
forconversion premiums *InDenmark ,Luxembourg andtheNetherlands ,
there arestill only afewrelatively isolated cases ,which together
account foronly 2.7J ofapplications and 2.4?ofcows .

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Table 11:Number ofapplicants andcows kept andaverage herd persuccessful
applicant fortheconversion premium during theperiod from 1July
1977 to31December 1980
•
:Member State
•
•: Applicants
:Number : %Cows
χ1000kept :
% :Cows per :
applicant :
:Belgium : 293 3.7 8.4 3.7 : 28.7 :
:Denmark : 70 0.9 1.7- 0.7 : 24.3 :
:Germany :1735 21.7 41.6 18.2 : 24.0 :
:France :3*»73 43.5 89.0 38.9 : 25.6 :
:Ireland : 539 6.4 18.8 7.9 : 35.3 :
:Luxembourg : 11 0.1 0.3 0.1 : 32.6 :
:Netherlands : 133 1.7 3-5 1.5 : 26.3 :
:United Kingdom :1756 22.0 66.4 29.0 : 37.8 :
:Community :8010 100.0 229-7 100.0 : 28.7 :

III .Profile ofapplicants
12.Ananalysis ofapplications bysize ofhard shows very clearly that
itisthedairy farmers with smaller herds that are giving upmilk
production .Comparing theaverage herd sizes of ,applicants for
non-marketing premiums (which normally involves slaughtering the
animals )with thenational averages ,one finds that successful
premium applicants have herds about 30%smaller .-Ireland ,where the
average herd' size among applicants isabout 10%greater than the
national average ,isthe only exception .
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Table 12:Comparison ofaverage herd size among applicants fornon-marketing
premiums with national average sizes .
•Momhor *afrA ·_Cows per holding
Applicants National average (2)
:Belgium : 12.5 16.8
:Denmark : 19.3 22.8
ïGermany :' 8.2 11.9
:France : 13.7 14.4 ,
:Ireland : 24.0 14¿2
:Luxembourg :. 12.3 21.4 -
:Netherlands : 17.7 31.7
:United Kingdom : 38.3 53.1 :
,·Λ
:Community (1) : 11.9 16.7 :
(1)excluding Italy
(2)1979

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13.Thedistribution pattern among herd size classes gives aneven
clearer picture than comparison ofaverage herd sizes .Itemerges
that theproportion ofholdings discontinuing milk production is
higher than average inthe3-14 head /herd bracket .Interestingly ,
fewofthevery small dairy farmers (1-2cows )seem inclined totake
advantage ofthe premiums .
Table 13:Total number ofapplicants and cows kept byherd size and
percentage ofthe total herd ineach size category forthe
applications approved intheCommunity (excluding France )during
the period from July 1977 toDecember 1980
ï ( Total All Total cows All :
: Cows per applicants holdings kept cows :
* MmΛM
Number % %(1) χ1000 % %(1) :
:1-2 10442 10.7 20.9 18.5 1.5 2.2 :
:3-4 16330 16.7 13.9 57.0 4.6 3.5 :
:5-9 29472 30.1 20.1 200.4 16.3 9.7 :
:10-14 16295 16.6 13.0 191.1 15.6 10.9 :
:15-19 9358 9.6 9.5 156.1 12.7 11.4 :
:20-29 8523 8.7 10.8 201.5 16.4 18.3 :
:30-39 3195 3.3 '5.0 107.0 8.7 12.1 :
:40-49 1513 1.5 2.6 66.0 5.4 8.4 :
: ->50 2788 2.8 4.2 230.4 18.8 23-5 :
:Total 97916 100.0 100.0 1228.0 100.0 100.0 :
(1)Percentage of1979 herd levels
14.There aremajor variations among theMember States intheproportion
offarmers taking advantage ofthe scheme .Onaweighted average ,
just under half thefarmers giving updairy farming applied for
premiums .

