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"en.20111214.22.3-209-000"2
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"Europe really does have difficulty in speaking with one voice, even about fruit juices! Germany has opposed the text from the beginning, preferring to protect the concentrated fruit juice industry. For its part, Spain, the leading European orange juice producer, would be happy to see it mixed with mandarin juice. This is a very attractive market, as Europeans drink 300 million litres of orange juice a year, or half of global consumption. In other words, the agreement reached on the Fruit Juice Directive by the European Parliament delegation, of which I was a member, and the Polish Presidency, was hardly a straightforward matter. Henceforth, it will not be permitted to name a juice or nectar after a minor ingredient. We will not be able to use strawberry juice, for example, for a drink where the main fruit is actually apple. A further key provision, here in terms of health, is the following: the practice of adding sugar to fruit juices is now prohibited. However, this legislation promoting quality products and accurate consumer information will be of no use if the Commission, tomorrow, does not promote the activities of European fruit and vegetable producers who are suffering from the crisis and from global competition."@en1
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