20 fiGure 3 Deliveries (Mio tonnes) utilisAtion of the community milk quotA (mArketinG yeArs 1993/94 to 2007/08) 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 EU-12 EU-15 EU-15/EU-25 Direct sales (tonnes) 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 00 Deliveries quota Direct sales quota Under-usage of quota Overruns of quota S o u r c e : european court of auditors on the basis of replies by the member states to the questionnaire specified in article 26 of commission regulation (ec) no 595/2004. boX 2 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 A recent Phenomenon: under-usAGe of the community milk quotA for deliveries since the 2004/05 milk marketing year, the overruns of their delivery quotas by a number of member states have no longer made up for the under-usage noted in the other member states. for the eu-25, net under-usage came to 0,613 million tonnes for the 2004/05 marketing year (0,5 % of the quota), 0,524 million tonnes for the 2005/06 marketing year (0,4 % of the quota), 1,919 million tonnes for the 2006/07 marketing year (1,4 % of the quota). for the 2007/08 marketing year, under-usage amounted to 1,682 million tonnes for the eu-25 (1,2 % of the quota), and 2,222 million tonnes (1,0 % of the quota) for the eu-27. obviously, the reasons for the under-usage of quotas vary according to the specific conditions in each member state. no in-depth study has yet been made of the impact of decoupling aid on the abandonment of milk production. special report no 14/2009 – Have the management instruments applied to the market in milk and milk products achieved their main objectives? 16. at national level, certain constants can be observed. recently (2002/03 to 2007/08 marketing years), the member states most frequently exceeding their quotas have been, in the order of the size of the overrun, italy, germany, the netherlands, austria, den-mark24, cyprus and luxembourg. the major part of the total overrun has been repeatedly recorded in italy (approximately 80 % for the 2006/07 marketing year). from the outset, the situation in italy has been affected by the fact that its national quota was set, as for the other member states, by reference to the quantities produced in the past, which were less than domestic consumption. italy's production has been stimulated by its position as a net importer of milk and milk products, which explains the constant pressure on its national delivery quota. the united kingdom, sweden and, recently, france are the member states making less and less use of the quota available to them (Figure 4). 
16. på nationell nivå kan vissa konstanter iakttas. under den senaste perioden (regleringsåren 2002/2003 till 2007/2008) var de medlemsstater som oftast överskred sin kvot i fallande storleksordning italien, tyskland, nederländerna, österrike, danmark24, cypern och luxemburg. vid upprepade tillfällen registrerades den största delen av det totala överskridandet (ungefär 80 % för regleringsåret 2006/2007) i italien. redan från början påverkades situationen i italien av det faktum att dess nationella kvot, liksom för de andra medlemsstaterna, fastställdes på grundval av de kvantiteter som hade producerats tidigare vilka var lägre än den inhemska konsumtionen. landets produktion stimuleras av dess ställning som nettoimportör av mjölk och mjölkprodukter, vilket förklarar det ständiga tryck som den nationella leveranskvoten står under. förenade kungariket, sverige och sedan kort tid frankrike är de medlemsstater som i allt mindre utsträckning använder den kvot som de förfogar över (illustration 4).