Lastly, a note on the times we live in, when milk production is failing to meet current demand because of the need to support less prosperous farmers and milk producers and increase milk subsidies in the areas most in need, notably in Portugal, bearing in mind that in the islands in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, for example, milk production could be increased without expanding the stock density and that this is an extremely remote region where the conditions for milk production are excellent.

If you apply the existing principle of digressive proportionality, six seats for every state and then one more seat for every half a million inhabitants, you already have the situation where Luxembourg with 367,000 people has more Members in this Chamber than Wales, which is a partly self-governing region of the United Kingdom.

2. The decree of 28 January 1987 lays down that at least 51 % of the capital of private television companies operating on Flemish territory must be owned by persons whose head office is situated either in Flanders or in the bilingual area of the capital, Brussels. 3. Lastly, as regards the programmes of private television companies, the legislation of 11 May 1988 lays down conditions for "own cultural productions", which must satisfy "at least" two of the following three criteria : a) At least 50 % of the financing involved must come from natural or legal persons whose domicile, residence or place of business is situated either in Fland ...[+++]ers or in the Brussels capital area. b) Programmes must be produced in such a way that at least 50 % of the salaries, fees and copyright go to natural persons whose domicile and residence are in Flanders or the Brussels capital area. c) At least, 50 % of the production and editing of programmes must be entrusted to natural or legal persons whose domicile, residence or head office is situated in Flanders or the Brussels capital area.

The restructuring, rationalization annd modernization of the industry, made necessary because some pits were not economically viable in the long term, will lead to the concentration of production on those pits offering the best prospects of economic viability, and to the closure, under socially acceptable conditions, of production facilities with no future.

The restructuring, rationalization and modernization programme for the French coal industry was necessary because some pits had no chance of being economically viable in the long term. It will lead to the concentration of production in those pits most likely to be profitable and to the closure on acceptable social terms of production capacities with no future.

The French Government's programme for restructuring, rationalizing and modernizing the coal industry, a necessary task since some pits will never be economically viable, will mean concentrating production at pits with the best prospects for economic viability and closing capacity that has no future, under acceptable social conditions.