Germanfarmersheadthelistbyalargemarginnotonlyinabsolute
termsbutalsointermsofthelargestpercentageofapplicants ;of
every100farmersgivingupdairying,only18didnottakeadvantage
ofthescheme.InIreland,ontheotherhand,only12?ofthose
ceasingmilkproductionappliedforpremiums.Interestwasalso
.relativelylowinBelgium,FranceandtheNetherlands' .
Table14:Relationship ofsuccessfulapplications fornon-marketing and
Iconversion premiumstooverallnumberoffarmersgivingup
.dairyingin1977-80
:,Farmersleaving :Successfulapplications :
:MemberState• rio4ηcr• ucLJ.1yxiig
: :1977-1980(1 ):Number '%:
:Belgium : 11390 :2402 21.1 :
:Denmark : 13130,:.-6752 51.5
:Germany :/90460 :74586 82.5 :
:France : 84300 :'18762 22.3 :
:Ireland : 20000 :2384 11.9 :
:Luxembourg 780•40051.1':
:Netherlands : 12300 :'4030-32.7 :
:UnitedKingdom : 12500 :7403 59.3 :
:Community :244800(2):11672047.6 :
(1)Includesestimatefor1980
ψ
(2)ExcludingItaly

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VI.Review ofresults todate and reasons forgood /poor response topremiums
scheme
(a)Pattern ofconcentration
\
15.In1980 again ,most applications forpremiums were received from
Community regions which offer alternative ways ofusing
agricultural land .The regions are given inAnnex IIofthis
report with figures covering thewhole ofthe period ofoperation
ofthe scheme .
(b)Change oftype ofpremium
16.Theimplementing rules (Reg .1391 /78)were expanded byRegulation
(EEC )No1799 /79toallow recipients ofconversion premiums to
change over toanon-marketing premium uptothe endofthethird
year ofconversion ,theamount ofpremium and period of
commitment being adjusted accordingly .
About 300applicants sofarhave made use ofthis facility .Asa
,rule ,however ,therecipient continues beef farming ;heissimply
freed from theobligation ofkeeping agiven number ofLSUs ona
permanent basis .Applications under this rule divide upamong
the Member States asset out below .
Belgium 10
Denmark 15
Germany • 106
France 9
Ireland 48
Luxembourg 0
Netherlands 1
United Kingdom SA

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•(c)Transfer offarms
17.Article 2(2 )(b)provides than anapplicant foranon-marketing
premium must undertake not toallow his holding orpart ofittobe
used byothers fordairying during -the non-marketing period
(5years ).Tomake monitoring easier andsimpler ,Article 9(5 )of
Commission Regulation (EEC )No1391 /78provides -inthecase of
partial transfer -that therule may beconsidered fulfilled ifthe
transferee does notkeep adairy herd larger than the one onthe day
ofthetransfer .About 15300applications have been received in
this connection since thescheme started .These were divided among
the Member States asfollows :
Belgium 0
Denmark about 2300
Germany about 12650
France .?
Ireland 0
Luxembourg 24
Netherlands 333
United Kingdom .13
(d)Cessation offarming
18.Article 2(3 )ofRegulation (EEC)No1078 /77provided that producers
whocease farming inaccordance with Directive 72/160/EECafter a .
minimum oftwoyears ofnon-marketing ofmilk andmilk products are
freed from their obligations under thepremium scheme . .
Except inthe Federal Republic ofGermany ,this hasonly occurred in
avery fewcases since the scheme started .
Belgium "0
Denmark 0
Germany 450

