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COM(79)106final
Brussels.12March1979
SECONDREPORTONTHEOPERATION OFTHESYSTEM
OFPREMIUMS FORTHENON-MARKETING OFMILK
ANDMILKPRODUCTS ANDFORTHECONVERSION
OFDAIRYHERDS
C0MC79)106final

t
Second report ontheoperation ofthesystem ofpremiums
forthenon-marketing ofmilk andmilk products and forthe
conversion ofdairy herds
Article 13(1 )ofRegulation (EEC)No1078 /77stipulates that theCommission is
tosubmit totheCouncil andtheEuropean Parliament areport onthe
operation ofthepremium system based upon theinformation supplied bythe
Member States .Attherequest ofallMember States thereport oovers , the
period upto,and including ,December . ■ '"
TheCommission submitted afirst report ontheoperation ofthepremium system
fortheperiod from 1July to .31December 1977 initsdocument C0M(78)80 final
of 1March 1978 .
Results
Following thefirs't report ontheapplication ofthepremium system ,the
Commission made proposals forremoving themain difficulties arising from its
operation .The Council adopted theCommission 'sproposal inRegulation (EEC ) .
No1041 /78and introduced aseries ofimprovements .
• . i
Atthe same time itwasdecided toincorporate this newmeasure retrospectively "
•ifthere wfere outstanding amounts still payable ;hence 12000applications had
tobere-examined .Therefore aseparate presentation ofthe results for the
first and second period isimpossible .Thepresented report thus covers the
full period ofapplication i.e. from 1July 1977 to31December' 1978 .The
tables give only information ontheapplications approved bytheMember States
inthis period .Itshould bepointed outthat^at ,present^the deadline for
applications is31March 1979 andthat'this second interim report does not
provide abasis for afinal assessment ofhowthemeasures areconsidered by
milk producers .There areconsiderable regional differences concerning the
participation (seeannex II),Different reactions ofmilk ;producers totKe
measure sofararekiven inSection 111ofthis report . ,
*

UptotheendofDecember 1978 atotal of55|000 .applications have been
approved . . • '
Results show that 2,82%0fmilk producers gave upthis form ofactivity during
theperiod July 1977 toDecember 1978 ,removing about 638,500 dairy cows or
2.55% ofthetotal herd from production .According tothe interim results the
percentage ofholdings giving upmilk production washighest intheFederal
4
Republic ofGermany andLuxembourg with -75®and .lowest inIreland with 0,32 %,
Thequantity ofmilk marketed byapplicants inthe reference period isabout
2,5% ofthequantity delivered todairies in1977 .This percentage ishighest
inGermany with 5*2$ andlowest inIreland with 0»7%
X
Table 1:Number ofapplicants and cows kept together with the relevant percen­
tage ofthe total herd accounted forbyapplications approved inthe
period from'1 July 1977 to31December 1978 .
Applicants Number ofcowskept I
iMember State total %
ofmilk
broducertotal
&%
ofcows ^\
number y..px1000
i%
jBelgium 1,438 2,6 2,18 18,5 .2,9 -1^88Ί
jDenmark • "" 2,806 5,1 5,01 43,6 6,8 3,97'
IGermany 36,083 65,6 6,95 313,3 49,1 5,78
JFrance 9,242 16,81,60 153,9 24,1 2,05 ■*
IIreland 3790,7 j0,32 8,7 1,3 I0,59
(Luxembourg " j262 0,5 7,00 3,0 0,5 4,41
INetherlands 1,864 3,4 2,25 30,7 4,8 1,37
United Kingdom !
I2,909 .5,3 4,04 66,8 10,5 2,01 ,
Comr,um ty 54,983 100,0 2,82 638,5 100,0 2,55
December 1977

Non-marketing .
< •
Non-marketing continues tofind much greater favour than conversion .
(a)Number ofapplicants • f'
Theexpectations ofFrench milk producers inthemonetary sphere andthe
fact that theimplementing Directive ontheelimination ofcattle diseases
(78/52/EEC)wasnotadopted until December 1977 ,nteant that farmers inPrance
andIreland were atfirst reluctant toapply .Thefirst applications from
Ireland were notapproved until February 1978 . •-
Table 2:Number ofapplicants andcows kept together with theaverage
herd persuccessful applicant forthenon-marketing premium
intheperiod 1July 1977 to31December 1978 .
Member StateI
Applicants .
ICows kept Cows per
number•f
/* * 1000 7.applicant
Belgium -1.264 2,5 13,5 2,6»
■10,7 •
Denmark 2,757 5,5 42,5 8,3 15,4
Germany 34,843 '69,5 284,3 55,4 8,2
France 6,927 13,8 95,3 18,5 13,8
Ireland 260 0,5 5,0 1,0 19,2
Luxembourg 255 0,5 2,8 0,6 11,0
Netherlands 1,781 3,6 28,6 5,6 16,1
United Kingdom 2,040 •4,1 41,1 8,0 20,2 ;
Community 50,127 100,0 513,1 100,0 10,2
1. . . ." . .'Italy wasexempted from thescheme byDecision 77/433/EECof15June 1977 .

