Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-16-Speech-4-098"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001116.5.4-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-16-Speech-4-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Michel Raymond2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-04-01)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-04-01)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Meat eaters are starting to be overcome by paranoia, regardless of whether the meat is produced by traditional, high-quality production processes, which do not use meat-and-bone meal. The constraints some producers, especially in France, have imposed on themselves to guarantee the quality and traceability of their products may already have been compromised by the loss of consumer confidence, not only in the products but also in measures to guarantee their safety, since products labelled AOC, IGP, etc. are also affected. We cannot allow an entire industry to be destroyed. We must tighten up our health and safety controls, impose a procedure for systematic BSE testing, and ban the use of proteins derived from animals. That is where Europe can assume its legitimate role in full and where it must play its rightful part. Any efforts the Member States make will remain fruitless unless the same requirements are imposed on imported products from the European Union and from third countries. Today we have to ban the use of meat-and-bone meal in animal feed, given that we cannot guarantee the traceability of the inputs, but this raises a number of problems. Should we burn them or store them? Provided we set up specialised facilities to control the impact of this on the environment. Should we replace them? For the time being with oilseed imports, even though we cannot distinguish between imports that have or have not come from genetically modified varieties. It is crucial to resume the negotiations in the WTO so as to enable European farmers to increase their production of vegetable-based proteins. The farmers cannot tackle this crisis without help: we need to draw up a support plan for stock-farmers and introduce measures to restore consumer confidence. Moreover, the politicians must fulfil their responsibility for dealing with the human situations these difficulties have produced. The time has come for a global debate. The discussion of the White Paper on food safety is an opportunity to do so. Let us grasp it."@en1

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