That is a good question.
The answer is no, indeed. The check-off is taken for litres of milk bought and sold. No compensation is returned in the form of financing for Novalait.
The check-off is stable, but the volume of milk traded has increased over the last five years. However, during the last year, these volumes have indeed decreased significantly. The amount of money collected through the check-off is decreasing more than it is currently increasing.
There is no mechanism to consider the market losses that we have incurred in the agreements as investments in research.