General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Hansard, 22 January 1990)

§ Sir Richard Body
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action has been taken by the EEC to fulfil its general agreement on tariffs and trade commitment to participate in substantial progressive reductions in agricultural support and protection.

§ Mr. Curry
The Community, in common with other GATT members, has tabled proposals for reform of agricultural policies. Negotiations in the GATT round are continuing.

§ Sir Richard Body
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the trend in common agricultural policy support prices, expressed in national currencies, for cereals and dairy products in each member state over the past three years.

§ Mr. Curry
The buying-in prices for common wheat and the intervention prices for butter over the last three years are given in the table. Prices are in national currencies per tonne, applicable at the start of each marketing year. No figures are supplied for Portugal, since cereals and dairy products are not supplied to intervention in that country.
subsidy equivalent. A 1986 starting level reflects agreement that credit is to be given for measures taken since the current GATT round was launched.