Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-04-Speech-4-218"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:ACP bananas2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030904.7.4-218"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-04-Speech-4-2192
lpv:speaker	lp:Manuel Medina Ortega2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-02-05--2004-07-19)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, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists, I would like to thank Mr Fernández for producing this report, which is an assessment rather than a legislative report. I also thank Commissioner Nielson for his statement. As the rapporteur says, we have reached the final stages of a regime for protecting banana imports, which will come to an end on 31 December 2005. The European Union has managed to maintain special privileges for 12 small countries, as Mr Fernández has told us. Some of those countries, such as Somalia, Jamaica and Dominica, are among the world’s poorest, which is why they need our help. That date, 31 December 2005, is very close. A guarantee and a tariff preference are laid down in the Cotonou Agreement; they will have to be honoured. Clearly, though, these banana producers will find themselves in trouble as the date approaches. What I mean to say is that there is every chance of the Community market becoming flooded with bananas marketed by multinational companies. Most importantly, the rapporteur has pointed out another danger, namely that enlargement will be used to justify granting even more preferential treatment to those multinational companies, opening up our markets to the detriment of both Community and traditional ACP producers. I believe that Commissioner Nielson is at present aware of those problems. He mentioned that the amount of aid has remained at approximately the same level, about EUR 40 million, in recent years, and I do not know to what extent that amount could be altered to accommodate the needs arising as an inevitable consequence of the transition from a protective banana regime to an open regime subject only to the tariff restriction. I therefore reiterate my group’s support for Mr Fernández’s report, and hope that the Commission will continue to protect this small group of impoverished countries."@en1

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