§ 18. Mr. Dykesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will propose to his counterparts in the European Economic Community Council of 256W Agriculture Ministers at their next meeting the introduction of the standard quantities concept for leading food items in the common agricultural policy intervention system.
§ Mr. MacGregorIn March 1984 the Council of Ministers agreed in principle to introduce guarantee thresholds for all products in or likely to be in surplus or on which expenditure is rising rapidly. Guarantee thresholds are in many ways similar to standard quantities.