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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020613.11.4-229"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-13-Speech-4-2302
lpv:speaker	lp:Jules Maaten2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the principle of prevention being better than cure applies before anything else. It is one of the tasks of the Temporary FMD Committee under the dynamic leadership of Mrs Redondo Jiménez to look into this and to publish a report on this subject later on in the year. Every attempt should now be made, however, to prevent FMD from being imported. The outbreak in South Korea is now in the limelight accidentally because that is where the World Cup is being held. Many supporters travel to that destination. Some return and some do so much sooner than they had wanted, and there is thus a risk of them bringing the FMD virus with them. As Dr Kindermann rightly pointed out, however, travellers and tourists are already returning from Africa and Asia every day, where FMD, with its many varieties, is a common occurrence. The big question is what the European Commission and the Member States have done since the most recent major outbreak last year in order to protect the external borders more effectively. The daily traveller has noticed no difference at all since then. Despite this, the latest FMD outbreak incurred billions´worth of damage to the European economy. Better border control is also expensive, of course, but much cheaper than what we have had to spend in the wake of the FMD outbreak. Financially, it is an extremely profitable investment. We have to model ourselves on the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand and impose heavy fines on imports of foodstuffs from countries that, in terms of infectious animal diseases, are in the risk area."@en1

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