SKIMMED-MILK POWDER 62 * 5 % ; PROPORTION OF USE FOR ANIMAL FEED TO TOTAL DOMESTIC USE : DRIED VEGETABLES 92 % ; SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AROUND 85 % ) ; WHEREAS PRODUCERS ESTABLISHED IN OTHER MEMBER STATES , WHO HAVE TO BEAR NON-SUBSIDIZED PRODUCTION COSTS , RISK LOSING PART OF THEIR OUTLETS ON THE NETHERLANDS MARKET OR ON OTHER COMMUNITY MARKETS ;
WHEREAS THE SUBSIDY GRANTED BY THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT ALSO AFFECTS TRADE IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THE NETHERLANDS EXPORTS AROUND A THIRD OF ITS PRODUCTION OF THE MAIN KINDS OF MEAT ; WHEREAS MOST OF THESE QUANTITIES ARE EXPORTED TO OTHER MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , BY LOWERING PRODUCTION COSTS OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS THE AID HAS THE EFFECT OF INCREASING THE ALREADY SUBSTANTIAL SHARE OF COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS WHICH NETHERLANDS PRODUCTION SUPPLIES ; WHEREAS PRODUCERS IN OTHER MEMBER STATES ARE THUS LIKELY TO LOSE SOME OF THEIR OUTLETS EITHER ON THE NATIONAL MARKET OR ON OTHER COMMUNITY MARKETS ;
WHEREAS THE SUBSIDY GRANTED BY THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT DISTORTS OR THREATENS TO DISTORT COMPETITION AND AFFECTS TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND WHEREAS IT THEREFORE FALLS UNDER THE PROHIBITION DECREED IN ARTICLE 92 ( 1 ) OF THE TREATY ;
WHEREAS EXEMPTION FROM THAT PROHIBITION CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED UNDER ONE OF THE DEROGATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 OF THAT ARTICLE , NOR IN PARTICULAR UNDER ARTICLE 92 ( 3 ) ( C ) , SINCE THE NETHERLANDS AID DOES NOT HAVE THE EFFECT OF PROMOTING A LASTING EXPANSION OF GREEN FODDER PRODUCTION ;
WHEREAS THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT , BY SUBJECTING THE GRANTING OF AID TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED BY RECIPIENTS , CONSIDERS THAT THE DESIRED EFFECTS OF RATIONALIZING THE GROWING AND PROCESSING OF FODDER CROPS AND ENCOURAGING COOPERATION BETWEEN FARMS ARE SUFFICIENT HAVING REGARD TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENT ; WHEREAS THAT GOVERNMENT URGES IN THIS CONTEXT FIRSTLY THE FAVOURABLE EFFECT ON THE CONDITION REQUIRING THE GREEN FODDER GROWER TO COMMIT HIMSELF CONTRACTUALLY FOR FIVE YEARS TO GROWING , EITHER ON HIS OWN OR IN ASSOCIATION , AT LEAST FIVE CONTINUOUS HECTARES OF GREEN FODDER AND TO DELIVERING THE TOTAL CROP EACH YEAR TO DRYING UNDERTAKINGS WHICH ARE THEMSELVES AFFILIATED TO A COOPERATIVE ; WHEREAS THIS OBJECTIVE REQUIRES THAT PARCELS BE ENLARGED BY CONSOLIDATION , THE PRACTICAL COST OF WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR GRANTING AID ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , AT THE GREEN FODDER GROWING STAGE , THE FACT THAT A SINGLE FARM MAY POSSESS A MINIMUM CONTINUOUS AREA OF FIVE HECTARES IS NOT ENOUGH IN ITSELF TO ENCOURAGE COOPERATION ; WHEREAS , IN FACT , THE AVERAGE AREA PER RECIPEINT ( S ) OF THE AID IS STILL ONLY SEVEN HECTARES IN SPITE OF THAT AID ; WHEREAS 17 * 5 % OF THE TOTAL AREA OF FODDER CROPS GROWN ON ARABLE LAND IN THE NETHERLANDS ALONE IS FARMED BY FARMERS HAVING LESS THAN 10 HECTARES OF THOSE CROPS ; WHEREAS MOST NETHERLANDS FARMS THEREFORE USE MUCH LARGER AREAS FOR GROWING THOSE