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"Ladies and gentlemen, as a Member of this Parliament for the Czech Republic where the sugar market has already been restructured, I cannot agree with the proposed changes. They are inappropriate and unfair. It is becoming clear that the reform does not result in a series of economically uncompetitive companies. It produces a disproportionate situation from which only the big European sugar companies profit, with no benefit whatsoever to consumers and growers. I cannot explain to the citizens how a number of countries have not renounced their sugar quotas at all or have done so only on a very small scale while the rest of us are now supposed to pay them more money for breaking a commitment. First and foremost, I absolutely do not agree with increasing the aid in cases of partial restructuring to the level of full restructuring aid. Secondly, increasing the amount of restructuring aid to beet growers and contracted suppliers of machinery from 10% to 50% is totally unjustified. Thirdly, I do not support an increase of additional payments to producers or any increase of temporary restructuring aid; nor do I support an increase in additional payments to suppliers. Fourthly, the proposal to treat the dismantling of facilities that took place last year as having taken place this financial year and in the course of the following years is, in my opinion, completely absurd. On the contrary, ladies and gentlemen, the key issue for me is taking into account the full amount of quotas renounced during the whole restructuring period. I certainly do not support the move to allow the quotas renounced by companies from the financial year 2008–2009 to be taken into account. I believe that unless the Commission intends to modify its purely bureaucratic and highly unfair method of managing the sugar reform, the best thing to do would be to abolish sugar quotas as quickly as possible and liberalise the sugar market."@en1

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