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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common market organisation in fruit and vegetables2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050510.28.2-352"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-10-Speech-2-3532
lpv:speaker	lp:Diamanto Manolakou2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2008-05-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (2004-07-20--2008-05-19)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the fruit and vegetable sector is one of the most dynamic and that is why it is rightly being debated. It accounts for 17% of agricultural products and only receives 4% of agricultural resources. At the same time, it employs a sizeable section of the agricultural and manual workforce. We already have the draft proposal to revise the common market organisation from the Commission which, I think, benefits processors, but not small and medium-sized farms. However, I think that today's proposals do not help either; they do not improve the situation, given that the assessments contradict what is being proposed. For example, the decoupling of aid from production for fruit and vegetables is being proposed, while agreement is being expressed with the mid-term review of the CAP, the core of which is the decoupling of aid from production. Furthermore, agreement is being expressed with the WTO and, at the same time, it is being proposed that fruit and vegetables be kept out of WTO negotiations. Producer groups are being extolled but, at the same time, it is estimated that they do not function well, it having been found that only 40% of production passes through them and that they only take up 25% of resources. Basically, I would say, the fact is being concealed that producer groups function as intermediaries between farmers and wholesalers and industry, giving the latter benefits such as cheap raw materials. Nor is the proposal for a cofinanced fund a solution, given that farmers will be left to pick up the bill for the various crises and the repercussions from the WTO. On balance, we believe that both the review of the CAP and the negotiations with the WTO will be at the expense of the income of small and medium-sized fruit and vegetable farms, while wholesalers and industry will benefit, securing fruit and vegetables at even lower prices and reaping huge profits. That is why it is unfair and we cannot vote for it."@en1

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