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"en.20120314.22.3-340-500"2
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"The International Cocoa Agreement 2010 will replace the existing 2001 agreement. The new agreement’s objectives are to promote international cooperation in the world cocoa economy, to provide an appropriate framework for discussion among governments and with the private sector on all matters relating to cocoa, to contribute to the strengthening of the national cocoa economies of Member countries, and to strive towards obtaining fair prices that lead to equitable economic returns for both producers and consumers. Overall, the agreement intends to bring more transparency and sustainability into a sector on which 50 million livelihoods depend throughout the world. The International Cocoa Organisation will administer the provisions and supervise the operation of this agreement.
Cocoa as a crop is farmed on over 8 million hectares of tropical land in 40 countries, and travels through a long and complex global supply chain from producers via traders, exporters, processors, chocolate manufacturers and retailers to consumers. Being the world’s main importer and consumer of cocoa and home to its largest processors and chocolate manufacturers, the EU bears a large share of responsibility for increasing the sustainability of this sector.
I believe that the International Cocoa Agreement 2010 will have a positive impact on all actors participating in the cocoa economy. I therefore think that Parliament should give its consent to its conclusion."@en1
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