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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World hunger and the elimination of barriers to trade with the poorest countries2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030130.1.4-023"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-30-Speech-4-0242
lpv:speaker	lp:Glenys Kinnock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to welcome the Commissioner – I am sure that, as a Dane, he finds it particularly difficult to have his work held up by a very small amount of snow. I want to focus this morning particularly on the Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations which are now taking place between the EU and the ACP. 40 out of the 78 ACP countries are least-developed countries, 38 have very serious levels of poverty and several others are particularly vulnerable as small island and land-locked states. As you are well aware Commissioner, the ACP perceive these negotiations as involving not just the pursuit of neo-liberal ideologies in respect of trade but the importance, in addition, of having a clear understanding that the economic partnership agreement negotiations are as much about development as about the promotion of trade liberalisation. The structural transformation of ACP states into competitive economies capable of exploiting the opportunities which the relationship with Europe offers will require, as I know you acknowledged to us in the committee last week, a huge investment in capacity building, particularly in trade capacity building. I know there is an investment being made in that area now, but I would urge you, Commissioner, to monitor that very closely because I suspect that, as the negotiations go on, it will be necessary to devote extra resources to the ability of the ACP to deal with the regional trade arrangements and other aspects of the negotiations. As you know, there are severe supply-side restraints that they face as well. Eastern European countries are receiving billions of euros to upgrade food-processing standards before they join the EU. You know very well that the ACP will have great difficulty in meeting the phytosanitary and sanitary conditions that will be a necessary part of the future relationship. I trust that they will get at least as much support for their efforts to upgrade the processes that they have. Also, Commissioner, you are aware of the potential cost of reciprocity and the fact that, under their economic partnership agreement, the same level of commitment will be expected from the ACP as from the European side. I hope that you will take into account the difficulties that this will cause and that you will ensure that there are rigorous impact studies of the costs and the implications of reciprocity for ACP countries."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 co-president; 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:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1 "Kinnock, Glenys (PSE )."1

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