Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-06-Speech-3-376"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060906.24.3-376"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-06-Speech-3-3772
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Gklavakis2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-03-14)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I too wish to congratulate the rapporteur, Mrs Fraga Estévez, on her usual excellent work. I also wish to congratulate the Commission on starting a dialogue on eco-labelling. Eco-labelling on fisheries products states that they were produced in accordance with a specific series of environmental rules and that their method of production does not have adverse repercussions on the environment. It is very important that we ensure that eco-labelling is reliable. This will protect both fish stocks and consumers. An effort must be made to inform consumers, who must support it, be informed and understand that, in buying eco-labelled products, they can be sure that they are buying healthy and safe food and that they are protecting the environment. We will all win from these efforts: consumers will win because they will be supplied with safe and healthy products, undertakings will win because they will increase their competitiveness and the environment will win because its resources will be exploited ecologically. To close, I wish to recapitulate: firstly, labelling must be voluntary; secondly, labelling must be dominated by a spirit of transparency, so that no one doubts its reliability; thirdly, labelling must be by an independent authority and fourthly, this effort requires – and I emphasise this even though it is self-evident – fishermen to be present at the talks. Woe betide if we ignore them. We need to sit down at the same table, we need to consult them and they need to understand that the effort being made is in their interest. Fifthly and lastly, this effort and the principles laid down and adopted by the European Union must be combined with similar action on a global scale and all the states must adopt these principles, because it makes no sense if the European Union alone is protecting the environment."@en1

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