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dcterms:Date	"2010-06-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100617.5.4-079"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-06-17-Speech-4-0802
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Romeva i Rueda for his excellent report. It is an important report. We have a saying in Dutch that translates as ‘knowledge through measuring’: precise data as the basis for further decisions. Let us not pull the political wool over our eyes, though. We have known for a long time what we have to do. We need to temporarily halt fishing for bluefin tuna. I witnessed in person the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) debacle in March, where a divided European Union was totally incapable of influencing the end result. Led by Japan, the international community decided against imposing a trade ban on bluefin tuna. The argument was that the place to do that was not CITES but the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). We shall have the opportunity to take it to that arena in Paris in November. My question to the Commission is as follows. Is Europe committed – as I would be – to achieving a temporary fishing ban, a zero quota, within the framework of ICCAT? Also, is the Commission prepared to adopt that position very quickly? That way, we would avoid repeating the mistake we made with CITES, namely adopting a position only at the very last minute and no longer being in a position to convince the rest of the world of our stance. I should like to put a very specific question to the Commissioner, therefore. When will you be adopting a position for the ICCAT meeting? Will it involve a zero quota and, if so, will you be launching a strong lobby within the international community to make this zero quota a reality?"@en1
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