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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by congratulating our rapporteur on the quality of her work. I would also like to stress the importance of revising the common market organisation (CMO) in fruit and vegetables as soon as possible, as the European Commission promised to do in its communication of 10 August last. There is in fact a consensus for keeping the common market organisation in its present form. It is not therefore necessary to overhaul it completely. However, the crises that occurred during the last marketing years, in south-west France for example, showed the urgent need to adapt the CMO mechanisms.
In the matter of crisis management, first of all, we need to be able to respond quickly and effectively to overproduction crises. A surplus of 5 to 10% in supply brings a 30 to 50% slump in prices. It seems to me, therefore, that the ceiling for authorised withdrawals should be raised to 20% of production.
So far as the budget is concerned, I would point out that producers are making great efforts. They produce 15% of the value of European agricultural output but receive only 3.5% of aids. For my part, I believe the budget made available to producer organisations must be increased from 4.1% to 6% of the value of production marketed.
The quality of local produce is essential and it must be respected.
Finally, regarding the relationship between producers and the distribution sector, I propose that the European Union should encourage the joint trade organisations recognised in each Member State to devise codes of good conduct to avoid sudden collapses in prices paid to producers.
I will close on the external dimension of this matter, which is crucial. It is essential that the level of market opening should be controlled and regulated: Community preference must be maintained, fruit and vegetables must be included in the list of sensitive products and there must be reciprocity in the opening of agricultural trade, including plant health aspects; these, finally, must be the European Union’s demands at the Hong Kong ministerial meeting in December 2005 and in bilateral trade agreements."@en1
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