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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU trade negotiations with Japan (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121023.49.2-634-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-10-23-Speech-2-635-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Vital Moreira2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; INTA (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I must firstly welcome Mr De Gucht who has, at this quite opportune moment, come to inform Parliament about the situation with the pre-negotiations, if we can call them that, between the Union and Japan. It is an opportune moment because this week Parliament will vote on, and in my opinion adopt, the report by Metin Kasak, who is rapporteur on the relations with Japan on this same issue. The Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament supports the launch of negotiations and will therefore vote in favour of the motion for a resolution, which fundamentally coincides with the ideas set out for us today by Mr De Gucht. We believe that the potential of the economic and trade relations between the European Union and Japan is clearly underutilised and that the difficulty, in the case of Japan, is that the greatest potential for growth lies in removing the numerous non-tariff barriers to trade and investment that currently exist in that country. We therefore support an agreement with Japan, because that is the only way of effectively removing those barriers, or at least most of them, and allowing access to investment in that country, including in public procurement, which is an area in which these barriers are currently a real obstacle. In my opinion, the scoping exercise which was conducted by the Commission and the Japanese Government resulted in satisfactory guarantees, with the conditions being met to begin negotiations with a good prospect of success. We need to be demanding on the objectives, and Parliament will therefore vote this week, through the motion for a resolution that I mentioned, on its recommendations with regard to the negotiating mandate that the Commission has requested from the Council. This will give the negotiator, that is the Commission, clear and more stringent guidance on what will make the agreement acceptable to Parliament, without whose assent no international trade treaty can be concluded. We now hope – and I am finishing. Mr President – that the Council will take due account of our recommendations and that the Commission will follow them to the letter."@en1
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