Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-11-21-Speech-3-229-001"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-11-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121121.20.3-229-001"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-11-21-Speech-3-229-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Franz Obermayr2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2012-02-13--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2012-03-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Following negotiations under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 concluded in 2007 on poultry, the EU has witnessed a dramatic surge of processed poultry imports. Foreign exporters seemed to take an advantage of a relative gap in the level of protection in the EU by reducing chicken meat/offal content in preparations to under 57 %, thus qualifying for a bordering tariff line. In the future, similar substitution effects were likely to take place under other tariff lines, covering other types of processed poultry. The surge in prepared poultry meat imports has negatively affected the European poultry industry. The increase in bound duties for the main importers, Thailand and Brazil, is therefore an important measure to protect EU companies. However, I do not support the proposal for the EU to offset the bound duty by opening tariff rate quotas and allocating their substantial shares to Brazil and Thailand. These countries have benefited from a legal loophole in EU law for many years, to the detriment of European companies. They had an unfair competitive advantage and therefore should not be granted concessions, especially at a time when Europe is in crisis and needs viable companies in Europe to sustain local growth and jobs. I have therefore abstained."@en1

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