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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to thank Mr Perello Rodriguez for the excellent work which he has done.
It certainly cannot have been easy for such a complex directive to manage to combine the demands of consumers with those of business, just as, to encourage free movement within the European Union, it was not easy to lay down rules on composition, manufacturing specifications and labelling of fruit juices and similar products.
We are now at the second amendment of Council Directive 2001/112/EC, which has been necessary in order to continue including provisions of the Codex Alimentarius in European legislation.
I am extremely satisfied and I consider the fact that we have avoided the serious risk of finding orange juice on our table which is actually a blend of oranges and mandarins, unless it has been properly labelled as such when sold, a victory both for consumers and for our market.
The new changes will finally allow consumers to understand the difference between fruit juices and fruit nectars, and if the fruit nectar naturally contains sugars, then the label can state that the juice contains natural sugars.
Important progress has been made, above all, with regard to nectar, and I believe that the directive is going in the right direction to help consumers make informed choices in terms of what they purchase.
In Europe, the fruit juice market represents 10% of the non-alcoholic beverage market. I hope that in future, we will be able to encourage purchases of locally produced products that reflect high quality and sustainable development in agriculture in line with European food security principles.
The annual demand for orange juice from European industry is estimated to be around a million tonnes, whilst internal production only provides 10% of that. It is therefore obvious that we should increase production of citrus fruits and I hope that the new CAP will include financial incentives to encourage an increase in the cultivation of citrus fruits and the associated creation of a virtuous food and agricultural supply chain to utilise fruit that cannot be used in the fresh market due to small defects or size in the production of fruit juices. This request is obviously directed at Commissioner Cioloş, who is here today.
To conclude, Mr President, I believe that this directive achieves two fundamental aims: a more complete labelling system and an increase in product quality."@en1
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