Another point about incomes is that the prospects here are not so unfavourable as some people claim.

The consequences of this liberalization package would strike directly at the fundamental principle of our Treaties.

All the same, since 1973 they have increased less than the general level of incomes.

All the same, since 1973 they have increased less than the general level of incomes.

May I conclude, Mr President and Members of the House, by raising the question of democratic legitimacy.

This threshold may be determined by farm income and a proportion of off farm income.

I think that is a pertinent reply and entirely in line with the question raised.

There are a few aspects I want to mention in this context.

There are onslaughts on farm income from left, right and centre.

On incomes, it emphasizes that a pricing policy can not provide adequate support for farm incomes and at the same time restore equilibrium on the market.

On incomes, it emphasizes that a pricing policy cannot provide adequate support for farm incomes and at the same time restore equilibrium on the market.

Agricultural regions are therefore subsidized from consumer income in the centres of population.

Mrs Hoffs report renews that call today.

It is directly damaging and completely deprives Parliament of its influence.

Well managed farms in appropriate locations should be able to earn their incomes in the market.

Excluding the Commission and Parliament from some key areas such as judicial cooperation is simply not acceptable.

The exception used to be when it came to fixing agricultural prices it was a great occasion, everyone tabled amendments and so on.

The consequences for farm income, and by implication the agricultural budget, are difficult at this time to comprehend.

For the past six months Parliament has time and time again discussed the crisis in farm incomes.

But the low yields of organic agriculture in real world settings typically 20 50 below yields from conventional agriculture impose various stresses on farmland and increase water consumption substantially.

However, I am glad that in paragraph 52 of his report Mr Tolman includes olive oil in the general policy for oils and fats, which is where I believe it certainly belongs, because the policy on the consumption of vegetable oils must include each one of those oils, and then inter Community preferences will come into play vis à vis those other oils, and other prices, that come from outside the Community.

Might we not offer transitional arrangements concerning agricultural and recreational land until such time as the countries concerned have, for example, 90 of our income?

If the combined off farm income of the farmer and his wife amounts to more than Irl 6 400, no compensatory allowance is granted.

Commissioner, the CAP has been producing scandalous agricultural incomes for a few people who are sometimes not even farmers.

The reference to quality brings us to the question of 'nominated' zones zones considered particularly suitable for specific products. This is a fundamental factor to be taken into due account, if we wish to reach new targets and avoid unjust penalisation.

exercise a stronger influence on the rest of the world, so it tells us that the list of priorities to be addressed is longer than ever.

The fall in farm incomes has not yet been compensated for by the new CAP and we do not yet know what the results and effects will be,.

The cost of various agricultural inputs energy, artificial fertilizers and cattle feed has stabilized or even fallen.

This will result in the dismantlement of the agrifoodstuffs industry as well as the deterioration of land, the environment and the landscape and the growth of unemployment.

In my own country, Ireland, there has been an almost 20 drop in farm incomes this year when inflation is factored in.

An internal investigation into EU enlargement's effects on agricultural markets and incomes in the candidate countries was published in March.

I am aware that this constitutes an enormous impact on farming incomes, and this is something that has been fully taken into account in all deliberations.

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The feeling is that if we in Europe have to accept strict limitations, there must also be limitations on products from outside the Com munity.

Farm incomes are at their lowest level for a generation and this decline is also hitting the manufacturing sector.

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I am a farmer myself. I have been sent here by the electors of Cumbria and North Lancashire, many of them farmers and many more of them dependent in one way or another on agriculture for their economic wellbeing.

DIRECT AGRICULTURAL INCOME AIDS The measures currently under way for the adjustment of markets may lead to considerable loss of income for various types of agricultural holding.

The preparation of a real and complete budget for 1991 before the end of the procedure now under way is thus an essential question for us.

These were inter alia the increasing imbalances in the markets, growing budgetary expenditure and unsatisfactory farm incomes as well as a number of others.

Farm income in Ireland and many other Member States is very much dependent on the direct income support from the European Union budget.

Has the Commission, which must be aware of the fact that the fall in income is particularly noticeable in the mountain and hill farming areas, particularly for stock rearing, introduced specific compensation measures for mountain and hill farms?

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