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"The Commission has proposed to exempt 50% of the tractors manufactured in the EU in the last five years because of the technological development time lag, which makes it impossible – unless an enormous amount of money is spent – to carry out the mechanical modifications necessary to move on the next stage, and hence because of the economic crisis affecting the tractor market, which has seen a 20% annual fall in its turnover since 2008. We expressed our support for the exemption and the rapporteur was also in favour, since the impact on emissions is truly negligible.
Unfortunately, the European left wing took the opposite view due purely to matters of principle, completely ignoring the risk that would be run if this exemption was rejected: our factories would close down and jobs would be lost as a result.
Following the trialogues, the first reading agreement is for a 40% exemption for the tractors. It should be borne in mind that the new common agricultural policy (CAP) includes funding for farmers who reduce emissions on their farms. I hope that many farmers will use this opportunity to buy new, low emission, agricultural machinery.
While we may not be satisfied, we will vote in favour of the directive on account of the extremely tight deadlines: exceeding them would render the directives meaningless."@en1
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