Set-aside scheme for the 1995-1996 marketing year: support system for the producers of arable crops

The policy of 'set aside' has been one of the successes of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in terms of its contribution towards bring about a balance in the market. This has meant that intervention stocks have been dramatically reduced. The committee therefore agreed with a Commission proposal to reduce from 15% to 13% for the 1995/96 marketing year, therequirement that producers set aside a percentage of their arable land, in order to achieve a better balance between production and potential demand. However, members cautioned that forecasts could be wrong and stressed the temporary nature of the measure. �