Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-05-Speech-2-083-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Possibility for Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110705.6.2-083-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-05-Speech-2-084-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am not entirely satisfied, because I feel that the European Commission’s proposal to allow Member States to decide whether to authorise the cultivation of genetically modified plants is tantamount to an admission of failure. The European Commission, it seems to me, has evaded its responsibilities and transferred them to the Member States. I would have hoped that we could enhance the scientific expertise of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and that we could do so by performing an environmental and health assessment at Community level. Once this had been achieved, we could have had a clear idea of the Member States’ room for manoeuvre under the current regulation. Admittedly, the assessment must be carried out on a case-by-case basis and according to a scientific approach. How can we explain to Member States who do not have the resources needed to carry out their own assessments that they will not receive a sound assessment from EFSA? That is why I would genuinely have wanted us to enhance the scientific expertise of the agency. With the criteria proposed in the report, we can imagine that the Member States will be able to invoke all kinds of grounds in order to prohibit the cultivation of GMOs. We will then find ourselves in legal chaos, with a glut of tribunals, and that will not be satisfactory. We will be in a situation where policies unravel and competition is distorted. How can we ban the French, the Germans and the Spanish, and all the others, from producing transgenic soya while we continue to import it from Argentina for our livestock?"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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