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"The issue of wheat from the Black Sea is symptomatic of the systematic refusal by the Commission to apply the principle of Community preference, of which it is, however, the guardian according to the Treaties.
It is, nevertheless, unusual to see such blatant examples of this latitudinarian attitude outside WTO rounds. By delaying its reaction, by refusing to use all the regulatory instruments at its disposal, the Commission deliberately allowed very substantial amounts of Russian and Ukrainian wheat (almost 10 million tons) to enter European Union territory. This is wheat which we did not need since we have intervention stocks that can be mobilised perfectly easily.
This ‘laissez-faire, let it in’ attitude of the Commission during the 2001-2002 campaign has been perpetuated in the form – for the time being the reduced form – of tariff quotas for categories of cereals of which we produce a surplus. The institutionalisation of this rift calls into question the position that Europe has occupied until now in trade in cereals. We will have to ensure that the rift does not widen and that it does not lead to massive fraud in the context of enlargement.
I am pleased that my report has been adopted almost unanimously by the House."@en1
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