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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State of the European footwear sector one year after liberalisation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060314.24.2-185"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-14-Speech-2-1862
lpv:speaker	lp:Luca Romagnoli2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2007-01-14)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-27--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Movimento Sociale Fiamma tricolore (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr Mandelson, ladies and gentlemen, it is the same old story: having abolished all restrictions on the import of footwear products from the Far East and having caused such damage to the European and Italian industries in the sector, with the obvious consequences for employment, we are laying the foundations for definite risks in the future to small and medium-sized enterprises. They will finally be crushed by the unfair competition of goods at the very lowest prices, produced without any proper monitoring of the conditions in the production and distribution chain, either with regard to environmental impact or the social security benefits and employment benefits enjoyed by the labour force. These are the factors of production on which the business costs advantage operates, unfairly distorting every competitive capacity and transforming it into, instead of the free operation of the market, open dumping that runs counter to the interests not only of one sector, but of the entire Community. I ask for the Commission to take action to defend the footwear sector against unfair competition from products imported from countries outside the EU, partly in the light of the fact that the monitoring measures so far taken by the EU have proved, in practice, to be useless. We are calling not just for vigilance, but also for active defence of the special expertise and quality of the European footwear sector, through strict limits on imports, the imposition of duties and the certification of the social and environmental ethical qualities of products, as I have already requested on other occasions."@en1

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