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"This recommendation, drafted by Mr Moreira, addresses the draft Council decision on the conclusion by the European Union of the amended constitution and rules of procedure of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG). The IRSG is an international organisation established in the United Kingdom in 1944 (relocating to Singapore in 2008) which offers a platform for discussion between rubber producing and rubber consuming countries. The effectiveness of this organisation has been weakened because some of the largest rubber producing countries have pulled out of it, and major consumers such as China and the United States do not participate in the platform, either. In recent years, increased demand, especially from China, and falling production due to natural disasters and the low numbers of rubber trees planted have pushed up prices for this commodity. I voted in favour of this recommendation because the European Union is the world’s second largest rubber consumer and, despite its shortcomings, the IRSG is, in my view, the only forum in which the Member States, through their representatives, can demand greater transparency in this market and ensure fair, predictable and affordable access."@en1
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