§ 33. Sir Paul Bryanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current state of negotiations concerning the re-calculation of pigmeat monetary compensatory amounts.
§ Mr. BishopThe EEC Commission's proposed revisions to the co-efficients used to calculate the monetary compensatory amounts for bacon and other pigmeat are still under consideration. The Commission intends to submit to the Council a report on the competitive distortions which may exist for certain products, such as pigmeat, due to the manner in which MCAs are calculated. This report will provide a further opportunity to press for improvement in the basis of calculation of pigmeat MCAs.