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"Mr President, I congratulate the rapporteur, Paulo Casaca, on the quality of the work that he has submitted for our consideration, but especially on the rigorous work he has undertaken as a Member of this Parliament on accounting transparency and Community procedures. I, like the rapporteur, acknowledge that the Commission proposal is acceptable, because it undoubtedly represents a significant increase in the quality of Community controls and procedures and demonstrates that the Commission is already committed to this procedure.
The monitoring of expenditure and of all Community funding procedures is indissolubly linked to greater transparency and equity. It is, therefore, in these fields that the Commission and Parliament must focus their main concerns. We are all aware of the quantity and the scale of fraud that has been perpetrated – despite the existing monitoring system – and therefore nothing that we can do to improve the system will be cost-free or dispensable. The Commission in particular and the European Union in general can only gain by disseminating all available information to the citizens and primarily by the public’s understanding of the relationship between the main beneficiaries of common funding policies.
We look forward to seeing whether the promises made by the Commissioner responsible for agriculture in this field can be fulfilled in the short term. I also wish to endorse the rapporteur's proposal aiming to change the legal basis from Article 37 to Article 280 of the Treaty. This would be a major change, of great significance, which would attach the utmost priority to protecting the Community’s financial interests.
I should like, finally, to remind you that fairness in international trade is an incalculable asset in the medium term and, above all, that there are no isolated or unconnected economic sectors. The potential harm to third countries arising from protectionist policies or the absence of transparency in procedures or in the implementation of rules will eventually be suffered by those who make this form of behaviour the norm for intervention. It is absolutely crucial that the proclaimed reform of the CAP can incorporate these and other principles."@en1
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