Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-15-Speech-4-167"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Use of wood shavings to age wine artificially – Use of wood shavings as an oenological practice for European wines (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060615.27.4-167"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-15-Speech-4-1682
lpv:speaker	lp:Vincenzo Lavarra2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ITRE (2005-06-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (2005-06-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (2005-05-24--2008-02-18)3 member; PES (2005-05-24--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2005-05-26--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2005-06-07--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, an agreement has been reached in a meeting of the Wine Management Committee to amend Regulations (EC) No 1622/2000, No 884/2001 and No 753/2002, with the aim of authorising the use of wood shavings to age wine. I wanted to table an oral question, with the support of more than 40 fellow Members, whom I should to thank, on the admissibility of this oenological practice, because I believe that Parliament must be able to express its opinion on an issue that is only outwardly technical but which actually raises some important issues relating to the quality and future of European wine. There was an attempt to justify this proposal by the need for us to fall in line with those non-European countries that already authorise this practice. I wonder, instead, whether the specific nature of European wine and its strength on the world market do not indeed lie in high quality and respect for traditional practices. Has the Commission assessed the impacts of this proposal on high-quality wines? What measures does it plan to adopt in order to ban this practice, at least for high-quality wines? As regards labelling, does the Commission regard the failure to mention this practice on labels as being compatible with our guidelines on transparency? Finally, what would happen during WTO negotiations if, instead of trying to raise standards relating to oenological practices, we lowered them? I should be grateful to the Commission if it would kindly shed some light on these points, not least in view of the next WTO reform of the wine sector."@en1

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