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The graduation mechanism that has been introduced makes it possible to stop applying the generalised system of preferences (GSP) to countries that are competitive in the Community market and no longer need the preferences scheme to promote their exports. Furthermore, the mechanism also plays an essential role in regulating the commercial influx of textile and clothing products, and that is proving extremely important in protecting Europe’s textile industry in view of the abolition of quotas on 31 December 2004.
I also realise that one of the areas where sustainable development is promoted is in improving the economic situation of developing countries, especially those countries that are least integrated into the international trading system. Consequently, the most vulnerable developing countries that take on special duties and responsibilities as a result of ratifying and applying the basic conventions on human and workers’ rights will benefit from additional tariff preferences within the GSP, something that I warmly welcome.
Lastly, I wish to highlight the simplification achieved by cutting the number of arrangements from five to three, so that now there is a general arrangement, a special arrangement for sustainable development and good governance, and a special arrangement for the least developed countries (‘Everything but Arms’ – EBA).
I voted for the report."@en1
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