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"Mr President, there are situations in which emergency vaccination is very sensible, but there is no reason for causing difficulties in terms of exports. The problem arises due to the fact that the veterinary borders have been removed in connection with the introduction of the internal market. The EU has become a single veterinary zone. Denmark has lost its independent veterinary status. Understandably enough, the United States and Japan also regard the EU as a single country. They close the door to the import of pork from throughout the EU if there has been vaccination against foot and mouth disease in one location in the EU. Each year, the EU exports approximately 1.5 million tons of pork at a value of EUR 4 000 million. Of this, Denmark alone is responsible for 600 000 to 700 000 tons. If the exports were instead to be transferred to the EU’s internal market, this would mean an increase approaching 10% in the supply of pork. This would lead to a total collapse of the market throughout the EU.
The Commission should, from the beginning, have taken account of the risk of third countries’ introducing trade restrictions. The Commission has not remotely taken on board this loss of exports that occurs if no advance measures are taken regarding third countries’ acceptance of exports.
It must of course be possible to change the vaccination strategy, partly so that what are otherwise good intentions are not pursued at the expense of the EU’s absolutely vital export interests.
I must therefore call upon the Commission to ensure it takes account of all the factors – including those relating to trade – in evaluating what rules should apply in future. There is a lot to suggest that veterinary regionalisation should be introduced, involving a kind of ‘export pocket’ free from vaccinated animals, from which exports could be made even if there were foot and mouth disease outbreaks elsewhere in the EU, with corresponding vaccination against the disease.
Finally, Commissioner, do you intend to comply with my requests?"@en1
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