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France 1
Ireland 0
Luxembourg 0
Netherlands 3
United Kingdom 1
(e)Method ofpayment
19.Inorder toencourage farmers toconvert from milk production ,the
Council laid down that part ofthepremium should bepaid out inthe
first three months ofthenon-marketing period (50$ forthe
non-marketing premium and 60% fortheconversion premium ).Thetax
regulations insome ofthe Member States meant that under this
arrangement asizeable portion ofthe premium was lost again intax ,
with ahighly discouraging effect onapplications .Applicants were
therefore given the opportunity toopt for payment infive orfour
equal annual instalments .About 4200producers (4$)have made use
ofthis facility sofar .Most such applications have been submitted
inDenmark ,the United Kingdom and the Netherlands .Bythe end of
1980 theMember States hadapproved the following numbers ofsuch
applications :
Belgium 171
Denmark about 2350
Germany 157
France 5
Ireland 20
Luxembourg 0
Netherlands 1119
United Kingdom 372
(f)Issue ofreplacements for lost identity cards
20.Implementing Regulation (EEC )No1391 /78wassupplemented bya
provision inRegulation 2962 /78totheeffect that thecompetent

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authorities could exceptionally issue the interested party with a
duplicate copy .-This exception has only needed tobeused inafew
cases ,especially assome Member States already had anidentity card
system before thepremium scheme wasintroduced .Numbers of
applications approved inMember States have been asfollows :
Belgium
Denmark .
Germany a
France
Ireland
Luxembourg
vNetherlands
United Kingdom0
100
about 2200
?
0
10
297
m ^90
(g)Applications expected upto31March 1981
21.Thescheme will runoutattheendofthe1980 /81milk year ;the
-number ofapplications still tobeexpected isset out below .
(aa)Non-marketing premium
Theclosing date forapplications fornon-marketing premiums was
15September 1980 .Allapplications received inLuxembourg had
been approved bythe endof1980 ,sothat thefinal figures for
that country can betaken from Table 10.
Thefollowing number ofapplications are still awaiting approval
inthose Member States which experienced arush ofapplications
before theclosing date : ■

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Member State Noofapplications
Belgium 10
Denmark 1333
Germany 650
France ?
Ireland 410
Netherlands .3
United Kingdom 316
Inthe Community asawhole ,therefore ,atotal ofaround
111 000applications fornon-marketing premiums were received ,
covering 5.655 ofdairy farms in1977 .These farms kept atotal
ofabout 1.3million cows ,i.e. 5.3% ofthe Community herd in
1977 .
(bb)Conversion premium
23.Theclosing date forconversion premiums isthe end ofthe
1980 /81milk year .Onthebasis ofpast experience ,about
300-400 applications can beexpected tocome inbefore then .
Conclusions
24.Interms ofreducing milk production ,the premium scheme has not come
uptoexpectations inspite ofrunning forover three years .
Deliveries ofmilk todairies increased byaround 9million tonnes
(10.2% )between 1977 and 1980 .Bycontrast ,only about 5.5million
tonnes ofmilk have been covered byapplications approved todate .
Interms ofcows withdrawn from milk production ,the original target
of1.3million animals hasbeen exceeded byabout 20$ .However ,th^
Impact onthetotal Community herd hasbeen very modest when thenet
figures aretaken .Inpractice ithasbeen seen that additional10
1333
650
410
3
316

incentives have only been created byrelatively short-lived schemes ,
aswas apparent also inconnection with Regulations 1975 /69and
1353 /73.This iswhy the Commission has not proposed prolonging the
conversion scheme ;thenon-marketing scheme expired on15September
1980 .
Thepremium scheme has ,however ,had avery positive impact onthe
pattern ofdairy farming ,asthe structural analysis shows .

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ANNEX I
Breakdown byMember State ofapplicants for the two premiums
Table 1 Non-marketing premium for thewhole Community
Table 2 Conversion premium for the whole Community .
Table 3 Breakdown ofapplicants inBelgium .
Table 4 Breakdown ofapplicants inGermany e
Table 5 Breakdown ofapplicants inLuxembourg .
Table 6 Breakdown ofapplicants inUnited Kingdom .
Table 7 Breakdown ofapplicants inDenmark .
Table 8 Breakdown ofapplicants inNetherlands .
Table 9 Breakdown ofapplicants inIreland

