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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Food Authority2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010612.3.2-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-12-Speech-2-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Ria Oomen-ruijten2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2001-01-16--2001-11-29)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-09-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-11-04--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Commission proposals to set up a European Food Authority are a direct and long-awaited reaction to the food crises which Europe has had to face over recent years. This debate is clearly of major importance to the European citizen. Indeed, European consumers’ confidence in food safety must be restored, and the establishment of a European Food Authority is the first major step towards restoring that confidence. Mr President, I am referring to the proposals as being “long-awaited”. It is, after all, nearly two years since the President of the Commission, Mr Prodi, announced, on taking up office, that restoring the consumer’s confidence in food safety was one of the key priorities. Only now, in June 2001, do we as Parliament get a chance to express our views on the plans. I hope that, despite this, the Food Authority will be able to commence its activities at the start of next year, anyway. The location in which the authority should be based is still to be indicated, in fact. I expect the EP to re-confirm my amendment on that score. The fact that there has been such a time lapse between the legislative process and the original date when the proposals were submitted, is not down to today’s rapporteur, Mr Whitehead, nor to the rapporteur at the time, Mr Bowis. They have both acquitted themselves of their tasks marvellously. I would now like to make a few observations about the content. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy has tightened up the proposal, with good reason. Allow me to focus on the powers of the authority first of all. A clear distinction should be drawn between its advisory role and its task of issuing regulations. It is the Authority’s task to outline the risks scientifically and to assess them. That also means, therefore, that it should be the European Commission that ultimately implements the rapid alert system Mr President, the legislation and the package of tasks that is before us are only a first step. I would call for further development in the future."@en1

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