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"Mr President, increased access to the EU market for Mercosur would decimate national industries, particularly – in my case – in my major concern: the beef industry in Ireland and elsewhere. This is not scaremongering. Ireland exports around 90% of its beef production, and the beef quota sought by Mercosur will be in direct competition with the Irish beef industry.
European farmers are operating under strict health and safety criteria. They adhere to all standards set for them and they guarantee high-quality, safe produce for consumers.
In the past the Commission continually assured European consumers and Members of this House of the quality of imports into the European Union. However, it was the farming organisations and MEPs which proved the Commission’s position wrong on the issues of equivalence of quality and standards between imports and EU products, resulting in the number of exporting units in Brazil being reduced from 3 000 to under 1 000.
So, Commissioner, my question is: given the past experience and the current sporadic nature of FVO missions, how can the Commission guarantee consumers that all imports coming into the European Union are of equable quality and comply with European Union standards? Can I just say, Commissioner, that the track record does not offer great hope or great confidence for me for the future."@en1
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