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"Mr President, Mrs Fischer Boel, ladies and gentlemen, the European Parliament resolution on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables addresses a serious situation in European agriculture, which calls for rapid and effective responses.
I congratulate the rapporteur on having confronted the difficulties in this sector and for having put forward some suitable solutions. I am sure that the Commissioner will take the concerns expressed by Parliament into consideration. The fact that the amendment that I tabled for introducing labels of origin for processed products has been accepted is a step forwards. Indeed, it is not only the textile industry that is suffering from Asian competition: the origin of processed agricultural products needs to be made transparent so that consumers can find out from the label where the products they buy come from. This proposal is particularly important for the processed tomato sector, which is a leading sector of the Italian economy in terms of both domestic production and exports.
In 2004, a large proportion of the tomatoes in our fields were left unharvested: the huge amounts of processed tomatoes arriving from China at rock-bottom prices and without any health guarantees have thrown the sector into crisis. Chinese preserves are reprocessed in Italy, often mixed with Italian products and then resold as if made in Italy, so that the consumer cannot recognise their true origin. Labelling will be an essential guarantee of quality and transparency.
Secondly, the Committee on Agriculture adopted the proposal on the need for immediate reform to address the recurrent market crises in the fresh fruit sector. Several parties are calling for reform to strike a balance between supply and demand and to manage surpluses. I hope the Commissioner will consider the need to shorten the time frame: the two-year period she has mentioned is too long.
I should like to conclude by recalling that the fruit and vegetable sector is heavily penalised compared with other areas of agriculture: it receives only 4% of Community resources and requires cofinancing contributions that are too onerous for producers."@en1
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