Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-10-25-Speech-4-543-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Russia trade relations following Russia's accession to the WTO (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121025.35.4-543-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-10-25-Speech-4-544-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Kristiina Ojuland2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Eesti Reformierakond (2009-07-14--2013-10-22)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2010-11-22--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the EU has been a strong supporter of Russia’s WTO membership. We hoped that having the same rules would help boost economic relations with Russia and automatically resolve the issue of the current trade barriers. It seemed to be a step forward in our relationship, the economic significance of which cannot be underestimated. The EU continues to be Russia’s main trading partner and also the biggest foreign investor in that country. However, looked at today, Russian accession has sadly not lived up to our expectations. Moreover, it seems that Russia has been increasing the number of protectionist measures and ignoring WTO rules and regulations. On 20 March this year, Russia decided to ban all imports of live animals from the EU, saying that the spread of the Schmallenberg virus made these imports too risky. This reason was immediately declared to be ‘disproportionate and not based on scientific evidence’. What is more, many live animals such as pigs are not affected by the virus at all. The real reason for such behaviour from the Russian side is the wish to implement protectionist measures because, starting from Russia’s accession to the WTO, the import duties for live pigs had to decrease from 40 % to 5 %. Despite letters and consultations at the highest level, Russia has not agreed to lift the ban. This is an extremely important issue for Estonia, from where nearly 60 % of live pigs used to be exported to Russia. Therefore, before moving ahead with trade relations, the current restrictions and clear violations of WTO rules need to be solved as fast as possible. There is also a need to come up with measures to influence the Russian side to implement and respect the common WTO rules and not to take WTO as being ."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Kristiina Ojuland (ALDE ). -"1 "à la carte"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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