Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-13-Speech-1-181"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Labelling of foodstuffs produced using GMOs2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991213.11.1-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-13-Speech-1-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Roseline Vachetta2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this 1% GMO content limit which does not require labelling, presented here from a purely technical perspective, seems to be a very high level compared with the commitments already made by large-scale distributors. So why is it 1%? In our opinion, the firms involved in the mass production and use of GMOs are seeking to establish a by spreading GMOs across the whole of the food-processing market. They are making it virtually impossible to set up sectors capable of offering consumers GMO-free products. Next, it is impossible to guarantee that GMOs will not, in the long term, have any impact on public health and on the environment, especially given that mass production causes them to be dispersed throughout the countryside. The social impact of the widespread distribution of GMOs has been clearly identified: producers and consumers will become ever more dependent on the giants in the food processing sector. In our opinion, in order to foil the policy of the the maintenance of complete sectors of production without GMOs must be guaranteed. Both producers and consumers must ultimately be able to identify whether the products they are using contain GMOs or not. Means for control exist. They can be effective if the public authorities have the political will to use them. As far as we are concerned, there is no justification today for the existence of a tolerable GMO level within which the risk would be zero or at least acceptable."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"fait accompli"1

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