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"Mr President, water is not a commodity and the right to water remains a fundamental one. On the other hand, the Member States must set a number of objectives for themselves to ensure the proper management of water. In this context, a comparison between States could lead to the use of best practices.
States must, however, maintain control over pricing and regulation. A community pricing system would create many problems. How can we reconcile the interests of the countries of the north with those of the south? As for regulation, the local water committees, for example, the main consultative and administrative bodies in France, should not be undermined.
Similarly, it makes sense for water policy to take account of specific geographical and regional characteristics. Water needs differ according to the type of agricultural production, soil quality and climate.
Like the Commission, the rapporteur questions the application of the ‘polluter-pays’ principle to the agricultural sector. This pricing policy would lead to a substantial increase in price per cubic metre, an additional cost that would be added to the cost of animal welfare. Changing crop-growing techniques would put farmers in a risky and insecure situation.
Regulating water in too dramatic a way would penalise farming, which has already made huge efforts towards making refunds. Farming is in crisis and will have to stretch itself even further to comply with the rules of the WTO, which is now meeting in Doha. Instead, preserving the multifunctional character of our farming, which contributes to land-use planning and to managing the environment, will enable us to achieve better water quality.
Legislating now would be a mistake. Let us wait for the CAP reforms before we adopt a global approach to the issue of water, listening to and consulting all parties involved."@en1
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