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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agricultural prices2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000515.3.1-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-15-Speech-1-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the opinion of the Committee on Budgets and that of the Liberal Group more or less coincide. This is purely accidental. I will therefore not repeat what I said in the first two minutes. All these points which I mentioned are also backed by the Liberal Group. I would like to add a few more points, however. We are living in an era in which the agricultural budget is extremely tight. The slightest movement in the dollar and euro rates would get us into great difficulty. This being the case, the Commission will have to make a choice as to what to do with the money that is available. Potentially, however, there is another very large gap. Over the past few years, we have been faced with outbreaks of epidemics of infectious animal diseases. We had the BSE crisis in Europe and several European countries suffered from swine fever outbreaks. These combined outbreaks have cost the European budget billions. It has so far been possible to finance them from categories other than the agricultural budget. It was agreed in Berlin that this can no longer be the case. If I am not mistaken, the agricultural budget only comprises one item of approximately EUR 100 million for the control of animal diseases. This is peanuts compared to what was needed in the past to control outbreaks of infectious diseases. This is why the Liberal Group is expressly asking the Commission to produce proposals as soon as possible for coping with any disasters. One of the options is possibly to set up an insurance system throughout Europe, which would also promote fair competition. In anticipation of the budgetary discussions in September, we would like the Commission to provide us with the necessary data so that we can take this into consideration in the discussions of the budgets for the year 2001."@en1

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