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(b)Quantity ofmilk
Iftheapplication wasapproved before 22May1978 ,thebasis forcalcula­
ting thepremium wasthequantity ofmilk marketed bytheapplicant in1976
After that date thebasis forcalculating thepremium was thequantity of
milk marketed bytheproducer inthe 12months preceding themonth ofappli
cation .Administratively this new system hasproved much easier tooperate
*
♦
when comparing thequantity ofmilk marketed inthereference period with
thequantity used forcalculating thepremium^it should beremembered thai ;
until 21May 1978 thepremium wasnormally payable ,with respect toamaxi­
mumof120000 kg.*"This quantity could only beincreased iftheapplicant
wastaking part inaprogramme foreradicating certain animal diseases .·'.
However ,only very limited use wasmade ofthis facility . •-- '
' · . ·>
*
Table 5:Quantity marketed inthereference period and thequantity
eligible forpremium inthecase^of applications for .thenon-^.
marketing premium approved int,he period 1July 1977 to
31December 1978
Member StateReference
quantity of
milk inQuantity eligible
forpremiumAverage quantity
perapplicant C1)
tonnes
tonnes % kg
Belgium•v '
• I34.518 2,0 27,309
Denmark 197,313 175,517 9,9 63,662
Germany 977,261 55,0 -28,047
France 299,868 16,9 43,290
Ireland 14,64 !?: 13,582 0,8 ..52,238
Luxembourg 10,044 , 9,075 0,5 35,58.8
Netherlands 131,280 117,549 6,6 Ί.66,001
United Kingdom 167,888 !147,591 8,3!72,348
Community 1774,961 ■100,0 35,4o9
. . . : :l
1
Refers totheeligible quantity intheperiod .

Conversion
*
(a)Numberofapplicants
Inordertobemoreflexibleintheusetowhichtheyput.theirlanda'
numberofapplicantsoptedforthenon-marketing premiumalthoughthey
hadalready'convertedtheirherdtobeefproduction astheydidnotwant
tobeobligedtokeepaminimumnumberofcows.Thisshouldbetaken
intoaccountwhenassessingthetwosystems.Thevpercentageofappli-
*
cationsfortheconversion premiumaveragesbarely11,7%amongtheMember
States,thehighestbeinginFrancewithabout.25,1%andthelowestin
Denmarkwithonly1,7%. .'
Table4:Numberofapplicants andcowskepttogetherwiththeaverage
*
herdsizepersuccessful applicantfortheconversion premium
.fromtheperiod1July1977to31December1978.
lemberStateApplicants Cowskept Cowsper
applicant
Number %1000 %
Lelgium 1743,65,0.4,028,7
benmark 491,01,1.•0,923,9
Germany 1,24025,529/0.23,123,4
trance 2,31547,758,746,825,4
Creland 1192,5-3,72,931,1
Luxembourg 70,10,20,128,6
Netherlands 831,72,11,725,3
IJmtedKingdom 869•17,925,720329,6
•Λ
Community 4,856
ί100,0
4125,5100,025,8
Theaverageherdperapplicantfortheconversion premiumissubstantially
largerbecauseArticle3oftheCouncilRegulationlaiddownthat,inorder
toobtaintheconversion premium,anapplicantmusteitherhavemarketed
50000kgofmilkinthereferenceperiodor,ifasmallerquantitywas
marketed,haveonhisholdingonthedaytheapplication wasapprovedat
least15dairycows,includingin-calfheifers.Itappearedadvisableto
retainthisprovision.

(b)Quantity ofmiIk «
The same basis ofcalculation asforthenon-marketing premium applies
totheconversion premium . * .
Table 5:Quantity ofmilkjn thereference period andquantity eligible
inthecase ofapplications approved for ktheconversion premium
intheperiod 1July 1977 to31December 1978
Member StateQuantity
ofmiIkin
the reference
"year intonnes .Quantity eligible
forpremiumAverage quantity
perapplicant ^
Tonnes % kg
iBelgium. • 11,547 2,8 66,3:62 -
IDenmark 5,217 4,447 1,1 :90,755
[Germany h06,961 25,6 86,258
IFranceI ■ ' ■ jh77,21 542,5 76,550 . •
Ireland 11,607 . 10,830 - 2,6 91,008
Luxembourg 830 718 •0,2 102,571
Netherlands 10,877 8,524 2,0 102,698
United Kingdom 116,512 96,864
ν23,2 111,466
Community '417,106100,0 85;895
1Related tothequantity concernedin theperiod .
* N '*
Asfarastheaverage quantity perapplicant isconcerned onehastotake
into account that applications which have "been introduced before
22May1978 were limited to120000kg •

OveraLlpicture
Accordingtothethirdjointstructures surveyheldpursuanttoDirective
73/132/EECtherewere1949200farmsintheCommunitykeepingdairycows
attheendof1977.
« v »
•V.
%
Table6:Numberoffarmerskeepingdairycowsandnumberofdairycows
intheMemberStatesin1973,1975and1977.
I
INumber <offarmerskeeping Numberofdairycows:•I
rlemberStates x*1<dairycow
000
1– ιs
jX1000
i i
1973 1975 1977 .1973 1975 1977
Belgium 84,475,366,01,000 994 983
ÎDenmark 72,263,455,91,0861,094'1,099
jGermany630,1572,1519>45,4865,3955,417
France 697,0628,0576,07,683 ,7,5497,510
Sireland 143,5132,2120,01,3901,3801,484
[Italy 607,1536,3453,23,0512,8822,945
Luxembourg 4,74,33,7 68 71 .68
Netherlands 99,094,083,02,2592,2592,245
UnitedKingdom 92,880,072,03,5153,2503,327
I
'Community
I :2430,82185,61949,225,538 -24,87425,078
(a)Allapplicants
Comparisonwiththethirdstructuressurveyattheendof1977showsthat
2,82%ofmilkproducer'sgaveuptfiisformofactivityduringtheperiod
July1977toDecember1978,removingabout638,500dairycowsor2,55%of
thetotalherdfromproduction .
*
(b)Totalquantityofmilk
Thequantityofmilkmarketedbyapplicantsinthereferenceperiodis'
about2,5%ofthequantitydeliveredtodairiesin1977.Thispercentage
ishighestin,GermanywithS",2%andlowestinIrelandwith0,6/..

