Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-24-Speech-2-025"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transboundary movement of GMOs2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020924.2.2-025"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-24-Speech-2-0262
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--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, EU legislation runs up against boundaries on a regular basis. Many of our rules affect imports and exports, and this brings with it a dual responsibility. We must ensure that we do not compromise in the area of safety and at the same time, we must resist the temptation of imposing unnecessary restrictions on third countries and European exporters. I should like to thank Mr Sjöstedt for the courage with which he has negotiated this narrow path. Where biotechnology is concerned, there is in this Parliament a strong need to send a message to the rest of the world. The message is that biotechnology is controversial, possibly even dangerous and undetectable. The consumer must therefore be informed of GMOs. I have no problems with sending out this message within the European Union, but we must refrain from applying it in the context of the Biosafety Protocol, which is about safety. In the case of non-detectable GMOs, safety is not an issue. If the importing country does want this notification, then this should naturally be supplied. However, this is completely unrelated to safety, and this is why we do not actually need Amendment No 30. Ladies and gentlemen, we continually need to send out our message, but we should realise that forced evangelisation does not work. The world is certainly not waiting to be patronised by Europe. In his explanatory statement, Mr Sjöstedt states that the EU must play a leading role in legislation in the field of biotechnology, but we should realise that we have long given up our pioneering role in this respect, in which we could give the world much more. Unfortunately, with regard to biotechnology, Europe is trailing behind. Hardly any GMOs are being exported, at the very most products produced by means of them. Cheese and olive oil are prime examples of this. I should like to ask the Commission a question. What will be the implications if this report were to be adopted? Would this increase the EU's deficit? What would be the additional administrative burden for exporters, and what would be the economic implications of this?"@en1

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