§ Mr. Livseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to include all cereal producers, including integrated cereal/livestock producers, in the United Kingdom arrangements for the European Economic Community cereals co-responsibility levy; if he will also make it his policy not to grant any examptions to this scheme; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to his reply, 8 July 1986]: The Council of Agriculture Ministers agreed that the cereals co-responsibility levy should be payable on Community-grown cereals which are exported to non-Community countries, bought into intervention or which undergo first stage processing. The Council also agreed that operations exempt from the levy should be decided by management committee procedure. In accordance with this the Commission implementing regulations exempt from levy those first stage processing operations carried out by a producer on his agricultural holding where the product obtained is used on that holding for animal feed.