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Table 7:Quantity ofmilk marketed inthereference period andpercen­
tage ofmilk deliveries andquantity eligible inthecase of
allapplications approved from 1July 1977 to31Dezember 1978 .
Member StateQuantity ofmilk inthe
reference periodQuantity eligible for
premium
'000
tonnes1
%'000
tonnes%
IBelgium 1,62) 46,1 2,1
Denmark
Germany202,5 ! 4,1 .
2)
5.°2)■2,1'180,0 .
1084,28,2
49,4
!France 477,1 21,8
jlreland 26,3 0,7 24,4 1,1
(Luxembourg 10,9 ! 4,6 .9A
Netherlands 142,2 1,4 126,1 5,8
United Kingdom 284,4 1,9 244,4 11,2
Commum ty 2192,1 100,0
1Percentage ofnational delivèries todairies in1977
2Percentage ofeligible quantity
(c)Structure ofapplicants
i ,
Herds ofbetween 3and29cows account for84,2% ofallapplications .The
structure of ,appli cations inthe individual Member States isshown in
Tables 3to10inAnnex I.
i.» :• -tu

«WQ«
Table8:Totalnumberofapplicants andcowskeptbyherdsizetogether
withrelevantpercentages ofthetotalherdbelonginginthe
variousherdsizecategories,forapplications approvedinthe
Community (excludingFrance)intheperiodJuly1977to
December 1978.
Cowsper
farmerTotalnumber
applicants(3
Number y.CowskeptTotal(3)
'000 %Applicants Cows
*
1-2
3-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-29
30-39
AO-A9
>50
Total5,189
7,389
13,655
7,8A2
A,58A
A,119
1,232
376
355
AA,7A111,6
16,5
30,5
17,5
10,3
9,2
2,8
0,8'
0,8
100,09,0
25,8
93,0
91,8
76,5
9r,7
A0,9
.16,A
25,6
A76,71,9
5,A
19,5
19,3
16,0
20^5
8,6
3,A
5,4
100,01/5
3,6
3,5
A,6
4,A
3,4
2,2
1,2
0>
3,31,8
3.6
4,8
•3,1
4.4
3.5
2,1
1,2
0,6
2.7
1HoldingswithdairycowsintheCommunity ...
2TotaldairycowsintheCommunity ..
3GermanytoNovember1978 •
(g)Conditionsforpremiums .■,
TheconditionsforgrantingthepremiumareshowninAnnexItothefirst
reportandtherehavebeennosignificant changes.
(h)Amountofpremium
TheCouncilfixedtheamountofpremiumwitheffectfrom22Hay1978.It
isnolongerlinkedtothetargetpriceformilk.
Premiumu.a./100kg
5
QuantityofmilkNon-marketmq Conve.nsJ_Qr !
upto21.5.78ifrom22.5.78jupto21.5.78from22.i
I
î.
jiesnthan30000kg
430001to50000kg
50001to120000kg
morethan120000kg16,483
15,615
13,013
0■20,.-•'
18,,
13,50
11,0A15,615
03
11,0

(e)Monthlyapprovalofapplications '... '
Thenumberofapplications approvedeachmonthshowshowthemeasureis
operatinginthevariousMemberStates.
Table9:Numberofapplications fornon-marketing andconversion premiums
approvedeachmonthbyMemberStates
IMonth Β -DK D FIRLL NLUK
77JulyΓΠiI-Inn
IAugust 46L4,495 28 11 178
JSeptember44136υ127 1416923
JOctober 2852,386 529 11136196
jNovember 1303052,549 I577
I15157217
IDecember 113' I2602,070.750 24105210
|78January822162,176 913 29ί84208
IFebruary 1491272,418 8077431107 l198
IMarch 501814,1971,124 3225148179
April1691932,883 9434935221219
!May 981851,983 6924 80201
IJune 001,452 000038
July 0 .1581,211η o258101
IAugust 0i147 755
(1,844527154173
JSeptember249 93
I3,580 402196300
jOctober1671101,493 45429291
INovember 28244,1,435/45025557211
December .821201,000 45858285144
Total 1,4382,806J I36,0839,2423792621,8642,909
Reacti°n°fproducer-marketers
Themarketingofmilkproductsbymilkproducers hasalmostentirely
disappeared intheCommunity.Wholemilkdeliveries accountonaverage
formorethan98%ofallmilkmarketedintheCommunity..Onlyin

