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I am glad that the Kreissl-Dörfler report has been adopted by a large majority, including the important section devoted to the need to greatly increase controls on imported animals and animal products from vulnerable countries and their neighbours, which led to the disease that struck Europe in 2001.
No control on imported products, however, could ever be as comprehensive, precise and rigorous as those applied by Member States and professional bodies themselves. Controls on imports will never provide the same safety guarantees as regular controls and traceability applied to national production and localised production in Europe.
This should further encourage us to apply Community preference effectively and keep as much of our agricultural production as possible within the European Union.
Community preference, which is laid down at the heart of our Treaties, must, in future, be our favoured means of satisfying new consumer requirements in Europe in the area of food safety. This is yet another reason to defend it vehemently to the WTO and ensure that our right to make imported products bear the cost of the controls we need to carry out on them is respected."@en1
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