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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Aid system for cotton2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010215.2.4-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-15-Speech-4-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexandros Baltas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2000-05-03--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, cotton, which is the subject of today's debate, is basically grown in two Member States of the European Union, Greece and Spain, but it concerns the whole Union because there may be cotton processing and cotton fibre and textile producing factories in any Member State of the Union. So when we examine cotton growing, we must bear these two factors in mind. Another point worth noting in the case of the subject at issue is the fact that Community cotton production falls far below its actual requirements, barely covering around 35% of demand. Plus, European cotton growers are small and medium-sized farmers with an average of 4.2 hectares each, at least they are in Greece. Production, therefore, is determined by the small size of the holdings and the soil conditions which meet the specifications for this crop. These objective conditions have brought about a situation over the years which, at production level, is as follows: average annual volume of cotton produced: 1 200 000 tonnes in Greece and 350 000 tonnes in Spain. The report finds a way round this in a compromise proposal – a judicious, moderate, perfectly realistic proposal – calling on the Commission to recognise this state of affairs by introducing national guaranteed quantities of unginned cotton of 1 200 000 tonnes for Greece, 350 000 tonnes for Spain and 1 500 tonnes for each of the other Member States. I think that this responsible and realistic approach in the report should be accepted by the Commission as it stands and strengthened in the forthcoming negotiations in the World Trade Organisation."@en1

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