Belgium aresizeable quantities ofcream still delivered todairies ,
andfarmhouse butter still represents almost aquarter "oftotal produc­
tion .
(g)Combination of !thepremium system with aprogramme foreliminating
animal diseases
Only intheUnited Kingdom andBelgium wasoccasional usemade ofthis
facility .The rule became superfluous when theceiling forpaying the
premium was raised .
I
Effects ofRegulation (EEC )No1041 /78
(a)Reference period
Theoriginal fixing ofaunified reference period -Article 2(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1078 /77used the1976 calendar year -meant that "a
comparable calculation had tobecarried out foreach application asa
number ofcows corresponding tothis quantity ofmilk had tobepresent
onthefarm ontheday ofapproval (theCouncil didnotwish topay out
money forcows which hadalready been disposed of).ThenewRegulation
provides that thereference period istobethetwelve calendar months
preceding themonth ofapplication .Thecompetent authorities responsible
forimplementing theregulation aresatisfied with itsadministration .
(b)Increased premiums
Thefixing ofastandard amount -applicants found itdifficult tosee
theconnection with thepercentage ofthetarget price •-andtheincrease
ofthepremiums hadpositive effects onreactions tothemeasure (see
Table 9).Theremoval oftheupper limit of120000 kgforcalculating
thepremium probably encouraged farmers with large herds toconvert to
beef production .
(c)Method ofpayment
Inaneffort tofacilitate conversion forfarmers wishing togive up
dairy farming ,theCouncil hasprovided that 50%ofthenon-marketing
premium and60%oftheconversion premium would bepaid inthe'first three
months ofnon-marketing .Thetaxregulations ofsome Member States meant

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that aconsiderable part ofthepremium therefore went intaxes ,reducing
farmer 'sinterest .Applicants were therefore allowed to*choose to
/
receive their premium infive (non-marketing )orfour (conversion )equal
annual instalments .About 3000 farmers (5,5% )have so'far chosen this
method .Most ofthese applications came from Denmark ,theUnited Kingdom
and the Netherlands .
Ν
(d)Adjustment ofapplications tothenew rules
InArticle 2ofRegulation (EEC)No1041 /78theCouncil provided that
premium applications lodged before thedate ofentry into force ofthat
Regulation (i.e. 22May 1978 )butwhich hadnotyetbeen approved were to
beadapted automatically tothenew rules ,except where this would result
inalower premium .Where thepremium application hadalready been approved ,
only theamounts still outstanding onthedate ofentry into force ofthe
newrules (22May1978 )were tobeadapted .This retrospective application
ofthe rules has led toconsiderable difficulties and has meant consider­
able additional administrative outlay forthecompetent authorities .About
37000applications hadalready been approved onthat date and some 12000
had tobereviewed .About 1000 applications which hadnot yet been
approved were affected bythenew rules .
(e)Disposal offarms
Article 2(2)(b)obliges anapplicant toundertake not toallow his holding
orany part thereof tobeused byothers fordairy farming until theend
ofthenon-marketing period (five years ). Inorder tosimplify and faci­
litate checks where only apart ofthefarm istransferred .Article 9(5 )
ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No1391 /78provides that this obligation
shall beconsidered asbeing fulfilled ifthetransferee does not keep
more than thenumber ofdairy cows hehadontheday ofthetransfer .Such
transfers have sofaroccurred only inDenmark inabout 25cases .
5.Process sofarandreasons for •participation /non-participation
(a)Main centres
Most applications forpremiums were submitted inthose regions ofthe
Community which also showed thehighest degree ofparticipation inthe
twoearlier programmes .(seethereports of22July 1971 (SEC(71)2732 )and
6December 1974 (SEC(74)4852 ).These are,inparticular ,areas ofarable

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pastureLand (Schleswig-Holstein ,LowerSaxony,Westfalia),areaswhere
pigfarmingpredominates (Netherlands),thewesternregionsofthe
UnitedKingdomandEasternFrance.DetaiLed.information iscontained
inAnnexII.
(b)Reasonsforgivingupdairyfarming
Themainreasonsforceasingmilkproduction were:
-availability ofalternative formsoffarming,especially wherethe
farmer'swifewasoverworked,particularly inspare-time farming;
-specialization onasinglebranchofproduction;
-technicalproblemsconnectedwithmilkproduction; ■
-excessively highwagecostsformilkersonlargefarmsanddifficulty
infindingreliefstaffforweekends; .
-betterpricesforpigsandcerealsintheinitialstageofthesystem;
-succession problems-thenon-marketing periodoffiveyearswassome­
timesseenasatransitional period,i.e.untilthesuccessor hadgrown
up; -
-dairieshavechangedtheirsystemofmilkcollection fromchurnsto
tankers;thismethodrequires'theproducertobuildarefrigeration
plantformilk;smallerproducers donotfindthiseconomical and
thereforegiveupmilkproduction;
-inordertocutcosts,dairieshavestoppedcollecting smallamount's
ofmilkdaily,forcingfarmerstoinstalrefrigeration plants;
-forsmallfarms,thepremiumwasusuallyanaddedincentivetocease
farming;
-lowmiIkyields; .
-theapplicant'shealthandage;
-occurrenceofdiseasessuchastuberculosis,brucellosisorleucosis;
-arestrictive policyonthepricesofmilkgenerallyledlargefarms
togiveupdairyproduction;theintroduction oftheco-responsibility
Levyformilkwasafurtherargumentputforwardbythisclass;
-fallingdemandforfarmgatesales;
-thegrantingofapremiumwasthefinalinducementtogiveupafarm.
(c)Reasonsforthepoorresponse
Someofthereasonsforthelowresponseare:
-thegoodfeedsdUuioninthe1976/77farmyear.Themeasureswereadopted
relativelylate,andfarmershadalreadybeguntoharvesttheirwinter.
...-fodder,.for1977,sothattheanimalswere.also.inseminated;■

