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"en.20111013.19.4-212-000"2
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"This report approves the proposal for a regulation whose purpose is to extend until the end of 2015 a series of trade preferences awarded to the countries and territories benefiting from the Stabilisation and Association process: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo. These preferences, initially set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, and subsequently codified in Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 of 30 November, expired at the end of 2010.
The rapporteur argues that the end of the trade preferences ‘could have negative consequences for the overall economic performance of the Western Balkans, with consequent negative repercussions on their domestic reform and transition processes. As the report acknowledges, the aforementioned processes fall under the umbrella of the enlargement strategy of the EU, which is therefore seeking to ‘take charge’ of them in defence of the interests that govern the integration process itself; the same interests that benefit from it. The regulation provides for measures that the Commission could adopt ‘should imports of agriculture and fishery products cause serious disturbance to the EU markets and their regulatory mechanism’. These measures are used at the Commission’s discretion, and they do not adequately protect the Member States that feel they have been treated unfairly. The products involved – some of which could be considered sensitive – include fish, meat and wine."@en1
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