Today, the chairman of the WTO's committee on agriculture in Geneva circulated a first draft of a modalities paper. The proposals contained in this paper are totally unrealistic. The paper departs from the terms of the Doha ministerial declaration under which the negotiations are taking place and, furthermore, it does not reflect the balance of views put forward by the WTO member countries in the preparatory phase of the negotiations. I expect the Commission to adhere to the mandate for the negotiations that was agreed by the Council of Ministers.