lowfeedingstuff prices andthehigh profxbility ofmilk production relative totner enterpn
the ratio hascontinued todevelop infavour ofmilk production ;,
the lack ofalternatives ,particularly inpasture-land areas ,asArticle
2(2 )(b)obliges thefarmer toundertake inwriting that during thenon-
marketing period hewill notallow hisholding oranypart thereof tobe
used byothers fordairy farming , »
, Itis
difficult toletorsell pasture-land ifdairy farming isforbidden ;
high taxes ;as5CTor 60%ofthepremium is ,paid outwithin three months
andtheanimals aregenerally sold within the same year ,theadditional ,
income increases thefarmer 'sliability for tax (Netherlands ,United
Kingdom );theCouncil hasadjusted theregulation topermit payment in
annual instalments ,which hashelped anumber offarmers ;
excessive loss ofvalue when breeding animals have .tobesold for slaughter ;
theuncertain situation onthemarket inbeef asseen bythose considering
»
conversion from dairy farming ; '
-thegeneral recession which deters part-time farmers inparticular from
applying for thepremium ,asnoother jobopenings areavailable ;
-thepremium forsmall farms with fewer than 10cows isconsidered tolowj the
increase ofupto21.4% from 22May 1978 has sofar had little effect ;
-theRegulation isadministratively toocomplicated andtoorestrictive ;
-inflation reduces thevalue ofthepremium during thenon-marketing •
period ; ' \
-farmers arewaiting for anincreased premium .
«
fa' )Counselling ofapplicants
Before submitting their application ,applicants aregenerally advised by
theresponsible national body orprofessional organization oftheadvis­
ability ofparticipating ;dairies andthedairy industry ingeneral are
continuing toputpressure onfarmers nottoparticipate .
(e)Estimated further applications upto31March 1979
The future ofthe scheme can beseen asfollows :
(3a)short terni
inthefirst quarter of1979 onecanexpect aseries ofapplications
from farmers whoarewilling tostop milk production butwhoarestill
using upwinter fodder .However theoriginal aim (1.3miocows ),will

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fall farshort ofbeing reached .Total estimates forthis period
vary from 90000 to100000 cows ,making atotal of750 ",000 cows *
withdrawn from .miIkproduction .
(bb)medium term
afurther restrictive price policy inthemilk sector could lead
toadditional interest .
5 .
1 • .
5.Conclusions
Participation inthe scheme isstill below expectations .Deliveries of
milk todairies increased by5%in1978 .Ontheother hand ,approved
applications account for2,5% ofallmilk delivered todairies ,i.e. half
oftheannual increase inthe last year iscompensated .Itseems advis­
able and necessary toprolong the scheme beyond 31March 1979 .The
Commission isoftheopinion that ifthe scheme isextended until the end
ofthemilk year 1979 /80theoriginal target might still "bereached .

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ANNEX X
Breakdown byMember State ofaDplicatns forthe twopremiums
Table 1:Non-marketing premium forthewhole Community .
Table 2:Conversion premium forthewhole Community .
Table 3:Breakdown ofapplicants inBelgium .
Table 4:Breakdown ofapplicants mGermany .
Table 5:Breakdown ofapplicants mLuxembourg .
Table 6:Breakdown ofapplicants mUnited Kingdom .
Table 7:Breakdown ofapplicants XQDenmark .
Table 8:Breakdown ofapplicants xnNetherlands
Table 9:Breakdown ofapplicants inIreland .
Table 10 :Breakdown ofapplicants mFrance .

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Table1:Numberofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdcovered
byapplications forthenon-marketing premiumapprovedbetween'
July1977andDecember1978*) '
(excluding FRANCE)
• •
CowsperApplicants : Cows .•':
"producer
• •Numoer : %:χ1000:X:
• ■
:1-2 :
• •5189 12,3 ■.9,0 ,*r m.2,2;:
:3-4 :7388:'17,8 :25,8 :6,3.:
• ■5-9 ;13652 32,3 .93,0 22,7•
:10-14 ::7714 :18,3.::90,1 ::21,9:
15-19 ;3866 9,2;64,4 15,7•
:20-29 :3126 ::7,4:73,6 :.17,9:
30-39 803:1.9:26,6 6,5:
» * •
:40-49 : 260:0,6:11,3 :2,7:
50£■227 0,5 16,7 4,1:
:total 42225 100,0 410,5 100,0:
*)GermanytoNovember1978

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Table2:Numberofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdcovered
byapplications fortheconversion premiumapproved between
f «
July1977andDecember 1978*)
(without FRANCE) ^ N
\
• •
Cowsper;Applicants : Cows . :
)producer
• •Number : %:χ1000 : %:
:1-2
:3-4 1 o o
: 5-9 ::■ 3 : 0,1 :: o : o .:
10-14 ;:■128 : 5,1 :1,7 2,6
:15-19 ::718 ::28,5 ::12,2 ::18,4 :
20-29' .993 ;!.39,5 :24,1 :36,5
:30-39 : ,429 :: "17,1" 14,2 :21,5 :
40-49 116 !4,6". 5,0 !■7,6_•
:^50:128 :•5,1 :8,9 :13,4 :
• •
:total 2516 100,0 66,1 100,0
*)GermanytoNovember 1978

