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"Mr President, I think this is the first time that my surname has been pronounced in my mother tongue. Thank you very much.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the issues to which all the institutions have paid the closest attention. It is also important to point out that this issue, to my mind, has brought into conflict the interests of a couple of companies, represented by the United States, and those of the European Union, which was trying to protect the commitments given to its own farmers, and to the ACP countries. Frankly, I believe that the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development did the best it could, or what was within its power to do, in order to reach an agreement with the Commission.
We have accepted the use of the ‘first come, first served’ system, we have accepted a maximum reduction of the tariff preference of EUR 300 per tonne for the ACP countries, we have also tried to obtain guarantees for small and medium-sized enterprises, and we have also asked the Commission for a report on the system’s impact. However, I believe that we can forecast negative effects on the smaller commercial operators and on producers in the ACP countries.
I have serious doubts, although I do not like stereotypes, that an image of the European Union giving in to pressure from two multinationals, represented by the United States, will do no more than confirm preconceived ideas. It sometimes seems as though the Commission, in its proposals on deregulation in international trade and agricultural production, has gone even further than the Cairns Group. I agree with Mr Dary’s accurate words on this issue.
In any event, we must recognise that the regulations and Treaties lay down obligations and that acts of deregulation that may benefit certain companies will cost the Union’s budget dearly. In this regard I would like to express, not my agreement, but my amazement, at Mrs Schreyer’s statements yesterday on the agricultural budgetary context and the issue of bananas.
I would like to conclude by congratulating Mr Dary on his hard work, and the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the coordinators. My group will vote in favour of the report in the idea that if we drag this issue out we are going to make it very much worse."@en1
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