The committee has also taken a strong view on export refunds.

I do not believe that export refunds are the answer to this crisis.

Is it not time to be bold with the export refunds?

You are increasing export refunds, at any rate for cattle.

Export refunds may not be the answer because markets are closing down to us.

I would just like to respond to the idea of introducing export refunds.

The European Union must put a stop to its export refunds programme.

The Commission responded with export refunds as an emergency measure.

We should not go alone on this, and export refunds are not the problem.

There are, however, a few problems remaining, one of which I have already mentioned, namely export refunds.

There are many experts on export refunds on the committee.

No, it wants to continue paying out export refunds.

That tendency can be seen in product sale subsidies and export refunds.

As far as export refunds are concerned, just 13% of the money has been recovered.

To mention the example of export refunds once more, this is another area where a great deal more could be done.

As others too have mentioned, I think that export refunds for livestock should be abolished.

Since the beginning of the crisis last autumn, the Commission has made use of export refunds in order to support the market.

Export refunds for the dairy sector were further alleviated recently.

So I would like to ask once more - is the abolition of these export refunds really unavoidable?

Furthermore, the European Union has already reduced its export refunds by 50%.

In this case, "efficient" quite simply means abolishing export refunds for milk products.

Most of the expenditure under this system is incurred from granting export refunds.

One such area that I would like to mention here is that of agricultural export refunds.

I am sorry to say I do not find your answer quite sufficient in relation to the export refunds.

On the question of stopping export refunds, I have already indicated that is not Commission policy.