Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-02-Speech-2-189"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mid-term review of EU-Greenland fisheries protocol2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030902.8.2-189"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-02-Speech-2-1902
lpv:speaker	lp:Struan Stevenson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I congratulate Mrs Miguélez Ramos on her report. She has highlighted some vitally important issues, not least the discrepancy between what we pay to Greenland every year – EUR 42.8 million – and what we get in return – fishing rights worth EUR 28 million. I am glad that Commissioner Fischler has pointed out that the protocol signed yesterday goes some way towards adjusting this matter that the auditors have criticised in the past. It is worth remembering, as Mr Casaca said, that these were the terms of an agreement drawn up at the time Greenland left the European Community. A substantial part of this compensation package is to support the Greenland economy and the desperately poor Inuit population of Greenland. I know this is a fact that Mrs Langenhagen is an expert on and has asked Parliament to deal with sympathetically in the past. However, I support the rapporteur when she insists that those non-fisheries-related aspects of relations between the EU and Greenland have to be financed under heading 4 of the financial perspective or through the European Development Fund. The fisheries budget must only be used for fisheries purposes. On the other hand, I wish to sound a note of caution on that aspect of the report which calls for a share-out of under-utilised fishing rights. Commissioner Fischler drew attention to this in his statement, and the protocol signed yesterday appears now to be able to allocate these under-used fishing rights to other Member States. I would urge the Commissioner in this respect to remember the beleaguered whitefish fleet around the North Sea, particularly that of the UK, which is now tied up for half of every month with the quotas slashed by 50%. If there is to be a handout of under-utilised rights or joint-venture partnerships, please ensure that the whitefish fleet in the North Sea comes at the top of the queue."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 chair; PECH (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Stevenson (PPE-DE )."1

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