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dcterms:Date	"2000-05-03"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20000503.4.3-058"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	". I do not need to remind you how hard we had to fight to maintain the necessary funds for supplying milk to schools. In April 1999, the draft budget submitted by the European Commission provided for a 50% reduction in that budget line! That reduction made it clear that this financial assistance would eventually disappear, which provoked intense reactions within the European Parliament and elsewhere. According to experts and specialists in child nutrition, milk is indeed essential to the proper intellectual and physical development of children, of all children. Therefore, children of poorer families, who do not have access to certain milk products having essential nutritional benefits, can make up the shortfall thanks to the meals offered in their school canteens. A proposal such as this represented a threat to the health of our children. This was unacceptable, given that public health had been enshrined in the new Title XIII of the Treaty of Amsterdam. Furthermore, it totally contradicted the conclusions of the Agriculture Council of 14 and 15 June 1999. Our Ministers had stressed the importance of encouraging milk consumption because of its high nutritional value, especially for children and young people. It was only after long, intense discussions that the Commission proposed to increase the budget line by EUR 31 million, with the total amount committed to aid for providing schools with milk then rising to EUR 84 million. This is the situation in 2000. For the future, the European Commission has proposed to implement a cofinancing system. A maximum of 50% of subsidies for the provision of milk to schools would be financed by the European Union, with the Member States remaining responsible for the other half. This is an unacceptable proposal! It was obvious that the Commission’s long-term intention was to dismantle the system of aid for supplying milk to schools. The European Parliament’s proposal, which I wholeheartedly support, is to make the Community pay 95% of the cost of European subsidies for milk supplied to schools. This is the only way to ensure that this system survives. I also welcome the decision to also include drinking yoghurt and milk-based beverages in the regulation. This must be done to take account of changes in habits and food preferences and to make this programme more attractive to consumers. I can, today, express my satisfaction at having committed myself to this fight and at seeing that the countless letters to the relevant ministers, the countless questions to the European Commission and the countless press releases have paid off!"@en1

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