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dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.6.3-177"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-1782
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie Anne Isler Béguin2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance has indeed voted for Mr Bowis’ report and, while we welcome the fact that the European Parliament and the Commission, with its White Paper, are offering European consumers interesting prospects, food safety must remain an absolute priority in our policies. Let us not be too ambitious, however. The more progress that is made in scientific research, the more new questions are raised. We need only look at developments involving BSE. New cases are being identified week after week and in new geographical areas that had been spared in the past. This applies in particular to the Vosges department in the Lorraine region. With all the measures proposed in the White Paper, we will still have to flesh out a number of points in order to guarantee food safety and in particular restore consumer confidence. The most important points include the creation of the European Food Safety Agency, which we welcome and of which we expect a great deal. It is vital to its credibility that it is independent. This authority must be totally dissociated from the interests of private companies or the Member States. That independence also implies financial independence. The Union will have to free up funds to run it, but will the EFSA be enough to reassure consumers who are worried about what they find on their plates and will soon find in their drinks? The authority will have to be set up by 2002/2003 and we very much hope that the question of where it will have its headquarters will not be an obstacle to its establishment. Meanwhile, the Union must continue to assess and manage food safety risks. That means it must be vigilant day in day out. It means guaranteeing that the policy-makers and the policies that have been put in place really do deal with what people want. The use of animal meal, which is triggering a new food crisis, is unacceptable. Henceforth we must ban all animal meal. That is the strong stance our citizens expect, rather than the kind of tolerance that can end up seriously damaging consumer health. This kind of recognised scientific risk must not be tolerated in any way. Mr Bowis’ report takes that line. That is why the Green Group fully supported his work and voted for the report."@en1

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