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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Eco-labelling schemes for fisheries products (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060906.24.3-374"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-06-Speech-3-3752
lpv:speaker	lp:Albert Jan Maat2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-04-09)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-04-09)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-09-28--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2007-04-09)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-20--2007-03-14)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to warmly congratulate Mrs Fraga Estévez on her report on the Commission’s communication and also Mrs Ries, who drafted the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. I am pleased to see – and this also demonstrates that the Committee on Fisheries can deal with topics in an adult manner – that there is a certain level of harmonisation with regard to the way in which an eco-label can be introduced into the fisheries sector. One would be tempted to say that in the fisheries sector, every free fish that is caught at sea or in inland waterways deserves an eco-label: it was, after all, raised in a sound, natural living environment, but that is probably not the intention and we will therefore need to look at what can be done at international level, including outside Europe, on the basis of criteria issued by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). In that sense, I have to say that I agree with the report by Mrs Fraga Estévez. If you opt for a European eco-label, you have to do it properly. That means that the fish that falls within its scope must meet all the rules with regard to the enforcement of the quota. The rules of environmental legislation must also be met, which also requires the necessary efforts from the Member States, but it could be a good guarantee. If you do not do it that way, then it is better to get the industry to deal with it and ensure that a good label is introduced in response to consumer demand. I, however, would opt for the rapporteur’s line, with clear-cut conditions, also for the Commission, so that the eco-label meets the European quota regulations and everything that is connected to this. In that way, the Commission facilitates and industry submits the applications, which appears to be the right way of going about things. I should like to add a brief comment about small-scale coastal fishing, something to which, I think it good to devote attention. I myself come from an area where small shrimps are caught. An eco-label has now been introduced in that sector as well, which I welcome, certainly if that also emphatically involves sustainable fishing, as well as a number of other things. In that sense, I am pleased with this report and pleased that this House, by means of Mrs Fraga Estévez’ report, can make a positive step towards sound qualified European eco-labelling."@en1

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