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"Mr President, in complimenting Mr Souchet on his work, I express my disappointment and concern with regard to the Commission proposal to reduce subsidies worth EUR 145 million per year to the food and drink industry. This proposal has serious implications for Ireland’s dairy sector and will result in a serious loss of trade, particularly in the area of the reprocessing of dairy products.
I fully support the rapporteur in his proposals that the measure should only be introduced on a temporary basis and that aid should be introduced to cushion the effects on the sectors which are most affected. I have given the example of Ireland’s dairy industry and would ask the Commissioner to examine the implications for this sector in particular. I also support the provisions in Mr Souchet’s report which states that we must ensure respect for the European agriculture and food production model. It is only right and proper that we negotiate a new regulatory framework for exports or products not covered by Annex I as part of the WTO Millennium Round.
Mr Souchet is correct when he states that the decision to cut export refunds for certain products is unacceptable because such arrangements originally contributed to the management of the internal market. This situation in fact was validated by the World Trade Organisation. I believe that the proposed opening of on additional facility for raw materials that have access to inward processing arrangements will not be sufficient to cover the food industry supply and export requirements.
Long-term, Europe needs to exercise greater vigilance in relation to world trade – which is now under consideration – and how decisions taken there impact on our processors and on our farmers. There is sufficient evidence that our competitors in the world market, particularly the United States and New Zealand, are not always as committed to adhering to the rules as are the EU Member States. With the proposed enlargement of the European Union to central and eastern Europe, we must take a strong hand in safeguarding our European objective which, of course, is to develop agriculture as a major and competitive player in world trade. Already our competitors have demonstrated their negotiating skills in this crucial area of international policy."@en1
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