Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-09-Speech-2-015"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Official feed and food controls2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040309.2.2-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-09-Speech-2-0162
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Groen! (2004-01-06--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the compromise that has been reached among four groups ensures that this Regulation on controls can soon be published in the Official Journal and can largely enter into force on 1 January 2006. It was a great pleasure for my group to take part in the discussions on the compromise, not least on account of the reference to criminal law in Amendment No 206. I now hear that the Council is very reluctant in this regard. I regret that the Council is not currently taking part in the debate or expressing an opinion on the compromise that we have reached among four groups. Consequently, I support the request by Mrs Klass, albeit for reasons other than language, to postpone the vote until tomorrow. This will give the Council another chance to deliberate and express its opinion on the reference to criminal law in Amendment No 206 to the plenary sitting. I should like to emphasise a number of elements of this Regulation that are important to our group. The first, of course, as the rapporteur herself has said, is the extension of the scope of the Regulation from feed to animal welfare and animal health. The second is the explicit statement of the need for controls to be carried out without prior warning. The third is the need for official checks on self-monitoring and labelling controls. The fourth is, very practically, the avoidance of conflicts of interest among controllers. In Belgium, we have learnt that those still exist. There are still self-employed veterinary surgeons, with their own practice, who are carrying out controls. The fifth is the imposition of quality conditions on laboratories. The sixth is the need for cooperation between national and regional authorities, as the MPA case has taught us. Finally, since international networks are very often active in this field, international cooperation between control and customs services, and also between authorities, is tremendously important, as is the introduction of liaison bodies. I believe that we are taking a major step forward in the form of this Regulation, and I hope that we can adopt the compromise of the four groups by a large majority."@en1

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