Table3:Numberofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdandproportion ofthetotalnumberof
applications approved inJuly1977-December 1978
BELGIUM
« Total
:Numberofcows
:perproducer .:Non-marketing
:Numberof:Numberof:NumberConversion :
of:Numberof:Applications
Number :X^ :NumberCows^ :
• A> •
:applications :cows :applications :cows :• •
• •
:1-2 113 :202-s
•• •113 :M 202 ?1,7 :
:3-4 :18 :624• »
• «• . *181 3,6 624 3,3 :
:5-9 :422 =2915» •422 3,3 :2915 :3,2 :
10-14 :250 :2948 :.4 56 :254 2,0 :3004 :2,0 •
15-19 :139 :2321 :'43 :729 :182 :2,0 :3050 :2,1
•.20-29 :114 :2645 :54 :1274 :168 :1/7 :3919 :1,6 =
30-39 28 929 48 :1603 76:1/5:2532 :1/7:
40-49 11 :482 13 :575 :24 •1/2 :1057 :1/3:
:>50
•_––.–––.–6 395 :12
»:810 :
• •
• •18 0,9 :1205:1/A
:Total1264 :13461 :174 :5047 :1438 :2,2 :18508 :1,9 :
1)%ofalldairyfarmsinDecember 1977
2)Y.ofalldairycowskeptinDecember 1977

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Table4:Numberofapplicants andcowsclassified bysizeofherdandproportion ofthetotalnumberof
applications approved ,inJuly1977-November 1978
GERMANY
:Numberofcows
:perproducer:Non-marketing
:Numberof:Numberof
:applications :cows: Conversion
:Numberof:Numberof
:applications :cowsApplications
Number :%^Total
NumberCows :
<y2)
•h •
:-12 :4989 :8647 ••• •
• •4989 *6,7 8647• •
.•7,5
: 34 :6908 24067• •
• mm .•6903 8,6 24067:8,6
: 59 :11637 :78599 1; 9••11638 •'7,9 78608:.7,8
1014 :5714 :66410: 78:1053 5792'*6,2 67463 16,2
:1519 :2483 :41317 415 :704f 2898 5,5*48358:5,5
:2029 :1602 :37234 : 507 •12074 2109 4,4 •49308"4,4
3039 :367 :12036 157 •5216 524 3,5 17302 *3,5
:4049 :110 :4758: 33:1377 143 *2,9 6135'2,9
>50 : 58 :4012: 24
»:1517
• •
• •82 2,7 5529 "2,8
« •
• •
:Total.33868 :277130:1215 :28287 35083 :6,76 :305417:5,64 :
1)'/.ofalldairyfarmsinDecember 1977
2)'AofalldairycowskeptinDecember 1977

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T-::;Le5:Number ofapplicants andcowsclassified bysize ofherdandproportion ofthetotal number of
applications approved inJuly 1977 -December 1978
LUXEMBOURG
: : : Total
Number ofcows : Non-marketing : Conversion : Applications : Cows
1} %T 1 0/2)perproducer :Number of :Number of :Number of :Number of :Number : % :Number :%
:applications : 'cows :applications :cows : : *. J-
1-2 : 14 : 27 : - .: - : 14 : 4,8 : 27 :6,0
3-4 : 33 : 122 : - : - : 33 :11,6 :122 :12,2
•5-9 : 95 : 637 : - : - : 95 ■:15,8 :637 :15,6
10-14 : 40 : 469 : 1 :11 : 41 : 7,5 :480 :7,4
15-19 : 39 : 648 : "1 :16 : 40 : 8,6 :664 :8,4
20-29 : 28 : 682 : 2 :52 : 30 : 3,5 :734 :3,6
30-39 : 6 : 214 : - : - : 6 : 1,4 :214 :1,4
40-49 *• - : - : 1 :42 : 1 : 0,7 : 42 :0,6
50 : - : - : 2 :105 s---. 2 1,9 105 : 1/6
255 :2799 : 7 :226 :262 : 7,0 :3025 :4,4
1)'/.ofalldairy farms inDecember 1977
2)V.ofalldairy cows kept inDecember 1977

Table 6:Number ofapplicants andcows classified bysize ofherd andproportion ofthetotal number of
applications approved inJuly 1977 -December 1973
UNITED KINGDOM
:Number ofcows
:perproducer: Non-marketing
:Number of :Number of
:applications :cows: Conversion :
:Number of :Number of :
:applications :cows :Applications
Number :%^Total
:NumberCows :
:%2) :
1-2 18 32• M /* 18 : 0,4 32 :0,5 :
: 3-4 :82 300 82 : 4,1 300 :3,8 :
: 5-9 : 418 : 2983 : 1 9 : 419 : 8,4 :2992 9,1 :
10-14 : 459 5437 : 30 385 : 489 : 9,8: 5822 : 9,1 -
: 15-19 : 338 : 5612 : .206 : 3480 : 544 :10,9: 9092 :11,1 :
: 20-29 : 374 : 9113 .: 320 : 8036 : 694 : 6,9: 17149 :7,3 ■
: 30-39 171 : 5697 '185 : 6097 - 356 : 4,5 :11794 :4,1 :
: 40-49 69 : 3040 : 55 : 2435 124 :1,6: 5475:1,6 :
: > '■50111 : 8896 : 72 : 5
»224 : 183 : 0,7. : 14120. :0,6 ... :
*
:Total . . : 2040 :41110 : 869 :25666 : 2909 : 4,0 :66776 :2,0 :
4
1)%ofalldairy farms inDecember 1977
2)%ofalldairy cows kept inDecember 1977

