Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-02-Speech-2-169"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Food and feed safety2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020702.7.2-169"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-02-Speech-2-1702
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul A.A.J.G. Lannoye2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Ecolo (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I shall focus my comments on two important aspects of the Commission’s proposals, which, overall, are heading in the right direction. There are still a number of shortcomings, however, which, in my opinion, could have been remedied by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, and I hope that the House will support this committee’s proposals. The two points I wish to make are, first of all, the introduction of a 1% tolerance threshold for unauthorised GMOs, regardless of whether their presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable. This is totally inconsistent since, if it is a question of an unauthorised GMO, it should not be present in our food. This is a proposal which promotes fraud and which is a flagrant violation of the spirit and the letter of Directive 2001/18/EC, which was adopted last year. It is therefore unacceptable. The second important point relates to the problem of co-existence between GM cultures and non-GM cultures. To deal with this problem by setting contamination thresholds is a totally inadequate approach. It is important to deal with the fundamental problem, namely that of the legal liability of operators. Farmers who are growing or will grow GM crops must clearly ensure that they take all the necessary measures to avoid contamination of conventional products and organic products. It is the ‘polluter pays’ principle that must be applied and this is the case with an approach such as this. I therefore hope that tomorrow’s vote will achieve this."@en1

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