Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-10-Speech-1-066"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Food Authority2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011210.4.1-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-10-Speech-1-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, our political group is entirely in agreement with the tenor of this report. We also think that it is right to table a number of those amendments again that have not been incorporated into this common position. Furthermore, we think that these amendments are of such a kind that it should not now take very long at all to find a common solution together with the Council of Ministers and the Commission. The most important amendment from the European Parliament is that which makes it clear that what we are concerned with here is an authority dealing purely with food safety and not with food in general. For us, this clarification is important. It is important to focus specifically upon the safety issues. Amendment No 4 concerns the correspondence between the EU’s food regulations and other international agreements and regulations. Obviously, the EU must cooperate in this area with other parts of the world. However, the trend within the World Trade Organisation, in particular, is in danger of leading to a situation in which we have a series of different conflicts between different systems of regulations. In that case, we think it is incredibly important to assert the right to tougher rules for health and environmental reasons. Amendment No 22 relates to the funding of the authority. For us, it is an issue of principle that an authority should be financed from the Budget. It must not be financed by means of fees deducted for its services. That is why Amendment No 22 is important to us. A number of amendments relate to openness, and those we naturally support. According to Amendment No 41, board meetings must, as a rule, be public and not held behind closed doors. We think that is incredibly important. We also approve of the proposal that members should be drawn from a broad geographical area. The proposals we are now discussing have their background in the serious food safety crises within the EU in recent years. Dioxin, BSE and salmonella are just a few of the areas concerned. These scandals are closely linked to heavily industrialised agriculture and to an agricultural policy in which large-scale production and yield have become more important than the environment, animal protection and safe food. If the EU is really to be able to attend to the causes of the problems in this area, reform of the common agricultural policy is needed, above all, so that sustainability and the protection of animals and the environment are put first. Only then shall we really be able to tackle the basis of the food safety problems in the EU."@en1

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