In Quebec, for example, the loss in revenues resulting from all the changes made to the established programs financing since 1982 amounts to $1.8 billion for fiscal year 1993-94.

This means that a provincial government along with its local governments that levies average rates of tax will have per capita revenues of $5,000 from taxes and equalization to fund public services.

Whereas, in order to keep the management of the scheme sufficiently flexible, provision should be made for individual overruns to be equalled out over all the individual reference quantities of the same type within the territory of a Member State; whereas in the case of deliveries, which constitute nearly all the quantities marketed, the need to ensure that the levy is fully effective throughout the Community justifies, in principle, continuing to allow Member States the choice between two methods of equalling out overruns of individual reference quantities, bearing in mind the variety of milk production and collection structures; wher ...[+++]eas, in this connection, Member States should be authorized not to reallocate unused reference quantities at the end of a period, whether nationally or between purchasers, and to use the amount collected in excess of the levy due for funding national restructuring programmes and/or to refund it to producers of certain categories or producers who find themselves in an exceptional situation;