Table1;-23%.-
ν\
\m
NumberofapplicantsandcowsclassifiedbysizeCSXdcoveredby
applicationsforthenon-marketing premiumapproved
July1977andDecember1980 -
(excluding FRANCE)ν\
V
••Cowsper :;Applicants : Cows :
•producer
"*-Τ-:Number %:χ1000Ï'ν
'1-2:1044211.2:18.6:1.7:
3-ι»:1632817.5:56.9:'5.2:
5-9 :2946931.6:200.2 :18.4:lo-14.:1610917.2:188.6:17.4;is- 8282.8.9137.9V.12.7:20-29 :.69477.4:163.3 :-15.0
30-39 :24222.6:81.2:7.5:40-49 :1146\1.250.1:4.6:
S5° •22302.4:'190.4ί17.5':
Total
-593375100.0:1087.2 100.0:
ΤΓΊ~Γ

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Table 2;Number ofapplicants andcows classified bysize ofherd covered by
applications fortheconversion premium approved between July 1977
and December 1980
(excluding FRANCE )
: Cows per : Applicants Cows :
•
• ΠΓΛ ΗΙΙΛΡΤ*•• ¿SIUUU^VI • --
• :Number : * χ1000 : % :
:1-2 : – : – –;.J
:3-4 : 2•· 0 : 0.0 :
:5-9
t: 9 : 0.2 0.1• · ·
:10-14 : 186 : 4.1 2.4 : 1.7 :
:15-19 :1076 :23.7 18.2 : 12.9 :
:20-29 :1576 :34.6 38.1 : 27.1 :
:30-39 : 773 :17.0 25.9 : 18.4 :
:40-49 : 367 : 8.1 16.0 : 11.3 :
: >50 : 558 :12.3 40.1 :28.5 :
:Total :4547 :100.0 140.8 :100.0

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Numberoiapplicantsandcowsclassifiedbysizeofherdandpercentageofthetotalnumberofherds
andcowsineachsizecategoryfortheapplicationsapprovedintheperiodJuly1977-December1980
BELGIUM "
Numberor
eowsper
oroducerNon-marketing _;Conversion ;■Total
numberof;Numberof;Numberof:Numberof:*Apolications :Cows
applications cows:applications cowsNumber;%(1):Number:%(2)
10
XJ9
à
9
14
19
20-29
30-39'
40-49
ΐ50
Total152
240
626
436
269
253
86
27
20
2109ï■366:'β
ο ï1521.9s3669
43.1ï
847: - β „
» 12404,4;847«
•4.4:
S4379;9
Ο%6264.8.;437934,8:
ï5103 7ι89t4433.4:5197•3.4ί
s4424:73ι"123:\.3423,9;5655β3.9:
s5911;99 2339;'3523,4:8250•3,4;
ι2927·';71:2393':'157«3.4f:5'320«3.5;
:1193:26;1137ι532.7;2330«2.8:
:1344-Ï17χ:1226;372.6:2570 β2.9:
;26426..:293«
;8415:24023.6:34841•3.5:
(1)%ofalldairyfarmsinDecember1977
(2)%ofalldairycowskeptinDecember1977

Table 4:
GERMANY
Number of Non-marketing Conversion Total
cows perNumber of Number of Number of Number of Applications : Cows :
producer applications cows applications cows Number i%(1):Number :*(2):
χ1000 χ1000J : χ1000 :
1-2 10132 17.9"<m 10132 :13.7 :17.9 15.5 ;
3-4 15459 52.0 1 0 15460 ï19.4 :54.0 19.3 :
5-9 25622 172.0 , 0 25625 :17.3 ï172.0 17.1 :
10-14 ' 11889 138.5 117 ; 1.5 12006 Ï12.9 :140.0 12.8 :
15-19 ■·5154 85.7 574 . 9.7 5728 :10.8 :95.4 10.8 :
20-,29 3353 77.6 707 16.9 4060 :8.4 :94.5 8.4 :
30-39 766 25.4 234 7.8 1000 :6.6 :33.2 6.6 ;
.40-49 276 : 12.0 69 3.0 . •345 :6,9 :14.9 6.9 :
>50 211 15.2 40 2.6 251 :5.5 :17.8 8.9 :
Total 72862 598.2 1745 ' •41.5 74607 :14.4 :639.7 11.8 :
t
(1)%ofalldairy farms inDecember 1977
(2)%ofalldairy cous kept inDecember 1977

