Hermed skulle jeg være fremme ved det andet punkt: I efteråret 1995 stillede De, hr. kommissær, i Landbrugsministerrådet en national salderingsmulighed for basisarealet i udsigt allerede for slutningen af 1996, Deres aktuelle forslag vedrørende denne problematik forelagde De så ganske vist forsinket efter 1996-høsten, hvortil de berørte medlemsstater, herunder også Tyskland og Frankrig, stillede ændringsforslag, som Kommissionen hidtil ikke har accepteret.
In the autumn of 1995, Commissioner, you told the Council of Agriculture Ministers that a national offsetting option for the basic land area would be in existence by as early as the end of 1996. You then deferred your latest proposal on this problem until after the 1996 harvest, and it was the subject of proposed amendments by the Member States concerned, including Germany and France, which the Commission has not yet accepted.