Table 7:Number ofapplicants andcows classified bysize ofherd andproportion ofthetotal number of
applications approved inJuly 1977 -December 1978
DANMARK
\Total
:Number ofcows: Non-marketing : Conversion : Applications Cows :
:perproducer Nurnber of :Nuinber of :Number of :Number of :Number :Number ■12>• A) •
:applications : cows :applications : cows :• •
• •
: 1-2 : 15 27 : 15- :: 0,4 : 27 : 0-5 :
: 3-4 : 81 296 :• mm *• •81 : 2,7 : 296 :3,3 :
: 5-9 : 704 : 5110 : 704 •: 7,8 . 5110 :8.1
:10-14 : 776 9091 7 : 85 783 : 7,8 : 9176 :7,4 :
: 15-19 : 454 : 7577 10 : 174 : 464 : 5,8 : 7751 :6,0 :
20 29 : 537 :12787 : 23 : 535 : 560 : 5,6 :13322 :5,4 :
: 30-39 : 124 4111 : 5 : 170 129 = 2,2 : 4281 :2,2 :
: 40-49 : 38 : 1673 : 3 :121 : 41 : 1,4 : 1794 . :1,3
■50 : 28 : 1
»782 : 1 :61 :
• •
• ' •29 :
*,1,5 : 1843
/:1,0 :
:Total• 2757 :42454 : 49 :1146 : 2806 : -5,0 :43600/0 :
1)'/.ofalldairy farms inDecember 1977
2)%ofalldairy cows kept inDecember 1977

Table 8:Number ofapplicants andcows classified bysize ofherd andproportion ofthe totfll number of
applications approved inJuly 1977 -December 1978
NETHERLANDS
Total
:Number ofcows : Non-ma rketing Conversion : Applications
-\Cows :
:%2)
:perproducer :Number of :Number of :Number of :Nuinber of :Number :%U :Number
:applications: cows :applications: cows :
: 1-2 : 35 59 35 0.6 59 :0,7 :
: 3-4 : 98 352 : 1 : 2 : 99 2/5 354 :2,4 :
: 5-9 : 321 :2319• •
• • 321 •: 4,0 :2319 :3,9
: 10-14 : 421 : 5080 : 6 : 74 : 427 : 4,7 : 5154 :4,8 :
: 15-19 : 363 : 6096 : 13 :222 : 376 : 4,2 : 6318 :4,2 :
: 20-29 : 422 :10009 47 :1156 : 469 : 2/9 :11165 :2,9 :
: 30-39 : 85 : 2867 :12 : 406 . : .97 : 0/9: 3273 :0,9
: 40-49 :21 891 : 2 : 85 : 23 : 0,3 976 :0,3 :
:>50y: .15 947 : 2 : 117 :
• •
• •17 :
••0,1 : 1064 =0,1 •
• •
• •
:Total : 1781 :28620 : 83 :2062 : 1864 2/3:30682 :1,4 :
1)%ofalldairy farms inDecember 1977
2)'/.ofalldairy cows kept inDecember 1977

Table 9:Number ofapplicants andcows classified bysize ofherd andproportion ofthetotal number of
applications a;v ,:o .inJuly 19/7-December 1978
IRELAND
Number ofcous
perproducerNon-marketing
Number of :Number of
applications :cowsConversion
Number of :Number of
applications :cowsTotal
Applications
Number %1Cows
Number %2)
1-2 : 5 : 8 : : - : 5 * 0,0 ' 8 '0,0
3-4 : 5 : 17 : - : - : 5 ;0,0 : 17 :0,0
5-9 : 55 :397 : 1 : 7 :56 1:0,3 :404 :0,3
10-14 : 54 : '646 : 2 : 26 :56 :0,4 :672 :0,4
15-19 !50 :815 : 30 :510 :80 ;0,9 :1325 " :0,9
20-29 :49 1169 : 40 :964 :89 :0,7 :2133 :0,8
30-39 :22 :745 : 22 :751 :44 :0,7 :1496 :0,8
40-49 : 11 491 : 9 :399 :20 :0,7 :890 '0,6
^>50 : 9 :669 : 15 :1039 :24 :0,6 :1708 *0,6
r . . . . . . • :
Total 260 :4957 : 119 :3696 :379 : 0,3 :8653 :0,6
1)7.ofalldairy farms inDecember 1977
2)%ofalldairy cows kept inDecember 1977

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Table10:Numberofapplicantsandcowsclassified byamountofdeliveries ,July1977-December 1978
France
:ANNUAL AMOUNT OFDELIVERIES : NON-MARKETING : CONVERSION : TOTAL :
NUMRER OF
APPLICATIONS:NUMBER OF
:COWS:NUMRER OF
:APPLICATIONS ;:NUMBER OF
:COWS:NUMBER OF
:APPLICATIONS:NUMBER OF:
:COWS :
LESSTHAN30.000Kg
30.000Kg-50.000kg2.880
2.078
s22.284
26.886600 11.141 5.558
V60.311 :
• <
:50.000kg-120.000kg :1.710 :35.966 :1.427 :
, <:33.803 :3.173 :69.769 :
• •
• *
:MORETHAN120.000 Kg :259 :10.125 :288 :13.743 :547 :23.868
:TOTAL :6.927 :95.261 :2.315 :58.687 :9.242 ::153.948 :