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Table 5:Number ofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdandpercentage ofthetotal number ,ofherds
~~ andcowsin-each "sizecategory fortheapplications approved intheperiod July1977-December 1980
LUXEMBOURG
:'Number of Non-marketingConversion Tot a1
: cows per Number of :Number of Number of Number of Applications : Cows :
:.producer applications : cows applications cows Number :%(1)Number
;%(2):
: 1-2 15 : 29 :mm - 15 :5.1 44 9.8 :
: 3-4 λ39 : 144- 39 :13.7 ,183 18.3 :
: 5-9 141 : 944 ■ .-
«V141 :23.5 1085 26.5 :
: 10-14 75 : 906 1 11 76 .:13.8 981 15.0 :
: 15-19 54 ,: 924 ,1 16 55 :11.8 978 12.5 :
: 20-29 44 : 1074 2 52 ;46 :5.4- 1118 5.5 :
: 30-39 18 : 609 "3 : 92 21 ;:4.7 627 4.2 :
40-49 2 : 86 2 83 4 :0.9 * '88 1.3 :
: 550 1 : 50 2 105 3 :0.8 .155 2.4 :
: Total *389 : 4766 1! 359 400 :10.7 5155 7.6 :
.ι ■ . , \
(1)%ofalldairy farms inDecember 1977
(2)%ofalldairy eows kept inDecember 1977

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Table 6:Number ofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdandpercentage ofthetotal number ofherds
" andcowsineachsizecategory fortheapplications approved intheperiod July1977-December 1980
UNITED KINGDOM . '
Number of
cows per
producerNon-marketing
Number of
applications ,Number of
cows
x1000Conversion
Number of
applicationsNumber of
cows
x1000Total
•Applications
Number :%(1)0θ«5
ΝυηϋθΓ :%(2)
χ1000
1-2
3-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
?5049
167
772
750
675
826
591
422
13970.1
0.6
5.5
8.9
11.3
20.1
19.9
18.4
131.63
42
290
491
346
192
3920
0.5
4.9
12.2
11.6
8.4
28.749
167
775
792
965
1317
937
'614
17891.0
7.1
16.7
15.1
20.2
13.8
11.2
8.1
7.20.1
0.6
5.5
9.4
16.2
32.3
31.5
26.8
160.3I.6
7.2
16.4
14.7
19.8
13.8
II.0
8.1
7.0
Total 5649 216.3 1756 66.4 7405 :10.3 282.7 8.5
(1)%ofalldairy farms -inDecember 1977
(2)%ofalldairy cows kept inDecember 1977

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Table 7:Number ofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdandpercentage ofthetotal number ofherds
andcowsineachsizecategory fortheapplications approved intheperiod July1977-December 1980
DENMARK
Number of
cows per
producer ,Non-marketing
Number of•
applicationsNumber of
cows
x1000Conversion
Number of
applicationsNumber of
cowsTotal
Applications :
Number :%(1):NUITΟον /5
ΝυπιϋεΓ :%(2)
χ1000
1-2
3-4
5-9
io-U
15-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
?5022
198
1373
1714
1079
1247
536
244
3120
0.5
10.0
10.3
18.1
29.7
18.0
10.7
21.51
7
11
36
6
5
47
85
190
830
204
211
23422
198
13740/5
7.7
15.6
1721 :16.5
1090 :14.2
1283
542
•249
31612.3
9.3
8.1
11.20.5
10.1
20.4
18.3
30.5
18.2
10.9
21.70.6
5.5
15.9
16.4
14.2
12.3
9.3
8.2
11.5
Total 6675 128.8 70 1761 6745 :12.1 130.6 :11.9
(1)%ofall^jairy farms inDecember 1977
(2)%ofalldairy cows kept inDecember 1977

