Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-23-Speech-3-233"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-02-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Expiry of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050223.17.3-233"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-23-Speech-3-2342
lpv:speaker	lp:Tokia Saïfi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DEVE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, Commissioner, my fellow Members have pointed out several times that the textile industry used to provide more than two and a half million jobs, and I myself come from a region, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France, that knows all about this, because it is currently suffering greatly from this loss of jobs. These figures show how necessary it is to put in place a strategy that can help the textile and clothing industry to cope with changes connected with the disappearance of quotas. We currently have only incomplete data, but even what we do have is alarming. According to declarations made by Chinese importers, imports of many categories of textile products into Europe have doubled, or even trebled, since quotas ended on 1 January 2005. It is vital for the EU to have trade policy instruments that enable it to respond to sudden variations in imports. In that regard, Commissioner, it has become a matter of urgency for the Commission to publish guidelines regarding the textiles-specific safeguard clause for China announced in October 2004, in the absence of which industries throughout the Member States will be unable to respond. The EU respects its commitments within the WTO. These commitments must now be respected by all members of that organisation. The textile and clothing market must remain open and competitive. The European Union also needs to realise that many textile-producing countries regarded as vulnerable are also at risk of being seriously affected by the lifting of quotas. I am thinking of Bangladesh, Cambodia and our Mediterranean neighbours. It was almost ten years ago that the European Union decided to enter into a partnership promoting development in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The question of textiles therefore points more than ever to the need to establish a real free-trade area as soon as we can."@en1

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