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lpv:speaker	lp:Marc Tarabella2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2010-07-07--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Parti Socialiste (2009-07-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I, too, would like to congratulate the rapporteur, James Nicholson, in particular on his working method, which ensured that all of the shadow rapporteurs were involved throughout the procedure, which is not often the case. Following often arduous negotiations, the Council and Parliament produced an agreement that, if not the most exciting, at least seeks to organise the milk sector. The decision to do away with the quotas by 2015 made a reform of the sector essential in order to avoid other milk crises, such as the one experienced throughout Europe in 2009, which has just been mentioned. Like others, I naturally regret the decision to do away with quotas because this system of regulation – even if it is not perfect and has never been perfect – has on the whole worked well for 25 years, avoiding any major crises, and perhaps it only needed to be a bit more flexible. Nevertheless, this new regulation is going to give milk producer organisations the option of collectively negotiating contract clauses and, in particular, prices. We have given them the tools they need to boost their position in the supply chain, derogating from competition law, and that was by no means a foregone conclusion. Moreover, the Member States that opt to impose contracts in their territory will be able to set a minimum duration of six months, and six months is not bad compared to what the industry is currently doing, sometimes changing the price from month to month. As far as the contracts are concerned, I would of course have liked them to be compulsory throughout Europe. That was not possible because it was opposed by a majority in the Council. We should also highlight the positive move to recognise interbranch organisations, even if it is unfortunate that, as the fourth actor at the table, we did not include the public authorities, which should act as arbiter, like the Observatory on prices and margins, for example. In conclusion, although this agreement is a step in the right direction, it could be improved by giving the public authorities back their role as regulator. We will see this again when examining the single CMO. In addition to us as representatives, who put a great deal of work into this text, I would also like to pay tribute – and this is obviously a bit out of the ordinary – to Mr Baragiola, an EP official, sitting behind me here, who took part in all of our meetings and played a vital role. It is only right that we thank the officials, who work for this public institution. I did not want to miss this opportunity to do so."@en1
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