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"Mr President, I congratulate Mr Sturdy on his work. The reform of Europe's beef regime is necessary for market balance and the restoration of consumer confidence. It must, however, be done in a manner which safeguards the interests of family farming as distinct from intensive production. Reasonable margins for farmers must be central to any restructuring proposals. Without farmers we will not have a beef sector. Already, many farmers are leaving the sector. It is right to plan the future of Europe's beef sector based on extensification and traceability. As regards trade liberalisation, I wonder what steps will be taken to protect European producers from the unfair competition from third country imports where the same rules do not apply.
I have serious reservations about the individualisation of the male beef premia. It is complicated and administratively difficult. Likewise on supply control, it is wrong to target the suckler herd which is the foundation of quality beef production. The proposal to set up a national purchase scheme should, in my view, be re-examined. In the present climate the storage of beef for later sale will hot help to reduce volume, and do little for consumer confidence.
Finally, it would be wrong to draw panic conclusions – as Mr Sturdy already said – on the long-term sustainability of Europe's beef sector during this very depressed period resulting from the BSE and foot-and-mouth crises."@en1
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