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ANNEX II
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OFAPPLICATIONS BYMEMBER STATE
Table 11 ::Belgium
Table 12 ::Denmark
Table 13 ::France
Table 14 ::Germany
Table 15 :Netherlands
Table 16 :United Kingdom
/

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TABLE 11
Geographical distribution oftotal number ofapplicants
(non-marketing andconversion )July 1977 toDecember 1978 inBelgium
:REGION NUMBER OFAPPLICATIONS :
:Anvers : 56 :
:Brabant : 147
:Hainaut : 63 :
:Limbourg : 136 :
:Liège : 47 :
:Luxembourg : 28 :
:Namur •: 44 . :
:Flandre Orientale : 233 :
:Flandre Occidentale : 348 :
: BELGIUM : 1.102

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TABLE 12
Geographical distribution ofapplicants (non-marketing and
conversion )1.7.1977 -22.11.1978 inDenmark
REGION :NON-MARKETING :CONVERSION TOTAL :
: 1KOEBENHAVN : 7 : 7 :
:2FREDERIKSBORG : 32 : 1 : 33 :
:3ROSKÏLDE : 41 41 :
:4VESTSJ AELLAND : 279 : 1 ? 280 :
:5STORSTROEM : 241 : 5 :246 :
:6BOKNHOLH : 73 : 1 74 :
:7FYN : 482 9 :491 :
:8SOEMDERJYLLAND 229 : 3 :232 :
"•9 RIBE : 181 : 6 :187
:10 VEJLE 305 • 8 :313 :
:11 RINGKOEBING : 422 : 10 :432 :
:12 AARHUS : 544 12 :556 :
:13 VIBORG : 426 : 11 :437 :
:14 NORDJYLLAND : 529 . 11 :540 :
:DENMARK :3.791 : 13 :3.869 :

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TABLE 13
Geographical Distribution oftotal number ofapplicants andcows
(non-marketing ; 1.7.77 to15.11.78 inFrance
: REGION :NUMBER OFAPPLICATIONS ::NUMBER OFCOWS :
: Ile deFrance : 22• •
517 :
Chanpagne-Ardennes : 351 :5.996 :
: Picardie : 558 ;9.810
: Haute Normandie 415 7.420 :
Centre : 354 :4.015 :
: Basse Normandie : 324 •5.875
: 3ouraogne.: 293 •.2.676 :
: Nord : 783 :8.477 :
' Lorraine 255 :4.860 :
: Alsace : 233 :2.678 :
: Franche Comte : 153 :2.397 :
: Pays deLaLoire612 :7.366
Bretagne1.087 :14.213 :
Poitou Cnarente : 685 :6.783 :
Aquitaine : 258 :3.300 :
: Midi Pyrénees: 435 :5.448 :
Limousin : 53 747 :
Rhone Alpes: 330 :4.291 :
Auvergne53 : 857
Languedoc Roussi Ion: 11 : 151 :
: Provence Côte-a'Azur : 32 360 :
Corse: 0 0 :
* •
.– M •
TOTAL :7.297 :98.232 :

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TABLE 14
Geographical distribution oftotal number ofapplicants and cows
(non-marketing andconversion )1.7.77 to30.11.78 inGermany
: REGION :NUMBER 0FAPPLICATIONS ::NUMBER OFCOWS :
Sohle svig-ÎIol stein: 2.185 :39.533 :
: Hanburq : 22 : 305 :
: Brenen : 14 : 161 :
: Niedersachsen : 6.117 61.796 :
Berlin 4 : 66 :
: Mordrhein-West f. ■: 6.528 :65.178 :
: Hessen 3.749 :23.112 :
: Themland-Pfalz : 2.158' :13.745 :
: Saarland : 188 :1.574 :
: Bayern : 9.798 :71.717 :
Baden-Württemberg : 4.331 :28.231 :
Germany 35.094 305.434
• •
• •

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TABLE 15
Geographical distribution ortotal number ofapplicants and cows
(non-marketing andconversion )1.7.77 to30.11.78 inNetherlands
REGION NUMBER OFAPPLICATIONS :NUMBER OFCOWS
Groningen
Friesland
Drenthe
Overi jssel
Ijssel meer polders
Gelderland
Utrecht
N.Holland
Z.Holland
Zeeland
N.Brabant
L'i^hura126
74
130
192'
46
368
34
106
106
37
338
2041.996
1.541
2.169
3.204
1.307
4.738
683
1.745
1.700
606
5.950
3.438
Netherlands 1.761 29.077

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TABLE 16
Geographical distribution oftotal number ofapplicants and cows
(non-marketing andconversion )1.7.77 to30.11.78 intheUnited Kingdom
: REGION NUMBER 0FAPPLICATIONS • :NUMBER OFCOWS :
:ENGLAND :
:Eastern Region : 125 : 3.579 :
:East Midlands Region : 214 : 5.827 :
:West Midlands Region : 288 : 6.779 :
:Northern Region : 207 : 4.681 :
South Eastern Region : 125 ' :: 3.275 :
:South Western Region :: 778 - •: 16.291 :
:Yorks andLanes Region :: 159 : 3.801 :
:TOTAL ENGLAND : 1.896 : 44.233 :
:Wales : 443 6.975
:Scotland :- 137 : 5.645 :
:Northern Ireland : 290
* s: 5.080 :
:UNITED KINGDOM : 2.766 : 61.933