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Table_8 :Number ofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdandpercentage ofthetotal number ofherds
andcows ineachsizecategory fortheapplications approved intheperiod July1977 -December 1980'
NETHERLANDS .
2
: Number of Non-marketing Conversion Τotal :
: cows per Number of Number of Number of Number of Applications Cows :
: producer applications cows applications cows Number :%(1)Number :X(2):
χ1000 X1000•
• χ1000 :
: 1-2 55 0.1 • 55 :0.9 0.1 :0.9 :
: 3-4 168 0.6 1 0 169 :3.9 0.6 :3.9 :
: 5-9 677 4.8 - - 671 :7.9 4.8 :8.2 :
: 10-14 899 10.8 7 0.1 906 :10.0 10.9 :10.1 :
: 15-19 755 12.7 27 0.4 782 :8.8 13.2 :8.7 :
: 20-29 895 21.2 68 1.7 963 :6.1 22.9 :6.0 :
: 30-39 276 9.3 21 0.7 297 :2.6 10.0 :2.6 :
: 40-49 83 3.6 4 0.2 87 :1.1 3.8 :1.1 :
: *50 88 5.3 5 0.3 93 :0.8 5.7 :0.7 :
ί Total 3896 69.1 133 3.4 4029 :4.8 72.5 :3.2 :
(1)%ofalldary farms inDecember 1977
(2)%ofalldairy cowskept inDecember 1977

Table9:
:Numberof Non-marketingConversion•Tota1
:cowsper NumberofNumberofNumberof:NumberofApplicationsCows :
:producer applications cowsapplications cows Number %(1)Number:%(2):
: 'ιχ1000•
•χ1000 χ1000:
ï1-2 17 0-■··• · 17 0 •·
ï3-4 57 0.2,•·
•"Ν·- · 570.40.20.4:
ï5-9 >258 2.6 "2';.:0 2601.22.61.8:
:10-14 346 4.1 5:0.1 3512.34.22.4:
:15-19 296 4.9 100 i.7··.3964.46.54.3:
:20-29 329 7.7 173 4.2 502:4.211.74.2:
:30-39 149 5.0 92:3.1 241
'>4.i8.24.2:
:40-49 :92 4.1 69 3.0_1614.77.14.9:
;>50 201 15.4;98:6.9 2997.122.37.5:
:Total 1845 43.7 '539:19.0 23842.062.84.2:
(1)%ofalldairyfarmsinDecember1977
(2)%ofalldairycowskeptinDecember1977

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ANNEX II
Regional Breakdown ofApplicants for Premiums
1.Belgium
4
: Province Non-marketing
Number ofapplications
:Antwerpen 148
:Brabant 273
:Westvlaanderen 566
:Oostvlaanderen 455
:Hainaut ν 92
:Liège 73
:Limburg 272
:Luxembourg 51
:Namur 63
:Total 1996
2.United Kingdom
Region Non-marketing
Number ofapplications
England 3814
Wales 774
Scotland 331
Northern Ireland 728
Total 5.647

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3.Denmark
Number ofapplications
County Non-marketing Conversion
Københavns Amt 11 Ν0
Frederiksborg Amt 81 2
Roskilde Amt 89 1
Vests jaellands Amt i*91 4
Storstrøms Amt 518 9
Bornholms Amt 122 1
Fyns Amt 1076 13
Sønderjyllands Amt 625 7
Ribe Amt 192 9
Vejle Amt 804 19
Ringkøbing Amt 1021 .16
Århus Amt 1170 14
Viborg Amt 1096 14
Nordjyllands Amt 1372
Total ,8968 123 '
4.Ireland
County Non-marketing
Number ofapplications
Cariow 19 '
Cavan 71
Clare 124 :
Cork 454
Donegal 17
Dublin 42
Galway 78
Kerry 325
Kildare 71
Kilkenny 130
Laois 67

