Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-13-Speech-4-227"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020613.11.4-227"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-13-Speech-4-2282
lpv:speaker	lp:Encarnación Redondo Jiménez2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 chair; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-02-21--2002-12-17)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, as Mr van Dam said, there are still many people left in Korea. It is estimated that there are currently between 650 000 and 700 000 people from the European Union who are going to return to their countries of origin, and there was foot and mouth disease in Korea very recently. Council Directive 72/462 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries, does not apply to meat that forms part of the personal luggage of those tourists, insofar as it does not exceed 1 kg., belongs to the bovine or swine species, is fresh meat and is for personal consumption. Therefore, if we know that the foot and mouth virus can be transmitted by food carried by tourists that has been made with contaminated meat, and that it can be carried by the human body, which can be a vector even if it is not affected, as Mr van Dam also said, there is currently a degree of laxity in the inspections being conducted in the Member States, at the borders of the European Union, both external and internal, and even more so at the airports. These shortcomings have been highlighted in the report by the Commission’s Food and Veterinary Office, which points out these serious defects in the inspections of imported food and animals. Parliament therefore asks the Commission to urge the Member States to conduct more rigorous inspections at airports, to conduct a major information campaign among all tourists who have been to that part of the world regarding the risks that exist on their return, based on the International Animal Health Code; and for there to be a signed acceptance of responsibility in order to authorise entry to the European Union if they are coming from a country that has not been clear of the disease for at least three months. As the matches are finishing on 30 June and people are returning, the Commission should, as a matter of urgency, put forward a suitable administrative and legislative process containing the strictest possible standards to be applied to inspections at borders, similar to those that are being applied in other third countries, to ensure that foot and mouth disease is not reintroduced into the European Union."@en1

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