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Of course, Mrs Schierhuber, I am willing to do all of this because, and I reiterate, one aspect of the European Union’s trade policy is to apply the collective preferential scheme to its external trade in the same way as it is applied to internal trade. From this perspective, it is quite straightforward. It is sometimes slightly more complicated, as demonstrated, for example, by the panel on hormone-treated beef, at which we were unsuccessful. As we imposed a ban on hormone-treated beef within the Union, we banned imports of it as well, but the conditions of this ban meant that it was found to be in breach of international legislation.
In general, the principles which apply are those of non-discrimination and of proportionality and the national treatment principle. These are the principles that we wish to see taken into account in the agenda on the environment at the negotiations, especially everything which relates to the precautionary principle. We have some way to go before this can be done. There are risks in what we are doing within the European Union – in some cases, perhaps – with regard to existing laws which are considered to be excessive. Therefore, on the one hand, we must adjust our internal approach and, on the other, we must adjust international legislation to our own preferences, which is only possible if other countries are in favour of changing this international legislation which is outside of our control. Since we do not have any particular unilateralist tendencies, we must, therefore, change the legislation on a number of points or, at the very least, clarify its position on these issues.
This is the situation at the current time. We are aware of your concerns in this area. We support them, particularly from an ethical standpoint. I cannot hide the fact that, as things currently stand, some of your plans will pose serious problems from the WTO’s point of view."@en1
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