Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-03-Speech-4-285-000"
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"en.20110203.25.4-285-000"2
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"It is important to bring the long drawn-out dispute regarding import tariffs for bananas within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to an end, and therefore ratification of the 2009 Geneva Agreement concerning tariffs and trade was necessary. It is also important to point out that, on account of the previous agreement, the ACP countries were often dependent on the narrow production of bananas instead of a more comprehensive type of production and were therefore more vulnerable. With the phase-out period that we have now decided on, these countries will receive support to explore other production options. This is important support and we understand that the adaptation can take time. This adaptation is necessary, however, because the ACP countries will otherwise run the risk of remaining with the narrow production of bananas, which despite preferential treatment has not succeeded in becoming competitive on the EU’s internal market.
We would, in particular, like to emphasise that, if we really want to help the ACP countries to adapt, it would be more effective to ensure the coordination of the EU’s agricultural, trade and development policies with the aim of free and fair trade than to demand increased compensation from the EU’s budget for the adaptation period."@en1
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