Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-14-Speech-2-068"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cocoa and chocolate products2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.4.2-068"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-0692
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2000-05-17)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2002-03-07)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Démocratie libérale (1999-07-20--2002-11-17)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, it is a known fact that chocolate made from pure cocoa butter induces a state of euphoria. The same cannot be said for this directive which we had absolutely no need of. Nor, surely, can it be said of this chocolate adulterated with vegetable fats recommended by the Council, which unfortunately did not follow the European Parliament’s recommendations at first reading. Indeed there would be a great deal to say about the attitude of some delegations within the Council. Today’s consumer has had enough of being deceived. What is the Council putting forward to solve the problem? A tiny piece of difficult-to-read information, hidden on the back of the product wrapper. This is not what we are asking for. The consumer will not be able to make an informed choice. We want the information to be obviously and clearly displayed on the front side of the product wrapper. This is what we achieved in the European Parliament at first reading. We know that the cost of the fats capable of replacing cocoa is much less. That is why big industry is so much in favour of them. Making things cheaper and cheaper: what image of Europe does that present? No matter nowadays what the consumer wants, what the consumer’s preferences are, no matter the fact that public opinion wants ever greater transparency! Who today can claim to be able to monitor this infamous 5% of vegetable fats which would replace the pure cocoa butter? Nobody. So what is to be done? Let us, fortunately, trust our SMEs, the small specialist chocolate-makers, who are going to have to work on a quality label. This is what the consumer wants. And let us, most especially, support our rapporteur, Mr Lannoye."@en1

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