A question was raised about the situation of the producer organisations.

Simply, there is no longer a need for a common definition of producer organisations at Community level.

I would like to say that producer organisations are an excellent option.

In the 2007 reform, we provided incentives for producer organisations to do this.

This approach could have a negative effect on the main role of producer organisations - marketing their members' produce.

As you know, we have proposed a number of new initiatives in order to make our producer organisations much more attractive.

In my opinion, trying to create a fund outside the producer organisations is not really simplification.

The second point concerns the emphasis in the resolution on the operational programmes of producer organisations.

Turning to the content of your report, let me begin with the role of the producer organisations.

Thirdly, the legal authority of producer organisations must be significantly improved.

Encouraging producers organisations intended to protect fishermen from sudden market changes.

The vast majority of Community producers are already members of producer organisations.

It is very important that producer organisations should be seen as the cornerstone of the reform from the outset.

Like him, I too believe that it is necessary to strengthen the producer organisations, on which the major burden of market management clearly falls.

It is important for me to underline clearly that producer organisations have not been abolished.

We are calling for the strengthening of producer organisations, in the way that has already been mentioned: increasing their funding to 6%.

Dutch producer organisations inspect each other to see if quotas have been exceeded.

Making producer organisations stronger is a good thing.

I will mention four positive points: the national envelope system, support for producer organisations, risk management and the school fruit scheme.

Consequently, we have campaigned for the possibility of setting up transnational producer organisations.

For my part, I believe the budget made available to producer organisations must be increased from 4.1% to 6% of the value of production marketed.

However, where more specific sales promotions are concerned, I think that the private companies and producer organisations involved should also participate in the financing.

The Commission has also failed to say how it intends to reinforce the producer organisations going forwards.

Producer organisations account today for 40% of the total output of fruit and vegetables.

We will also learn lessons from how that reform, which gave greater negotiating powers to producers within producer organisations, was applied.