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"en.20020515.5.3-103"2
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vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3
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In her report – which I voted for – the rapporteur has rightly described the proposal for a regulation before us and the additional proposals as innovative.
It is indeed innovative in terms of the consolidation and simplification of the various rules in existence on the matters in question. Nevertheless, the rapporteur also poses the question of whether – our food security system having been described as one of the most rigorous in the world – there are not too many gaps in Community legislation or whether, on the other hand, it might not impose too many rules.
In actual fact, we need Community legislation that is more conceptual and less regulatory in that, precisely because of its regulatory nature, gaps – if not contradictions – start to appear in our legislation in the medium to long term with the progress of science and technology and also as a result of new developments in the fields covered by Community legislation and/or changes in the underlying approaches.
In any case, two considerations need to be stressed both with regard to the matter before us today and, if possible, in unprecedented cases which arise in the future. The first is the need for precise definition of the roles, competences and responsibilities of entrepreneurs, Member States and the Commission. The second is the need for a greater and more effective role for Europe – for the Commission, if you prefer – in international contexts, starting with the WTO. It is also true, however, that, to achieve the latter, Europe needs institutional reform."@en1
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