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Ireland (continued )
County Non-marke ting
Number ofapplications
Leitrim 21
Louth 34
Longford 22
Limerick 167
Mayo 26 .
Meath 138
Monaghan 45
Offaly 41
Roscommon 55
Tipperary 326
Westmeath 41
Waterford 107
Wexford 64
Wicklow 42
Total 2554
Netherlands
Number ofapplications
Province Non-marketing Conversion
Groningen 212 2
Friesland 246 7
Drenthe 287 3
Overijssel 537 36
Ijsselmeerpolders 77 1
Gelderland 749 22
Utrecht 126 6
Noord -Ho11and 241 1
Zuid-Holland 242 5 ,
Zeeland 73 2
Noord -Brabant 602 28
Limburg 477 17
Total 3869 130

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6.France
Department Region Non-marketing
Numberofapplications Region
Bas-Rhin 1141
Haut-Rhin Alsace 227 638
Dordogne 285
Gironde 118
Landes .83
Lot-et-Garonne •230
Pyrénées-Atlantiques Aquitaine "."'.75 791
Allier 5M
Cantal 17-
Haute-Loire-55
Puy-de-Dôme Auvergne 46 172
Côted'Or 282
Nièvre 16
SaôneetLoire 245
Yonne Bourgogne 122 665
CôtesduNord 474
Finistère!· · 1.- .767-
IleetVillaine ' 532-
Morbihan Bretagne 337 .2110
Cher .38
EureetLoir* 107
Indre 64-
IndreetLoire 284
LoireetCher 76
Loiret Centre 115 684
Haute-Corse
CorseduSud Corse -– –
Ardennes 91
Aube --183 -·
Marne ,223
Haute-Marne Champagne/
Ardennes114 611
1

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6.France(continued )
Department Region Non-marketing
Numberofapplications Region
Doubs .27
Jura 124
Haute-Saône 112
Territoire deBelfortFranche-Comté 5 268
SeineetMarne 27
Yvelines ;\6
Essonnes · -
Hauts-de-Seine -
Seine-St-Denis -
ValdeMarne -
Vald'Oise IledeFrance 2 35
Aude 28
Gard 2
Hérault -
Lozère 2
PyrénéesOrientales Languedoc/
Roussillon*3 35
Corrèze 7
Creuse 29
Haute-Vienne Limousin 74 110
MeurtheetMoselle 148
Meuse 148
Moselle 262
Vosges Lorraine 64 622
Ariege 50
Aveyron 121
HauteGaronne 275
Gers ' 155
Lot 254
Hautes-Pyrénées 48
Tarn 142
TarnetGaronne Midi-Pyrénées 231 1276
Nord 521
Pas-de-Calais Nord 757 1278

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6.France(continued)
:Department Region Non-marketing
Region Number ,ofapplications
:Calvados256..
223
208:Manche
:Orne Basse-Normandie687
:Eure
:SeineMaritime Haute-Nörmandie291·
.557848
:LoireAtlantique185
:Mai-neetLoire346-,
:Mayenne.155
:Sarthe217
1618:Vendee PaysdeLoire 715
:Aisne263
:Oise138
901:Somme Picardie 500
^•._~;er»ente259
:Chã.time 339
:DeuxSèvres 249
:Vienne PoitouCharente 393 1240
:AlpesdeHteProvence 10
:HautesAlpes νii
:AlpesMaritimes-
:.BouchesduRhône 19
:Var Provence-
Côted'Azur.1
:Vaucluse 24 65
:Ain 203
ïArdèche \ v24
:Drôme 28
:Isère'·163
:Loire-94
:Rhône - 38,
:Savoie 39
:Haute-Savoie Rhône-Alpes 46 635
:Totale 15289 15289

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7.FederalRepublicofGermany
Numberofapplications
State Non-marketing Conversion
Schleswig-Holstein 3626 250
Hamburg 39 1
Bremen 26 3
Niedersachsen 11287 335
Berlin 4 -
Nordrhein-West falen 10373 360
.Hessen 7615 103
Rheinland-Pfalz 5169 52
Saarland 417 U
Bayern 23597 502
Baden-Württemberg 10712 135
Total 72865 17H5