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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:COM in the sugar sector2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010312.8.1-116"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-12-Speech-1-1172
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Mulder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the Committee on Budgets is also of the opinion that the current regulation on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector should be extended by five years, that is to say for the duration of the current financial perspective. That is not a blank cheque, however. We believe that sugar should, in the first place, be treated as any other arable product. In 2002, the common organisation of the markets in all other arable products will be up for evaluation, and we believe that this should also apply to sugar. Should it, by that time, prove necessary to review the regulation on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector, we will also need to establish whether there are any funds for compensating the farmers. That is, after all, what we did when the common organisation of the markets in other arable products was about to undergo far-reaching reform. Everything hinges, therefore, on the question of whether we can scrape together the funds to compensate the farmers when we give the regulation on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector a thorough overhaul. The Committee on Budgets does share the Commission’s view that the storage levy can be abolished. If we are to evaluate the regulation on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector in 2002-2003, we need factual information at our disposal in order to execute this task effectively. We believe that a number of studies must be carried out, first of all with regard to the impact which the change in the sugar regime will have on ACP countries which currently benefit from preferential access rights. Which sections of the population will be hit hardest as a result? What will be the impact of a possible price cut for producers on consumer prices? Can parallels be drawn between the current situation and what happened, for example, to the price of a loaf of bread when the price of wheat was reduced? What will be the effect of a change in national quotas on, for example, a European quota system? Finally, we would like to know the actual level of competition within the European sugar market. Is there or is there not room for genuine competition?"@en1

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