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"Mr President, I would just like to stress the point I made at the beginning: this agreement is an opportunity. It will certainly not solve all the region’s problems, and is certainly not the only means the EU has at its disposal of making a positive contribution to clarifying the situation in this region.
However, this is a real, concrete opportunity, and of course it is up to the Palestinian Authority, and now the Palestinian people, to seize it. I see that Mr Ferreira has already left the House. There was what one might call a provocative element in what he said, which, in any case, calls for clarification on the issue of origin.
I want to be clear about this. Through the agreement it has signed with Israel and the agreement it is currently negotiating with the Palestinian Authority, the European Commission aims to ensure that products originating from Israeli colonies on occupied Palestinian territory do not enter the EU. Both the agreement with Palestine currently submitted for Parliament’s approval and the agreement with Israel contain clear safeguards, in that certificates of origin are required both for products originating from Israel and for those originating from Palestine.
As regards Israeli fruit and vegetables, for which Israel is obliged to provide controls on origin, we even go so far as to request the code of the site where the products were produced, so that EU customs authorities can perform their own controls. This is not a way of transferring responsibility from the Commission to Member States, since responsibility for border control lies with Member States.
The Commission has created the necessary instruments to allow Member States and their customs authorities to do their job. In the agreement we are presenting to you now, we also have a safeguard in the form of the certificate of origin, which only the Palestinian Authority can issue for Palestinian Products destined for the EU. This will ensure that the instructions on paper are also adhered to in practice.
To conclude, therefore, I repeat that I am not saying we should have this kind of relationship only with Palestine and not with Israel; however, I think the agricultural trade relations scenario with Palestine that we are currently submitting for your approval contains the necessary elements to reassure us that what is said on paper will be adhered to on the ground.
I should like to thank the rapporteur once again for the work she has accomplished, and I hope there will be a positive outcome of the vote tomorrow."@en1
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