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"The external actions of the European Union must be based on international law and must be in line with the standards and values that the EU propagates. That must certainly also apply to bilateral relations with important partners such as Israel. We in the Committee on Foreign Affairs have formulated three points on this. First, the Responsible Authority in Israel has no authority in the territories occupied since 1967. Second, no industrial products made in Israeli settlements on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem may be certified under the provisions of the protocol. Third, the Israeli authorities must treat Palestinian products from the occupied Palestinian territories on an equal footing. We had a debate with Commissioner De Gucht in July and I quote what he said: ‘What I have been doing is giving you the assurances that in good faith I can give you. They are not watertight.’ Mr President, I want water-tight assurances and for that reason I would also like to support something that is being asked in the Protocol, but when we get an amendment to a Protocol all we can do is vote for or against, and I have a problem with that. I would therefore like the Council to take up the same responsibility as Commissioner De Gucht. I really do not know what to do if I have to vote for an amendment, while we do not have any amendments with a Protocol, just a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’. If you could give me those guarantees, I would know exactly how I should vote."@en1
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