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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am shadow rapporteur for the Regulation on additives and I must therefore begin by saying that the Commission’s proposal was reasonably balanced. Nevertheless, Mrs Scheele has done excellent work in bringing points of view together and I would therefore like to congratulate her. I would also like to thank the Council and the Commission for the efforts they have made in order to reach an agreement at second reading.
The consumption of enriched foods within a varied diet can supplement the ingestion of nutrients. The important thing is that the fortification be based on scientific criteria and that all of the agri-food industries be subject to the same rules with the least possible bureaucracy.
The aim of this proposal is to harmonise the national provisions in force and we in my group do not therefore agree with accepting provisions allowing for stricter rules in certain countries, except where they are justified scientifically for public health reasons.
I believe that it is right to have extended the time limit for marketing for certain products already on the market and labelled on the date on which the Regulation enters into force.
Finally, the food available to us is extremely varied, and we are not going to put an end to obesity by means of rules and labels. In order to do that, perhaps what we should do is ban the TV remote control. The solution is much more complex. Foodstuffs must be healthy and the consumers must be given accurate information. The really important thing is for each person to choose their diet according to the life they lead. Education is therefore much more important than any rule we may lay down in an attempt to put an end to obesity.
With regard to the report by Mrs Poli Bortone, both she and the shadow rapporteurs, Mrs Sommer in particular, have done excellent work. The explanatory statement of this proposal for a Regulation emphasises the lack of specific Community provisions as one of the principal reasons for this new Regulation, and I agree with that.
Nevertheless, wine, for example, is an agricultural product that is governed by a very thorough common organisation of the market, which prevents nutrition and health claims on its labelling, which regulates advertising, which regulates promotion, and which regulates absolutely everything. There is therefore no justification for regulating what is already regulated and it will merely confuse the consumers and complicate the legislation even further, not to mention the complications it will entail for producing companies. Wine must not be subject to this Regulation and I do not understand why producing countries such as Spain, France or Italy have not expressed these arguments in the Council.
I also regret that we have missed the opportunity to amend the annexes. I shall end simply by expressing my full agreement with everything that Mrs Sommer has said."@en1
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