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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2002 budget guidelines/ Financial perspective2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010403.3.2-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-03-Speech-2-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Albert Jan Maat2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to draw your attention to two areas. Before I do that, I would like to thank both Mr Costa Neves and Mrs Buitenweg for their clear explanation and the start they have made. Allow me to begin with the fisheries sector. Partly in my capacity as draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Fisheries, I have observed that this sector is facing a difficult time. I would draw your attention to the cod recovery plan for the North Sea, which is having a major impact on the fishermen in the surrounding area. An agreement with Morocco, which is failing to materialise, has, in turn, huge implications for Spanish and Portuguese fishermen. There is increasing criticism with regard to the use of Community funding to finance agreements with third countries, and with good reason. The spending of that funding, particularly in the developing countries, is not being monitored effectively. In addition, the Green Paper is casting its shadow ahead, and it could be used as a crowbar to step up the involvement of the fisheries sector in the sustainable management of fish stocks, and to modernise the fleet. The question is, therefore, to what extent a kind of set-aside programme, which would include nature conservation, as is applied in agriculture, could also be successful in fisheries. There is hardly any room in the fisheries budget. Neither is there any room for extra spending with regard to the social and re-training policy for the benefit of the fisheries sector, never mind extra investments for the working conditions and safety on fishing vessels. This week, a report will be discussed which clearly shows that the fisheries sector claims no less than 24 000 victims a year as a result of accidents at work. In agriculture, it is obvious that the crisis in the beef sector requires an in-depth discussion on the agricultural policy’s overhaul. A key element in this connection is that food is a basic necessity of life. A high level of interaction is required between the farmer and consumer, the government being a vital link. The current policy brings this insufficiently into focus, and one can question whether the Berlin Agreement provides sufficient room for such a switch-over. If that is not the case, we must really examine how this overhaul can be financed, and it is questionable whether, for example, a consumer levy for food produced in a sustainable manner should not be introduced in the EU, given the fact that such a levy has been in place for many other products for a long time."@en1

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